Effect of Variations in State Emergency Preparedness Laws on the Public Health Workforce ' s Willingness to Respond in Emergencies

Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health. 11/2017 This Web page provides information about a project that assesses whether state laws influence the public health workforce ' s willingness to respond in emergencies. The project ' s aims include identifying and classifying variations in emergency response laws in the 50 U.S. states, and assessing the association between specific state emergency preparedness laws and willingness to respond during emergencies among the public health workforce. The page also provides publications, tools, and project materials. (Text)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - February 10, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news