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Improving Hurricane Harvey Disaster Research Response Through Academic–Practice Partnerships.

After Hurricane Harvey, researchers, media, and public health agencies collected data in Houston, Texas, to assess potential health effects and inform the public. To limit redundancy and ensure sampling coverage of impacted areas, research and practice partners used disaster research response (DR2)...

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Published in:American Journal of Public Health Vol. 109; no. 9; pp. 1198 - 1202
Main Authors: Horney, Jennifer A., Rios, Janelle, Cantu, Adelita, Ramsey, Steve, Montemayor, Lisa, Raun, Loren, Miller, Aubrey
Format: Article
Published: American Public Health Association Sep2019
Subjects:
Houston (Tex.)
United States
Texas
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
Disaster relief
Government agencies
Civil defense
Natural disasters
Public health
Hurricane Harvey, 2017
Disaster relief research
Public-private sector cooperation
Preparedness
Government agency rules & practices
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:After Hurricane Harvey, researchers, media, and public health agencies collected data in Houston, Texas, to assess potential health effects and inform the public. To limit redundancy and ensure sampling coverage of impacted areas, research and practice partners used disaster research response (DR2) resources and relied on partnerships formed during a 2015 DR2 workshop in Houston. Improved coordination after the disaster can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of DR2 and enable the use of data to improve recovery and preparedness for future disasters.