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Emergency Medicine Systems Advancement through Community-based Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2014

Martha M. Bloem ,
Christina M. Bloem ,
Juliana Rosentsveyg  and
Bonnie Arquilla
Martha M. Bloem
Affiliation:
Institute of International Education, Scholar Rescue Fund, New York, New York USA
Christina M. Bloem*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York USA
Juliana Rosentsveyg
Affiliation:
School of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York USA
Bonnie Arquilla
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York USA
*
Correspondence: Christina Bloem, MD, MPH Department of Emergency Medicine SUNY Downstate Medical Center 440 Lenox Rd Suite 2M Brooklyn, NY 11203 E-mail [email protected]
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Abstract

Humanitarian health programs frequently focus on immediate relief and are supply side oriented or donor driven. More emphasis should be placed on long-term development projects that engage local community leaders to ensure sustainable change in health care systems. With the Emergency Medicine Educational Exchange (EMEDEX) International Rescue, Recover, Rebuild initiative in Northeast Haiti as a model, this paper discusses the opportunities and challenges in using community-based development to establish emergency medical systems in resource-limited settings.

Bloem MM, Bloem CM, Rosentsveyg J, Arquilla B. Emergency Medicine Systems Advancement through Community-based Development. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2014;29(1):1-5.

Keywords

community networkscommunity-based participatory researchemergency medicineEmergency Medical ServicesHaiti
Type
Special Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 75 - 79
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2014 

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