Building Community Resilience to Disasters A Way Forward to Enhance National Health Security

• Main Author: Chandra, Anita (auth)
• Other Authors: Acosta, Joie D. (auth), Stern, Stefanie (auth), Uscher-Pines, Lori (auth), Williams, Malcolm V. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2011
• Subjects: Public health & preventive medicine; Regional & area planning; Social impact of disasters; Political Science; Health Sciences; Sociology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Community resilience, or the sustained ability of a community to withstand and recover from adversity, has become a key policy issue. This report provides a roadmap for federal, state, and local leaders who are developing plans to enhance community resilience for health security threats and describe...