The Response to September 11: A Disaster Case Study

Background: The response to 9/11 continues into its 14th year. The World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP), a long-term monitoring and treatment program now funded by the Zadroga Act of 2010, includes >60,000 World Trade Center (WTC) disaster responders and community members (“survivors”). The...

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Autores principales:	Michael A. Crane, Nomi C. Levy-Carrick, Laura Crowley, Stephanie Barnhart, Melissa Dudas, Uchechukwu Onuoha, Yelena Globina, Winta Haile, Gauri Shukla, Fatih Ozbay
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2014
Materias:	disaster response environmental disaster 9/11 post-disaster health surveillance World Trade Center Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a23144841b2940b3892d3e3d725606622021-12-02T07:41:18ZThe Response to September 11: A Disaster Case Study2214-999610.1016/j.aogh.2014.08.215https://doaj.org/article/a23144841b2940b3892d3e3d725606622014-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/2063https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Background: The response to 9/11 continues into its 14th year. The World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP), a long-term monitoring and treatment program now funded by the Zadroga Act of 2010, includes >60,000 World Trade Center (WTC) disaster responders and community members (“survivors”). The aim of this review is to identify several elements that have had a critical impact on the evolution of the WTC response and, directly or indirectly, the health of the WTC-exposed population. It further explores post-disaster monitoring efforts, recent scientific findings from the WTCHP, and some implications of this experience for ongoing and future environmental disaster response. Findings: Transparency and responsiveness, site safety and worker training, assessment of acute and chronic exposure, and development of clinical expertise are interconnected elements determining efficacy of disaster response. Conclusion: Even in a relatively well-resourced environment, challenges regarding allocation of appropriate attention to <a title="Learn more about Vulnerable Populations" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/vulnerable-populations">vulnerable populations</a> and integration of treatment response to significant medical and mental health comorbidities remain areas of ongoing programmatic development.Michael A. CraneNomi C. Levy-CarrickLaura CrowleyStephanie BarnhartMelissa DudasUchechukwu OnuohaYelena GlobinaWinta HaileGauri ShuklaFatih OzbayUbiquity Pressarticledisaster responseenvironmental disaster9/11post-disaster health surveillanceWorld Trade CenterInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 80, Iss 4, Pp 320-331 (2014)
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topic	disaster response environmental disaster 9/11 post-disaster health surveillance World Trade Center Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
spellingShingle	disaster response environmental disaster 9/11 post-disaster health surveillance World Trade Center Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Michael A. Crane Nomi C. Levy-Carrick Laura Crowley Stephanie Barnhart Melissa Dudas Uchechukwu Onuoha Yelena Globina Winta Haile Gauri Shukla Fatih Ozbay The Response to September 11: A Disaster Case Study
description	Background: The response to 9/11 continues into its 14th year. The World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP), a long-term monitoring and treatment program now funded by the Zadroga Act of 2010, includes >60,000 World Trade Center (WTC) disaster responders and community members (“survivors”). The aim of this review is to identify several elements that have had a critical impact on the evolution of the WTC response and, directly or indirectly, the health of the WTC-exposed population. It further explores post-disaster monitoring efforts, recent scientific findings from the WTCHP, and some implications of this experience for ongoing and future environmental disaster response. Findings: Transparency and responsiveness, site safety and worker training, assessment of acute and chronic exposure, and development of clinical expertise are interconnected elements determining efficacy of disaster response. Conclusion: Even in a relatively well-resourced environment, challenges regarding allocation of appropriate attention to <a title="Learn more about Vulnerable Populations" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/vulnerable-populations">vulnerable populations</a> and integration of treatment response to significant medical and mental health comorbidities remain areas of ongoing programmatic development.
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author	Michael A. Crane Nomi C. Levy-Carrick Laura Crowley Stephanie Barnhart Melissa Dudas Uchechukwu Onuoha Yelena Globina Winta Haile Gauri Shukla Fatih Ozbay
author_facet	Michael A. Crane Nomi C. Levy-Carrick Laura Crowley Stephanie Barnhart Melissa Dudas Uchechukwu Onuoha Yelena Globina Winta Haile Gauri Shukla Fatih Ozbay
author_sort	Michael A. Crane
title	The Response to September 11: A Disaster Case Study
title_short	The Response to September 11: A Disaster Case Study
title_full	The Response to September 11: A Disaster Case Study
title_fullStr	The Response to September 11: A Disaster Case Study
title_full_unstemmed	The Response to September 11: A Disaster Case Study
title_sort	response to september 11: a disaster case study
publisher	Ubiquity Press
publishDate	2014
url	https://doaj.org/article/a23144841b2940b3892d3e3d72560662
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The Response to September 11: A Disaster Case Study

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