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Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters Strategies, Opportunities, and Planning for Recovery (2015) / Chapter Skim
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... In response to concerns that health considerations are not adequately incorporated into disaster recovery decision making, the Institute of Medicine assembled an ad hoc committee to develop recommendations and guidance on strategies for mitigating disaster-related health impacts and optimizing the use of recovery resources and pursue more deliberately and thoughtfully the goal of healthier and more resilient and sustainable communities. The committee found that, although there is growing emphasis on incorporating resilience-building efforts into the recovery process, such efforts tend to focus on hardening critical infrastructure and not on strengthening the health and resiliency of individuals and communities.
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... In this report, the committee presents 12 recommendations, along with sector-specific guidance, that provide strategies for leveraging each of these opportunities. Success, however, will depend on breaking down the barriers to cross-sector collaboration, thereby enabling community planners, emergency managers, health professionals, and other key governmental and nongovernmental stakeholders to come together around a shared goal, with each sector bringing its resources (knowledge, tools, funding streams)
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