Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Accessing the Evidence During Times of Crisis

11/26/2018 12:00 AM EST

Source: National Library of Medicine [National Institutes of Health] (NLM). Published: 11/15/2018. These presentation slides are from a webinar presented by the National Library of Medicine Disaster Information Management Research Center. Ben Heaven Taylor introduces Evidence Aid’s work in providing access to evidence-based information on interventions during disasters. Caroline De Brun discusses Public Health England’s collaboration with Healthcare Information For All and Evidence Aid to investigate the role of libraries in supporting teams working in disaster zones, by helping them find and use evidence. This presentation looks at the outputs from that collaboration, and describes the work that has followed, leading to the launch of an International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Evidence For Global and Disaster Health Special Interest Group. (Presentation Slides)

Fourth National Climate Assessment: Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States

11/25/2018 12:00 AM EST

Source: Office of Science and Technology Policy [Executive Office of the President] (OSTP). Published: 11/23/2018. This report details on the human welfare, societal, and environmental elements of climate change and variability for 10 U.S. regions and 18 national topics, with particular attention paid to observed and projected risks, impacts, consideration of risk reduction, and implications under different mitigation pathways. It is the second of two volumes of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, published by the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Chapter 14 details the effects on human health, and Chapter 28 discusses efforts to promote community resilience that can improve the capacity to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. (PDF)

Effectively Communicating About Mosquito Control: A Guide for Mosquito Control Partners; Second Edition

11/25/2018 12:00 AM EST

Source: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO). Published: 10/2018. This 27-page guide will help states and communities across the nation explore and expand their mosquito control capacity. it is intended to further on-the-ground mosquito control efforts and provide tools that mosquito control partners can use to educate others about the need for adequate mosquito protection. The first tool uses a question and answer format to meet the immediate and varied demands for information associated with emerging disease threats, such as Zika virus. The second tool uses a fact sheet format for conveying information on a wide range of adverse impacts caused by mosquitoes. (PDF)

Guidelines on Sanitation and Health

11/25/2018 12:00 AM EST

Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 10/2018. This 220-page document details guidelines that provide comprehensive advice on maximizing the health impact of sanitation interventions, including safe sanitation in emergency situations. The guidelines summarize the evidence on the links between sanitation and health, provide evidence-informed recommendations, and offer guidance for international, national, and local sanitation policies and program actions. The document discusses how the lack of safe sanitation systems contributes to the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance by increasing.the risk of infectious diseases. (PDF)

Reaching Out: A Meeting to Advance Clinical Research Preparedness for Infectious Disease Outbreaks

11/24/2018 12:00 AM EST

Source: Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R). Published: 11/12/2018. This 29-page document is the report of a meeting held on September 20-21, 2018, in Brussels to reach out to the different networks and stakeholders working on infectious disease outbreak preparedness to explore, collaborate, and closely consider the political, ethical, administrative, regulatory, logistic, economic, and social (PEARLES) factors shaping preparedness research in order to advance the capacity to deliver clinical research as a core part of outbreak response. (PDF)

Forces of Change in America’s Local Public Health System 2018

11/24/2018 12:00 AM EST

Source: National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). Published: 11/2018. This 65-page report on the 2018 Forces of Change survey assesses the impact of a variety of trends affecting change in local health departments (LHDs). The survey focused on six topics: Budget Cuts and Job Losses, Response to Opioid Use and Abuse, Population Health Activities, Influenza Preparedness and Response, Informatics Capacity, and Environmental Health Activities. It also discussed vector-borne diseases, bioterrorism, and natural disaster-related illnesses or injuries. (PDF)