Category Archives: Resources
Tsunami Imagery
From the Baylor College of Medicine, this page (aimed at teachers of Biology) offers an in-depth look at what it takes to create the imagery from which emergency planners do after-action analysis, resource allocation and focus recovery work. “To determine … Continue reading
Natural Hazards Observer
(This entry is the first in an occasional series on journals relevant to the field of Emergency Services Management/Disaster Science.) Some of the best information for the field of Emergency Services Management comes from the practitioners, and the Natural Hazards … Continue reading
‘Tis the Season…
…for hurricane posts. The National Hurricane Study Program is a part of the “Comprehensive Hurricane Data Preparedness Study Web Site,” a joint effort of FEMA and the US Army Corps of Engineers. The National Hurricane Study Program has been in … Continue reading
PLoS Influenza page
It’s a conundrum of modern publishing – how to achieve the high standards of “peer-review” in a timely manner. This is a particularly important issue when it comes to public health topics. Take H1N1, for instance. What is the best … Continue reading
Frontloading
I’m away next week, so I won’t be blogging, but this week has been a banner one for interesting items. The National Library of Medicine maintains a collection of more than 30 environmental health websites under the auspices of the … Continue reading
VA Hurricane Guide Published
This just in, courtesy of the VDEM: New hurricane guides available “The Hampton Roads Emergency Management Committee and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management and VDEM have redesigned the Virginia Hurricane Guide. As part of the Ready Virginia public information … Continue reading
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
While we’re on the topic of open-source public health items, this special supplement to the AMA’s journal “Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness” (June 2009, Vol. 3) is freely available online. Article topics range from public policy (“National Strategy for … Continue reading
Swine Flu Resources Round-up
It’s been interesting to watch publishers open up their H1N1 articles and resources to the general public. (Disclaimer: I know that part is only interesting to me as a librarian. But the question remains: Is the future of publishing a … Continue reading
Biographies of Disease: Influenza
This title, from a set we’re collecting, caught my eye. From the Series Foreward: Every disease has a story to tell: about how it started long ago and began to disable or even take the lives of its innocent victims, … Continue reading
CABI Global Health database now freely available
Too busy today to do more than post this: News release Free access to world-renowned public health database to assist swine-flu effort 1 May 2009 CABI today has announced free access to its specialist Global Health database – the definitive … Continue reading