Identifying the Gaps between Biodefense Researchers, Public Health, and Clinical Practice in a Rural Community

Autor/inn/en	Van Fleet-Green, Jessica M.; Chen, Frederick M.; House, Peter
Titel	Identifying the Gaps between Biodefense Researchers, Public Health, and Clinical Practice in a Rural Community
Quelle	In: Journal of Rural Health, 24 (2008) 3, S.326-329 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0890-765X
DOI	10.1111/j.1748-0361.2008.00177.x
Schlagwörter	Emergency Programs; Information Dissemination; Public Health; Communicable Diseases; Terrorism; Rural Areas; Interviews; Public Officials; Physicians; Researchers; Research and Development; Theory Practice Relationship; Washington + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hilfsprogramm; Informationsverbreitung; Gesundheitswesen; Contagious disease; Contagious diseases; Communicable disease; Infektionskrankheit; Terrorismus; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Physician; Doctor; Arzt; Researcher; Forscher; Forschung und Entwicklung; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung
Abstract	Objective: It is essential for health care professionals to be prepared for a bioterrorist attack or other public health emergency. We sought to determine how well biodefense and emerging infectious disease research information was being disseminated to rural health care providers, first responders, and public health officials. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted at a federally funded research institution and a rural community in Washington state with 10 subjects, including researchers, community physicians and other health care providers, first responders, and public health officials. Results: The interviews suggest there is inadequate information dissemination regarding biodefense and emerging infectious disease research and an overall lack of preparedness for a bioterrorist event among rural clinicians and first responders. Additionally, a significant communication gap exists between public health and clinical practice regarding policies for bioterrorism and emerging infectious disease. There was, however, support and understanding for the research enterprise in bioterrorism. Conclusions: Biodefense preparedness and availability of information about emerging infectious diseases continues to be a problem. Methods for information dissemination and the relationships between public health officials and clinicians in rural communities need to be improved. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10