NYU GPH Journal of Public Health Disasters
A student-led journal driven by the latest research in public health disaster preparedness and management.
A recent study found critical issues within the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities, particularly focusing on the inadequate medical care provided to detainees. The research references a report written by three advocacy groups, the American Civil Liberties Union, American Oversight, and Physicians for Human Rights, which highlights numerous systemic failures.
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Uganda faces an increasing number of natural and man-made disasters, impacting over 200,000 individuals annually. A recent study published in the Journal of Emergency Management and Disaster Coordination underscores the urgent need for improved coordination within humanitarian networks to bolster disaster response efforts.
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New York City transit workers are often put in stressful and unpredictable environments as they maintain one of the largest metropolitan transit systems in the world. The daily stressors of the job have recently come to light as academics highlighted the ongoing violent attacks against bus drivers, subway operators, and station agents. New York University researchers Drs. Robyn Gershon and Alexis Merdjanoff are studying the recent uptick in crime against transit workers, aiming to develop ways to improve mental health for transit workers amidst the growing concern.
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The concept of health system resilience is one that evokes images of communities and healthcare infrastructures and systems weathering a devastating event and working together to rebuild and emerge stronger. This idea is beginning to gain attention, as the subject of empirical studies more recently but has mostly been explored only conceptually in the past.
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