title: Emergency preparedness: one community's response.
abstract: Since 2001, our nations' leaders, the press, and the general public have looked to the health sector for leadership in addressing acts of terrorism. It has become urgent for health agencies and related public services to collaborate and for all health professionals to become knowledgeable about disaster preparedness. This article describes collaboration between the public health department, local hospitals and the school of nursing in one community, Charlottesville, Virginia, to address disaster preparedness. In this story about our community's emergency preparedness, the focus is both on preparation and the hope we will never need to utilize this knowledge.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. dfg6x@Virginia.EDU
authors.forename: Doris F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Glick
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jerome-D'Emilia
authors.forename: Mary Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Burke
mesh_terms: D023482:Bioterrorism; D003142:Communication; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004496:Education, Continuing; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D016495:Police; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012579:Schools, Nursing; D014186:Transportation; D014768:Virginia