@article{ref1,
title="The Response to September 11: A Disaster Case Study",
journal="Annals of global health",
year="2014",
author="Crane, Michael A. and Levy-Carrick, Nomi C. and Crowley, Laura and Barnhart, Stephanie and Dudas, Melissa and Onuoha, Uchechukwu and Globina, Yelena and Haile, Winta and Shukla, Gauri and Ozbay, Fatih",
volume="80",
number="4",
pages="320-331",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The response to 9/11 continues into its 14th year. The World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP), a long-term monitoring and treatment program now funded by the Zadroga Act of 2010, includes >60,000 World Trade Center (WTC) disaster responders and community members (&quot;survivors&quot;). The aim of this review is to identify several elements that have had a critical impact on the evolution of the WTC response and, directly or indirectly, the health of the WTC-exposed population. It further explores post-disaster monitoring efforts, recent scientific findings from the WTCHP, and some implications of this experience for ongoing and future environmental disaster response. <br><br>FINDINGS: Transparency and responsiveness, site safety and worker training, assessment of acute and chronic exposure, and development of clinical expertise are interconnected elements determining efficacy of disaster response. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Even in a relatively well-resourced environment, challenges regarding allocation of appropriate attention to vulnerable populations and integration of treatment response to significant medical and mental health comorbidities remain areas of ongoing programmatic development.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2214-9996",
doi="10.1016/j.aogh.2014.08.215",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2014.08.215"
}