Avian Influenza Resources December 24, 2006
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The Health Sciences Libraries (Dentistry, Taubman Medical, and Public Health) have partnered to provide the following collection of online resources about avian flu and pandemic response / preparedness.
Health Sciences Libraries: Guides: Avian Influenza Resources: http://www.lib.umich.edu/hsl/guides/avianflu.html
The links on the page above take you to sections within a collection of resources in del.icio.us — a free bookmarking and productivity tool. The main sections we are highlighting for you are these:
- Major Avian Flu Portals
- Overviews of Avian Flu
- Disaster Planning
- Personal and Family Planning
- Local Michigan Information
- News and Travel Information
- Research
You can either go directly to one of those sections and browse the links available there, or you can browse the entire collection of over 40 recommended links. Each link includes a brief note describing why the resource is useful as well as terms (called “tags” in Del.icio.us) that you might think of as subject headings. The tags or subject headings describe the resource in a little more detail, and help you decide if you want to visit that site.
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ADA: New: Disaster Planning and More September 29, 2006
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The American Dental Association has released a new guide on Disaster Planning for your practice, with great assistance from the Florida Dental Association.
ADA: Disaster Planning and Recovery: http://www.ada.org/prof/prac/disaster/index.asp
The message to remember is this: “Proactive planning can mitigate loss, save lives and assure your practice continues to function when it may be needed most. The time to plan for a crisis is now.”
Topics covered in the guide include:
Evaluate: Current
Plan: Create
Prepare: Before
Respond: During
Recover: After
Guides & Resources
Worksheets & Applications
Hurricane Relief: Katrina
Final Congressional Report on Response to Hurricane Katrina April 26, 2006
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I know many people in our School were involved at various levels with the response to Hurricane Katrina. In addition, the School has many persons involved with planning for disaster and emergency response. In light of these, you may be interested in the final Congressional report on Hurricane Katrina.
Congressional Reports: H. Rpt. 109-377 – A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports/katrina.html
MMWR Special Issue on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita March 14, 2006
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The newest issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) focuses on public health issues and response connected to the hurricanes of 2005.
MMWR Weekly March 10, 2006 / Vol. 55 / No. 9: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_wk.html
In addition to the articles, they also announce a forthcoming satellite conference and webcast on March 31, 2006; 2pm:
Notice to Readers: Satellite Broadcast: Learning from Katrina: http://www.publichealthgrandrounds.unc.edu/
Impact of Katrina on African-American Dentists February 25, 2006
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The following news article describes the impact, plans, and conditions of life for several of the New Orleans dentists who were leaders in the local African American community.
Cass, Julia. Notable Mardi Gras Abscences Reflect Loss of Black Middle Class (Saturday, 25 February 2006): http://www.amhersttimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=841&Itemid=27
Disaster Preparedness Resources (Lessons from Katrina) January 27, 2006
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If you weren’t able to make it to yesterday’s videoconference, Lessons from Katrina, Improving Emergency Preparedness Plans, a lot of the information is available in other formats. The items from LSU closely support the content presented in the presentations, including a free online book. Additional links were recommended by the conference organizers. Notice the UM connection?
LSU Media Tip Sheet and Other Hurricane Experts and Resources:
http://www.lsu.edu/pa/mediacenter/tipsheets/hurricane.html
Louisiana State University (LSU): Office of Public Affairs: LSU in the Eye of the Storm (online book, pdf [1.41.MB]):
http://www.lsu.edu/pa/book/ or
http://www.lsu.edu/pa/book/EYEofTheSTORMtxt.pdf
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): Mitigation Division: Disaster Resistant Universities Page
http://www.fema.gov/fima/dru.shtm
Society for College and University Planning: Higher Ed Crisis/Emergency Management Planning – News & Plans (It is managed by University of Michigan undergraduate student, Steve DiDomenico):
http://scup.backpackit.com/pub/322790
How Prepared Are America’s Colleges and Universities for Major Crises / Ian I. Mitroff, Michael A. Diamond, and C. Murat Alpaslan:
(With permission from the authors; article originally appeared in the
January-February 2006 issue of Change magazine):
http://www.scup.org/knowledge/crisis_planning/diamond.html
