1.
Health Promot Pract
; 6(4): 424-9, 2005 Oct.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16210684
RESUMO
Public health preparedness is a multifaceted planning process that becomes grounded in a response plan and in effective communications, internal and external. This article describes an incident when the presence of anthrax spores was detected in a postal facility within Kansas City, Missouri, and discusses the communications issues faced by the Kansas City Health Department (KCHD). This incident provided the KCHD the first opportunity to operationalize its Incident Management System-based response plan. However, accompanying its implementation were unforeseen issues related to both internal and external communications. These issues and the lessons learned are discussed.
Assuntos
Bioterrorismo , Comunicação , Governo Local , Administração em Saúde Pública , Antraz/prevenção & controle , Planejamento em Desastres , Humanos , Meios de Comunicação de Massa , Missouri , Serviços Postais
2.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 9(10): 1281-6, 2003 Oct.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-14609464