Special Issue "Preparedness and Emergency Response"
QuicklinksA special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2012
Special Issue Editor
Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Rudatsikira
School of Community and Environmental Health, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Website: http://hs.odu.edu/commhealth/directory/rudats.shtml
E-Mail: erudatsi@odu.edu
Interests: tobacco use; exposure to environmental tobacco smoke; violence; emergency preparedness and response; HIV/AIDS and adolescent health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Each year, major emergencies, both natural and man-made, claim the lives of many people all around the world and inflict a heavy toll on the economy. While we have made progress in preparedness and emergency response in the last decades, much more needs to be done. Research priorities in preparedness and emergency response identified by the Institute of Medicine include: improving the identification of health vulnerabilities and evaluation interventions to lessen the risk of poor health outcomes; developing and evaluating integrated systems of emergency public health services and incident management; developing and evaluating strategies and tools to train and exercise the public workforce to meet the responsibilities for detection, mitigation, and recovery in varied settings and populations; evaluation characteristics of effective risk communication in emergency settings and system enhancements to improve effective information exchange across diverse partners and populations under emergency conditions; scenario modeling and forecasting; and information and management tools to improve the availability and usefulness during crisis decision-making. This issue will highlight new approaches that have been applied or are under development to improve preparedness and emergency response. Research papers, analytical reviews, case studies, conceptual framework, and policy-relevant articles are solicited.
Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Rudatsikira
Guest Editor
Submission
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Keywords
- emergency preparedness
- disaster management
- bioterrorism
- chemical emergencies
- natural disasters
- outbreaks
- mass casualties
- radiation emergencies
- war and terrorism
Published Papers (1 paper)
 Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2012, 9(4), 1507-1522; doi:10.3390/ijerph9041507
Received: 8 March 2012; in revised form: 31 March 2012 / Accepted: 6 April 2012 / Published: 18 April 2012
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Planned Papers
Title: Effects of Natural Disaster Trends: A Case Study for Expanding the Pre-positioning Network of CARE International
Authors: Melda Bozkurt, Serhan Duran *
Affiliation: Department of Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey; E-Mail: e159789@metu.edu.tr
Abstract: Increasing number of natural disasters in the last decade necessitates the increase in capacity and agility while delivering humanitarian relief. A common logistical strategy used by humanitarian organizations to respond this need is establishing pre-positioning warehouse networks where the critical relief inventories are located near the regions at which they will be needed. Pre-positioning reduces the response time by totally of partially eliminating the procurement phase and increasing the availability of relief items just after the disaster strikes. Once the pre-positioning warehouse locations are decided and warehouses on those locations become operational, they will be in use for a long time. Therefore, the chosen locations should be robust enough to enable extensions, and to cope with changing trends in disaster types, locations and magnitudes. In this study, we analyze the effects of natural disaster trends on the expansion plan of pre-positioning warehouse network implemented by CARE International. We utilize a facility location model to identify the additional warehouse location(s) for relief items to be stored as an extension of the current warehouse network operated by CARE International considering the changing natural disaster trends observed over three decades.
Keywords: natural disaster trends; pre-positioning; humanitarian relief; location
Last update: 18 May 2012