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Preparing for the Future of Disaster Health Volunteerism: Proceedings of a Workshop--in Brief
Preparing for the Future of Disaster Health Volunteerism: Proceedings of a Workshop--in Brief
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Public Health Service and deputy director of the Medical Reserve Corps Program Partner Readiness and Emergency Programs Division, Office of Emergency Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Sean Casey, acting director of the Emergency Response Unit at International Medical Corps; David Callaway, volunteer medical director at Team Rubicon; and Michele "Shelly" Leavitt Weinstein, medical coordinator for the Marine Corps Marathon Organization.
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Team Rubicon, an international nonprofit disaster response organization, pairs the skills and experiences of military veterans with first responders, medical professionals, and technology experts to rapidly deploy disaster response teams to communities affected by domestic or international natural disasters. Team Rubicon currently maintains a roster of more than 35,000 volunteers who can deploy throughout the United States.
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A key cross-cutting challenge, identified by Callaway, is the task of building out both domestic and international response capabilities by coordinating multiple players and moving operational parts. VOLUNTEERING IN 2042 Following the discussions regarding current challenges with disaster health volunteerism, Hamamoto provided a brief presentation envisioning the state of volunteering in the year 2042.
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OPPORTUNITIES IN DISASTER HEALTH VOLUNTEERISM Throughout the workshop, panelists and participants explored opportunities to strengthen the volunteer workforce, to improve coordination within and among organizations, and to leverage new and existing technologies. A broad strategy to take, suggested Runnels, is to think strategically for the future by identifying and addressing gaps and barriers; this type of strategy will require collaborating across all organizations and sectors, establishing partnerships to supplement capacity, and integrating community-level perspectives and knowledge.
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Marjorie Tayao, Hawaii MRC, suggested bypassing bureaucracy and leveraging technology to better assist underserved areas and connect populations across the country. Zack Ward, Idaho Public Health Department, predicted the emergence of spontaneous volunteerism, in which volunteers will deploy before being activated because of the everincreasing speed and volume of information flow.
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Human wearable sensor devicesb monitoring individual health communities know when a disaster is imminent and how to respond. conditions and behaviors are becoming more common.
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nearby is having a cardiac emergency and may require CPR, PulsePoint alerts them. New Concept of The first years of the 21st century have seen the erosion of jobs due to A basic income guarantee program provides a global economic safety Work automation, which has contributed to a loss in morale, livelihood, mean- net for all residents.
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NOTES: a The Department of Homeland Security's BioWatch Program provides early detection of a bioterrorism event and helps communities prepare a coordinated response. The combination of detection, rapid notification, and response planning helps federal, state, and local decision makers take steps to save lives and mitigate damage.
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200-2011-38807, TO #54) ; Child Care Aware of America; Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists; East West Protection; Emergency Nurses Association; GlaxoSmithKline; Healthcare Ready; Infectious Diseases Society of America; Meridian Medical Technologies; National Association of Chain Drug Stores; National Association of County and City Health Officials; National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Contract No.
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