Disaster Readiness and Health Literacy
By Rima E. Rudd, Sc.D.
During this last year, every region of our country has faced at least one natural disaster related to fire or ice, heat or cold, winds or high waters, infectious disease, or cybersecurity. For many of our communities, consequences were dire, and homes, health, work, and security were compromised.
Public Health and Disaster Planning and Management
Public health focuses on the duty to protect and promote the well-being and health of the public. This mission includes a responsibility for research, for advance planning, for informing people of threats to health and safety, ...