Mutual Aid Agreements: Essential Legal Tools for Public Health Preparedness and Response
| Autor: | Richard A. Goodman, Daniel D. Stier |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
Emergency Medical Services
medicine.medical_specialty Health Planning Guidelines Control (management) Poison control Disaster Planning Government Politics and Law Efficiency Organizational Emergency medical services Humans Medicine Mutual aid Policy Making Health Services Needs and Demand Emergency management business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Relief Work Public relations United States Preparedness Law Public Health Practice business State Government |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1541-0048 0090-0036 |
| DOI: | 10.2105/ajph.2006.101626 |
| Popis: | Mutual aid is the sharing of supplies, equipment, personnel, and information across political boundaries. States must have agreements in place to ensure mutual aid to facilitate effective responses to public health emergencies and to detect and control potential infectious disease outbreaks. The 2005 hurricanes triggered activation of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), a mutual aid agreement among the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. Although EMAC facilitated the movement of an unprecedented amount of mutual aid to disaster areas, inadequacies in the response demonstrated a need for improvement. Mutual aid may also be beneficial in circumstances where EMAC is not activated. We discuss the importance of mutual aid, examine obstacles, and identify legal “gaps” that must be filled to strengthen preparedness. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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