2012-05-24T14:57:24Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/pandemic.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP360.html Jan 10, 2012 Jan 10, 2012

Climate change, water scarcity, and pandemics are examined for their national security implications and impacts on the global commons. This paper describes four clusters of policy approaches for these complex, interconnected issues and uses suggestive examples to build the case for policy evolution away from fixing problems and toward innovative alternatives, such as anti-fragile systems, that actually benefit from change and uncertainty.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/12/29/AJC.html Dec 29, 2011 Dec 29, 2011

To assure the health security of the United States, we must be capable of stopping anything a terrorist or Mother Nature might throw at us. Wholesale cuts to public health are taking us farther from that goal, write Art Kellermann and Melinda Moore.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100278.html Sep 1, 2011 Sep 1, 2011

This article examines the different ways in which faith-based organizations (FBO) frame discussions about HIV.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100080.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

Information campaigns made more adults concerned about a pandemic, but didn't reassure them sufficiently about H1N1 vaccine safety and effectiveness that they got the vaccine.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/04/30/BS.html Apr 29, 2009 Apr 29, 2009

<p>In the rush of constant news updates on swine flu, we must recognize that controlling the spread of this disease is not simply a health concern but also one of national security. And in today's globalized world, the spread of swine flu has become not just a U.S. national security threat but every country's national security threat, writes Melinda Moore.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20091205.html Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

<p>Assesses the extent to which the systems in place for prevention and control of routine annual influenza could provide the information and experience needed to manage a pandemic</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR598.html Dec 22, 2008 Dec 22, 2008

<p>Mounting an effective emergency response to a public health threat, such as a pandemic influenza, is a common challenge of state and local public health agencies across the country. The PREPARE toolkit provides a brief tutorial on using quality improvement methods to build agency capabilities and public health emergency preparedness.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20081326.html Nov 30, 2008 Nov 30, 2008

<p>Coordination and communication among community partners-including health departments, emergency management agencies, and hospitals-are essential for effective pandemic influenza planning and response. As the nation's largest integrated health care system, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) could be a key component of community planning.</p>

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2007/04/05.html Apr 5, 2007 Apr 5, 2007

April 5, 2007 news release: RAND Panel Identifies Key Components of Public Health Emergency Preparedness.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR319.html Jul 5, 2006 Jul 5, 2006

<p>New influenza A virus subtypes, similar to those that caused the three pandemics of the 20th century, are likely to emerge in the 21st century. RAND offers a manual of tabletop exercises that can be used by state and local health agencies to help prepare for such a threat.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR320.html May 19, 2006 May 19, 2006

<p>Describes a new quality-improvement tool, Look-Backs, that public health agencies can adopt to regularly look back at each annual influenza season to systematically institutionalize knowledge from one influenza season to the next; continuously improve the public health response to routine annual influenza; and incorporate lessons into preparedness activities for pandemic influenza and other public health emergencies.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060006.html Dec 31, 2005 Dec 31, 2005

<p>In the United States, preparation for a potential influenza pandemic is receiving heightened media coverage and scrutiny.</p>