Download or read book Addressing the Health Impacts Of 9 11 written by Linda Gibbs and published by . This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC) killed nearly 2,800 people & caused human suffering, physical destruction & econ. loss. One legacy of the disaster is its lasting effect on the physical & mental health of individuals who survived the attacks. In Sept. 2006, the Mayor estab. a panel of all City agencies that serve individuals affected by WTC-related illnesses. He asked it to examine the health impacts of 9/11 & to develop recommend. to ensure: that WTC health resources are sufficient to ensure that everyone whose health was affected by the WTC attacks gets the care they deserve; & that City policies regarding WTC-related health issues are coordinated & responsive to current & emerging health care needs. Illustrations.

Download or read book Long Term Health Effects of the 9 11 Disaster written by Robert M. Brackbill and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, also referred as 9/11, was an iconic event in US history that altered the global and political response to terrorism. The attacks, which involved two planes hitting the twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, resulted in the collapse of the buildings and over 2800 deaths of occupants of the buildings, fire, police and other responders and persons on the street in the vicinity of the collapsing buildings. The destroyed towers and the surrounding buildings have since been replaced but the health effects that resulted from the release of tons of dust, gases and debris as well as the life threat trauma are ongoing, and represent a major health burden among persons directly exposed. Hundreds of scientific publications have documented the physical and mental health effects attributed to the disaster. The current state-of-the-art in understanding the ongoing interactions of physical and mental health, especially PTSD, and the unique mechanisms by which pollutants from the building collapse, have resulted in long term pulmonary dysfunction, course of previously reported conditions, potential emerging conditions (e.g., heart disease and autoimmune diseases), as well as quality of life, functioning and unmet health care needs would be in the purview of this Special Issue on the 9/11 Disaster.

Download or read book Preparing for the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-08-26 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oklahoma City bombing, intentional crashing of airliners on September 11, 2001, and anthrax attacks in the fall of 2001 have made Americans acutely aware of the impacts of terrorism. These events and continued threats of terrorism have raised questions about the impact on the psychological health of the nation and how well the public health infrastructure is able to meet the psychological needs that will likely result. Preparing for the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism highlights some of the critical issues in responding to the psychological needs that result from terrorism and provides possible options for intervention. The committee offers an example for a public health strategy that may serve as a base from which plans to prevent and respond to the psychological consequences of a variety of terrorism events can be formulated. The report includes recommendations for the training and education of service providers, ensuring appropriate guidelines for the protection of service providers, and developing public health surveillance for preevent, event, and postevent factors related to psychological consequences.

Download or read book Long Term Health Effects of the 9 11 Disaster written by Robert M. Brackbill and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, also referred as 9/11, was an iconic event in US history that altered the global and political response to terrorism. The attacks, which involved two planes hitting the twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, resulted in the collapse of the buildings and over 2800 deaths of occupants of the buildings, fire, police and other responders and persons on the street in the vicinity of the collapsing buildings. The destroyed towers and the surrounding buildings have since been replaced but the health effects that resulted from the release of tons of dust, gases and debris as well as the life threat trauma are ongoing, and represent a major health burden among persons directly exposed. Hundreds of scientific publications have documented the physical and mental health effects attributed to the disaster. The current state-of-the-art in understanding the ongoing interactions of physical and mental health, especially PTSD, and the unique mechanisms by which pollutants from the building collapse, have resulted in long term pulmonary dysfunction, course of previously reported conditions, potential emerging conditions (e.g., heart disease and autoimmune diseases), as well as quality of life, functioning and unmet health care needs would be in the purview of this Special Issue on the 9/11 Disaster.

Download or read book Terrorism and Public Health written by Barry S. Levy M.D. and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-11-14 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a wide-ranging, timely discussion of urgent issues, this volume examines the health consequences of the recent terrorist attacks in the United States and systematically reviews information on explosives, incendiaries, and small arms, as well as biologic, chemical, nuclear, radiologic and other radioactive weapons that may be used by terrorists. In a constructive approach, the authors discuss what needs to be done to improve the public health and medical care systems in preparation for possible future terrorist attacks and threats and for addressing widespread public health problems more effectively. They also explore the origins of terrorism and discuss the civil rights and human rights issues related to government responses to terrorism. Well-written, well-organized, and up-to-date, the book should be essential reading for many health professionals, students, and others concerned with terrorism and its health consequences.

Download or read book Science and Security in a Post 9 11 World written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-11-10 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a series of regional meetings on university campuses with officials from the national security community and academic research institutions, this report identifies specific actions that should be taken to maintain a thriving scientific research environment in an era of heightened security concerns. Actions include maintaining the open exchange of scientific information, fostering a productive environment for international scholars in the U.S., reexamining federal definitions of sensitive but unclassified research, and reviewing policies on deemed export controls. The federal government should establish a standing entity, preferably a Science and Security Commission, that would review policies regarding the exchange of information and the participation of foreign-born scientists and students in research.

Download or read book 9 11 Health Effects written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement and published by Internal Revenue Service. This book was released on 2007 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Long Shadow of 9 11 written by Brian Michael Jenkins and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2011 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a multifaceted array of answers to the question, In the ten years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, how has America responded? In a series of essays, RAND authors lend a farsighted perspective to the national dialogue on 9/11's legacy. The essays assess the military, political, fiscal, social, cultural, psychological, and even moral implications of U.S. policymaking since 9/11. Part One of the book addresses the lessons learned from America's accomplishments and mistakes in its responses to the 9/11 attacks and the ongoing terrorist threat. Part Two explores reactions to the extreme ideologies of the terrorists and to the fears they have generated. Part Three presents the dilemmas of asymmetrical warfare and suggests ways to resolve them. Part Four cautions against sacrificing a long-term strategy by imposing short-term solutions, particularly with respect to air passenger security and counterterrorism intelligence. Finally, Part Five looks at the effects of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. public health system, at the potential role of compensation policy for losses incurred by terrorism, and at the possible long-term effects of terrorism and counterterrorism on American values, laws, and society.--Publisher description.

Download or read book 9 11 Mental Health in the Wake of Terrorist Attacks written by Yuval Neria and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-14 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does terrorism have a unique and significant emotional and behavioral impact among adults and children? In what way does the impact of terrorism exceed the individual level and affect communities and specific professional groups, and test different leadership styles? How were professional communities of mental health clinicians, policy-makers and researchers mobilized to respond to the emerging needs post disaster? What are the lessons learned from the work conducted after 9/11, and the implications for future disaster mental health work and preparedness efforts? Yuval Neria and his team are uniquely placed to answer these questions having been involved in modifying ongoing trials and setting up new ones in New York to address these issues straight after the attacks. No psychiatrist, mental health professional or policy-maker should be without this book.

Download or read book 2010 Annual Report on 9 11 Health written by World Trade Center Medical Working Group of New York City and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For the first two years of its existence, the Mayor's WTC Medical Working Group (MWG) reviewed the large body of scientific literature about the health impacts of the 2001 terrorist attacks that had accumulated to date. After summarizing the major findings in two comprehensive annual reports (see page 3) and sharing them with legislators in city and federal government, as well as other stakeholders, the MWG began addressing specific areas of interest at each of its meetings. At its September 2009 meeting, the MWG invited nearly a dozen stakeholders, including representatives of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), academia, labor and community, and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shared an early draft of the WTC Health Registry's 2010-2011 survey. This survey, the third that the Registry will conduct, is especially critical as it will continue to examine the health of up to 70,000 people exposed to the WTC disaster nearly a decade later, not just those who have sought treatment for 9/11-related illness. MWG meeting participants offered many valuable suggestions, including increasing emphasis on development of chronic conditions such as heart disease and cancer; adding more questions about depression, which often develops in people who have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); and continued probing about how enrollees access and utilize health care. In its December 2009 meeting, the MWG focused on long-term 9/11-related mental illness sequelae. In addition to the WTC Centers of Excellence, several providers with experience in service delivery participated in the meeting along with a representative from NIOSH. Together, these providers have treated thousands of New Yorkers for PTSD related to the 2001 terrorist attacks. Access to care, the current capacity for treating what appears to be a high burden of 9/11-related PTSD and mental health comorbidities, and the use of evidence-based practices in treating 9/11-related mental illness were among the topics discussed. At the April 2010 meeting, representatives from the three WTC Centers of Excellence and the WTC Health Registry each made presentations about the complex methodological questions associated with preliminary cancer investigations among their overlapping study cohorts. The Fire Department of New York (FDNY) and the WTC Health Registry, which have both begun determining the number of confirmed cancer diagnoses through 2006 within their cohorts, agreed they would co-chair a conference of outside experts, including biostatisticians and cancer epidemiologists, to help address these analytic questions and to provide invited researchers tracking each of the WTC cohorts with shared guidance for their continued analyses using the best methods available. As a result of this two-day conference, which took place in June 2010, the WTC Medical Working Group endorsed several recommendations (see page 12) that have been accepted by the WTC Centers of Excellence and the WTC Health Registry about the methods that they should use in their cancer investigations going forward. The topic of the August 2010 meeting was mortality among people who were exposed to the WTC disaster, which is closely tracked by the New York State Department of Health and the WTC Health Registry. This discussion, which took place after this report went to press, will be summarized in the 2011 MWG annual report. The WTC Medical Working Group has reviewed nearly 250 studies published from 2001 to 2010 that are relevant to its mission. The majority of these studies examined the short-term health effects of people exposed to the WTC disaster 1-4 years later. Nine years after the attack on 9/11, an increasing number of studies have progressed to the stage where mid-term health effects are now being described and analyzed. These studies indicate that while the majority of people exposed to the WTC disaster are healthy and symptom-free, thousands of individuals - including rescue, recovery and clean-up workers and people who lived, worked or went to school in Lower Manhattan on 9/11- have developed chronic, and often co-occurring, mental and physical health conditions. New research examining firefighters and emergency medical service workers and published in the New England Journal of Medicine this year (see summary beginning on page 5) demonstrates that lung damage in this group has persisted for at least 6 years. This longitudinal research, however, did not assess the impact of treatment, which may have helped to restore lung function or prevent further deterioration among many of the 13,000 individuals who were studied. Another FDNY study suggests that airway obstruction, not interstitial lung disease, is the predominant lung injury among WTC-exposed rescue workers. In general, health findings remain remarkably consistent across WTC studies and are summarized here."--NIOSHTIC-2.

Download or read book Compensation for Losses from the 9 11 Attacks written by Lloyd S. Dixon and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2004 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, caused tremendous loss of life, property, and income, and the resulting response from public and private organizations was unprecedented. This monograph examines the benefits received by those who were killed or seriously injured on 9/11 and the benefits provided to individuals and businesses in New York City that suffered losses from the attack on the World Trade Center. The authors examine the performance of the compensation system--insurance, tort, government programs, and charity--in responding to the losses stemming from 9/11.

Download or read book Addressing the Health Impacts of 9 11 written by New York, N.Y. World Trade Center Health Panel and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New York After 9 11 written by Susan Opotow and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An estimated 2 billion people around the world watched the catastrophic destruction of the World Trade Center. The enormity of the moment was immediately understood and quickly took on global proportions. What has been less obvious is the effect on the locus of the attacks, New York City, not as a seat of political or economic power, but as a community; not in the days and weeks afterward, but over months and years. New York after 9/11 offers insightful and critical observations about the processes set in motion by September 11, 2001 in New York, and holds important lessons for the future. This interdisciplinary collection brings together experts from diverse fields to discuss the long-term recovery of New York City after 9/11. Susan Opotow and Zachary Baron Shemtob invited experts in architecture and design, medicine, health, community advocacy, psychology, public safety, human rights, law, and mental health to look back on the aftereffects of that tragic day in key spheres of life in New York City. With a focus on the themes of space and memory, public health and public safety, trauma and conflict, and politics and social change, this comprehensive account of how 9/11 changed New York sets out to answer three questions: What were the key conflicts that erupted in New York City in 9/11’s wake? What clashing interests were involved and how did they change over time? And what was the role of these conflicts in the transition from trauma to recovery for New York City as a whole? Contributors discuss a variety of issues that emerged in this tragedy’s wake, some immediately and others in the years that followed, including: PTSD among first responders; conflicts and design challenges of rebuilding the World Trade Center site, the memorial, and the museum; surveillance of Muslim communities; power struggles among public safety agencies; the development of technologies for faster building evacuations; and the emergence of chronic illnesses and fatalities among first responders and people who lived, worked, and attended school in the vicinity of the 9/11 site. A chapter on two Ground Zeros –in Hiroshima and New York – compares and historicizes the challenges of memorialization and recovery. Each chapter offers a nuanced, vivid, and behind-the-scenes account of issues as they unfolded over time and across various contexts, dispelling simplistic narratives of this extended and complicated period. Illuminating a city’s multifaceted response in the wake of a catastrophic and traumatic attack, New York after 9/11 illustrates recovery as a process that is complex, multivalent, and ongoing.

Download or read book Addressing the Health Impacts of 9 11 written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.

Download or read book Pentagon 9 11 written by Alfred Goldberg and published by Office of the Secretary, Historical Offi. This book was released on 2007-09-05 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive account to date of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon and aftermath, this volume includes unprecedented details on the impact on the Pentagon building and personnel and the scope of the rescue, recovery, and caregiving effort. It features 32 pages of photographs and more than a dozen diagrams and illustrations not previously available.

Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.