Equity and Disasters: Reframing Incident Command Systems.
The authors discuss ways in which hospitals can incorporate principles of health equity for traditionally underserved groups such as minorities and expertise as part of their Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) apparatus in order to address disaster responses to events such as the COVID-19 pande...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 111; no. 5; pp. 844 - 849 |
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American Public Health Association
May2021
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| Sumario: | The authors discuss ways in which hospitals can incorporate principles of health equity for traditionally underserved groups such as minorities and expertise as part of their Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) apparatus in order to address disaster responses to events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The article also examines the effectiveness of HICS programs hiring equity officers (EOs) and health care subject matter experts to battle institutional racism in health care. |
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