Enabling Rapid and Sustainable Public Health Research During Disasters Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2015) / Chapter Skim
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10 Actions to Build the Future of Disaster Research
10 Actions to Build the Future of Disaster Research
Pages 111-118
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As discussed throughout the workshop, it is incumbent on the research community to come up with the key questions that need to be answered and an agreed-to core set of data elements needed to answer those questions. These elements must be captured in an event by everyone, and he suggested that the core set of data elements could be built into the ICS forms, CMS reporting requirements, Joint Commission accreditation requirements, and the like.
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Activities such as gathering routine baseline data in collaboration with partners set up networks that can be tapped in emergencies. Other ways to build networks are through exercising scenarios, risk communication activities, and educational events.
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SCIENTISTS AS ADVOCATES Irwin Redlener of Columbia University raised concerns about the ability of research to influence policy, citing a spate of recent disasters that could have been avoided, lessened, or responded to more effectively if lessons from prior disasters had been heeded or scientific knowledge about the phenomena had been taken into account and changes or plans made. He recommended that any proposal to any agency that deals with preparedness should have a justification for why the research program will prepare for, prevent, or mitigate disasters and save lives.
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For example, funding -- Sally Phillips usually follows disaster events, but it rarely includes research money (supplemental funding following Hurricane Sandy being a recent exception, with some research funding included in the appropriations)
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Scientists need to come forward with data and sound evidence that can impact this mission in the face of programmatic funding and regulatory challenges. CREATING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE RESEARCH AND PRACTICE COMMUNITIES Herrmann noted that NACCHO hosts an annual preparedness summit, bringing together more than 2,000 local, state, and federal public health care professionals, and more recent summits have included a research forum to create connections between the research community and the practice community.
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It is also important that public health departments hear about their peers who have been successful in participating in research collaborations. Local health departments are a community and culture in and of themselves, Herrmann concluded.
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As Biddinger stated, it can help to earn the trust of communities where research is being conducted, inform future disaster planning, and secure funding, which together could complete an important part of the puzzle in creating a robust science response and a resilient nation. 1 See http://news.sciencemag.org/people-events/2014/02/aaas-launches-open-access-journal (accessed December 18, 2014)
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