Injury Prevention, Disaster and Public Health Preparedness and Response
10.4332/KJHPA.2018.28.3.308
- Author:
Ae Suk JEONG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Cheongju University, Cheongju, Korea. pubhealth@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Injuries;
Disaster;
Public health response;
Bioterrorism
- MeSH:
Bioterrorism;
Disasters;
Jurisprudence;
Mental Competency;
Mental Health;
Public Health;
Quality of Life;
Security Measures;
Social Control, Formal;
United States
- From:Health Policy and Management
2018;28(3):308-314
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Injury is a serious problem that not only causes death but also significantly degrades the quality of life of the people and causes loss of socioeconomic opportunities and costs. Damage occurs as a result of an accident. Among them, natural disasters and artificial disasters take lives of many people in a short time and threaten their physical and mental health. The United States has responded to the disaster by establishing relevant laws and regulations and a response system with the recognition that health is recognised soon to be as national security in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the Katrina disaster. It is necessary to build a knowledge infrastructure to train disaster response experts in public health area and to have health competence to cope with disasters.
