Weiss Rachel I, McKie Karen L, Goodman Richard A
Office of the Chief of Public Health Practice, Public Health Law Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga 30333, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2007 Apr;97 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S73-81. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.104240. Epub 2007 Apr 5.
Law influenced every aspect of the public health response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, from evacuation orders, to waivers of medical licensing requirements, to the clean-up of public health threats on private property. We used public health surveillance of news reports to identify and characterize legal issues arising during the disaster response in 5 Gulf Coast states. Data collected from news reports of the events in real time were followed-up by interviews with selected state legal and emergency management officials. Our analysis indicates the value of surveillance during and after emergency responses in identifying public health-related legal issues and helps to inform the strengthening of legal preparedness frameworks for future disasters.
法律影响了对卡特里娜飓风和丽塔飓风的公共卫生应对的方方面面,从疏散命令到医疗许可要求的豁免,再到清理私人财产上的公共卫生威胁。我们利用对新闻报道的公共卫生监测,来识别和描述墨西哥湾沿岸5个州在灾难应对期间出现的法律问题。从实时新闻报道中收集的数据,随后通过对选定的州法律和应急管理官员进行访谈进行跟进。我们的分析表明,在应急响应期间及之后进行监测对于识别与公共卫生相关的法律问题具有价值,并有助于为加强未来灾难的法律准备框架提供信息。