Title Healthy, resilient, and sustainable communities after disasters : strategies, opportunities, and planning for recovery / Committee on Post-Disaster Recovery of a Community's Public Health, Medical, and Social Services, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2015] ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 476 pages) : illustrations (some color) Contents Post-disaster opportunities to advance healthy, resilient, and sustainable communities -- A framework for integrating health into recovery planning -- Leveraging recovery resources in a coordinated manner to achieve healthier post-disaster communities -- Public health -- Health care -- Behavioral health -- Social services -- Place-based recovery strategies for healthy communities -- Healthy housing Summary "In the devastation that follows a major disaster, there is a need for multiple sectors to unite and devote new resources to support the rebuilding of infrastructure, the provision of health and social services, the restoration of care delivery systems, and other critical recovery needs. In some cases, billions of dollars from public, private and charitable sources are invested to help communities recover. National rhetoric often characterizes these efforts as a "return to normal." But for many American communities, pre-disaster conditions are far from optimal. Large segments of the U.S. population suffer from preventable health problems, experience inequitable access to services, and rely on overburdened health systems. A return to pre-event conditions in such cases may be short-sighted given the high costs - both economic and social - of poor health. Instead, it is important to understand that the disaster recovery process offers a series of unique and valuable opportunities to improve on the status quo. Capitalizing on these opportunities can advance the long-term health, resilience, and sustainability of communities, thereby better preparing them for future challenges. Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters identifies and recommends recovery practices and novel programs most likely to impact overall community public health and contribute to resiliency for future incidents. This book makes the case that disaster recovery should be guided by a healthy community vision, where health considerations are integrated into all aspects of recovery planning before and after a disaster, and funding streams are leveraged in a coordinated manner and applied to health improvement priorities in order to meet human recovery needs and create healthy built and natural environments. The conceptual framework presented in Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters lays the groundwork to achieve this goal and provides operational guidance for multiple sectors involved in community planning and disaster recovery. Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters calls for actions at multiple levels to facilitate recovery strategies that optimize community health. With a shared healthy community vision, strategic planning that prioritizes health, and coordinated implementation, disaster recovery can result in a communities that are healthier, more livable places for current and future generations to grow and thrive - communities that are better prepared for future adversities Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Online resource; title from resource home page (National Academies Press, viewed November 3, 2015) Subject Community health services -- United States -- Administration Emergency management -- United States Disaster relief -- United States -- Planning Medical policy. Victims. Disaster Planning -- organization & administration -- United States Community Health Services -- organization & administration -- United States Survivors -- United States Public Health Administration -- methods -- United States Health Policy -- United States Relief Work -- organization & administration -- United States Community Health Services -- organization & administration Disaster Planning -- organization & administration Health Policy Public Health Administration -- methods Relief Work -- organization & administration Survivors POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. Victims Medical policy Community health services -- Administration Emergency management SUBJECT United States Subject United States Form Electronic book LC no. 2015029208 ISBN 9780309316200 0309316200 0309316227 9780309316224

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