Jennifer A. Horney is with the Epidemiology Program and Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. Janelle Rios is with the Office of Public Health Practice, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX. Adelita Cantu is with the School of Nursing, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX. Steve Ramsey is with Field Operations, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., Durham, NC. Lisa Montemayor and Loren Raun are with Houston Health Department, Houston, TX. Aubrey Miller is with National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC.
Am J Public Health. 2019 Sep;109(9):1198-1201. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305166. Epub 2019 Jul 18.
After Hurricane Harvey, researchers, media, and public health agencies collected data in Houston, Texas, to assess potential health effects and inform the public. To limit redundancy and ensure sampling coverage of impacted areas, research and practice partners used disaster research response (DR2) resources and relied on partnerships formed during a 2015 DR2 workshop in Houston. Improved coordination after the disaster can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of DR2 and enable the use of data to improve recovery and preparedness for future disasters.
哈维飓风过后,研究人员、媒体和公共卫生机构在德克萨斯州休斯顿收集数据,以评估潜在的健康影响并为公众提供信息。为了限制冗余并确保受影响地区的抽样覆盖范围,研究和实践合作伙伴利用灾害研究应对 (DR2) 资源,并依赖于 2015 年在休斯顿举行的 DR2 研讨会期间建立的伙伴关系。灾难发生后更好的协调可以提高 DR2 的有效性和效率,并使数据的使用能够改善对未来灾害的恢复和准备工作。