Public health in the emergency department: surveillance, screening, and intervention--funding and sustainability.
This article summarizes the work and discussions of the funding and sustainability work group at the 2009 Academic Emergency Medicine consensus conference "Public Health in the ED: Surveillance, Screening, and Intervention." The funding and sustainability session participants were asked to address the following overarching question: "What are the opportunities and what is needed to encourage academic emergency medicine (EM) to take advantage of the opportunities for funding available for public health research initiatives and build stronger academic programs focusing on public health within EM?" Prior to the session, members of the group reviewed research funding for EM in public health, as well as the priorities of federal agencies and foundations. Recommendations for actions by EM summarize the findings of workshop.
Woolard
Robert
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX, USA. robert.woolard@ttuhsc.edu
Degutis
Linda C
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Mello
Michael
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Rothman
Richard
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Cherpitel
Cheryl J
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Post
Lori A
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Hirshon
Jon Mark
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Haukoos
Jason S
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Hungerford
Daniel W
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