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Discussion - Week 8

Discussion - Week 8

Q Review the pdf documents, "How Prepared are Americans for Public Health Emergencies: Twelve Communities Weigh In" at http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/23/3/201.full and “Emergency Preparedness from a Health Perspective: Preparing for Bioterrorism at the Federal, State and Local Levels,” by the National Health Policy Forum at http://www.nhpf.org/library/background-papers/BP_EmergPrep&Bioterr_10-01.pdf. After reading the documents, answer the following questions: Compare and contrast best practices illustrated here for public health organizations. Which recommendations did you find particularly compelling? Were there any that struck you as over- or under-emphasized? Did you feel that the materials presented a blueprint for a comprehensive first response in the event of a public health emergency? Are there any alternatives that you feel should have been included in either or both documents? What didn't the communities account for in terms of public health emergencies. Your response should be at least 4 paragraphs. Respond to at least three of your colleagues in each of the discussion board areas.

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In case of public health organizations, the best practice illustrated in the pdf document by Strongin (2001) had been to ensure that there is a thorough research conducted about the diversities of chemicals used by terrorists/terrorist organizations. This is because there can be attacks of bioterrorism. There can also be attacks of different types of chemicals to cause intoxication, suffocation and eventual death. According to Strongin (2001), the time period of every kind of attack of bioterrorism has to be noticed/compared and analysed.