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    • SDMI RESEARCHER SUGGESTS H1N1 TREATMENT FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
    LSU Stephenson Disaster Management Institute Assistant Professor Jude Egan, in studying a potential unanticipated vulnerability in the pandemic/public health response system regarding the H1N1 Flu for Catholic Charities and the Center for Disease Control, focused on the challenge posed by the illegal immigrant community. Egan’s guidance suggested the federal government should cease enforcement of immigration laws in favor of treatment and testing for H1NI, in addition to other preventative measures. [MORE]

     
    H1N1 Resource Center
    On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 6 in response to the ongoing global spread of the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus. A Phase 6 designation indicates that a global pandemic is underway. SDMI has assembled resources, both general and for specific groups, on H1N1 flu. [MORE]
     
    Caring for the Care-Taker: A Post-Disaster Examination of Dual role First Responder Well-Being and Occupational Outcome
    The goal of this research is to examine the post-disaster outcomes of three groups of disaster-affected individuals (dual role first responders by occupation; dual role first responder volunteers; and non first responders). [MORE]
     
    Evacuation and Shelter Management
    Three projects are in the process of being developed, both in terms of pilot data collection and grant applications. Those projects are:
    Host Communities as Complex Systems
    Improving Evacuation Shelter Management
    Consistent Standards to Improve Management Practice [MORE]
     

      Climate Extremes and Society:
    Toward a comprehensive loss inventory of weather and climate hazards.
    By: Cutter, S.L., Gall M., and C. T. Emrich

      Emergency Management: The American Experience 1900-2005
    2005 Events and Outcomes: Beyond Hurricane Katrina
    By: Gall M., and S. L. Cutter
    [More SDMI Publications]