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Research Priorities in Emergency Preparedness and Response for Public Health Systems A Letter Report Committee on Research Priorities in Emergency Preparedness and Response for Public Health Systems Board on Health Sciences Policy Bruce M. Altevogt, Andrew M. Pope, Martha N. Hill, and Kenneth I. Shine, Editors

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COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH PRIORITIES IN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS KENNETH I. SHINE (Chair), The University of Texas System, Austin MARTHA HILL (Vice Chair), Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland DAN BLAZER, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina THEODORE CHAN, San Diego Metropolitan Medical Strike Team, and University of California–San Diego School of Medicine VINCENT T. COVELLO, The Center for Risk Communication, New York ED GABRIEL, The Walt Disney Company, Burbank, California JULIA GUNN, Boston Public Health Commission, Massachusetts SHARONA HOFFMAN, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio PAUL JARRIS, The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Washington, DC ÂNA-MARIE JONES, CARD: Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters, Oakland, California RICHARD C. LARSON, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge JOHN LUMPKIN, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey RICARDO MARTINEZ, The Schumacher Group, Kennesaw, Georgia JOANNE NIGG, University of Delaware, Newark PATRICIA QUINLISK, Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines DAVID ROSS, Public Health Informatics Institute, Decatur, Georgia IOM Staff Bruce Altevogt, Study Director David Butler, Senior Program Officer Erin Hammers, Research Associate Amy Haas, Administrative Assistant Andrew Pope, Director, Board on Health Sciences Policy Rose Martinez, Director, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice v

INDEPENDENT REPORT REVIEWERS This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC's Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report: Edward Baker, University of North Carolina School of Public Health Frederick M. Burkle, Jr., Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions, and Harvard School of Public Health Bruce Calonge, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Linda C. Degutis, Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness and Yale University Section of Emergency Medicine Baruch Fischhoff, Carnegie Mellon University Lynn R. Goldman, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Michelle A. Gourdine, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Maureen Lichtveld, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Judith Monroe, Indiana State Department of Health vii

viii INDEPENDENT REPORT REVIEWERS Eric K. Noji, The Pentagon Peter Sandman, Risk Communication Consultant Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations nor did they see the final draft of the letter report before its release. The review of this letter report was overseen by Don Detmer, American Medical Informatics Association, and David R. Challoner, University of Florida. Appointed by the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, they were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this letter report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this letter report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

CONTENTS BACKGROUND 5 Origin of the CDC-Funded Centers for Public Health Preparedness 7 METHODS 9 Definitions 9 FINDINGS 13 Guiding Principles for the Organization of Centers and Evaluation of Proposals 15 RECOMMENDATIONS 16 Enhancing the Usefulness of Training 18 Improving Timely Emergency Communications 20 Creating and Maintaining Sustainable Preparedness and Response Systems 22 Generating Effectiveness Criteria and Metrics 25 CONCLUSIONS 26 APPENDIXES A References 29 B Public Meeting and Workshop Agenda 31 ix

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Schools of public health act as a resource by providing expertise to strengthen our nation's emergency response systems. In response to the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), there is an immediate and critical need to define research priorities for the Centers for Public Health Preparedness (CPHP) at schools of public health. It is because of this crucial need, that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) convened an ad hoc committee, conducted a fast-track study, and issued the book entitled Research Priorities in Emergency Preparedness and Response for Public Health Systems. The book defines a set of near-term research priorities for emergency preparedness and response in public health systems. These priorities will be used by the Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (COPTER) to help develop a research agenda that will in turn be used to inform research funding opportunity announcements.

After considering the information presented during the public meeting and workshop and based on its expert judgment, the committee identified four priority areas for research that represent specific important aspects of systems of public health preparedness. The four areas are:

  • enhancing the usefulness of training;
  • improving timely emergency communications;
  • creating and maintaining sustainable response systems; and
  • generating effectiveness criteria and metrics.
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