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Enhancing the Relevance of Incident Management Systems in Public Health Emergency Preparedness: A Novel Conceptual Framework

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2015

Richard Bochenek ,
Moira Grant  and
Brian Schwartz
Richard Bochenek
Affiliation:
Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Canada George Brown College School of Emergency Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Moira Grant*
Affiliation:
Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Brian Schwartz
Affiliation:
Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Canada Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Moira Grant, Public Health Ontario, 480 University Avenue, Suite 300, Toronto ON Canada M5G 1V4 (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Abstract

We outline a conceptual framework developed to meet the needs of public health professionals in the province of Ontario for incident management system-related education and training. By using visual models, this framework applies a public health lens to emergency management, introducing concepts relevant to public health and thereby shifting the focus of emergency preparedness from a strict “doctrine” to a more dynamic and flexible approach grounded in the traditional principles of incident management systems. These models provide a foundation for further exploration of the theoretical foundations for public health emergency preparedness in practice. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2015;9:415–422)

Keywords

public health emergency preparednessincident management systememergency preparedness training
Type
Concepts in Disaster Medicine
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , August 2015 , pp. 415 - 422
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2015 

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