Business and public health collaboration for emergency preparedness in Georgia: a case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Governments may be overwhelmed by a large-scale public health emergency, such as a massive bioterrorist attack or natural disaster, requiring collaboration with businesses and other community partners to respond effectively. In Georgia, public health officials and members of the Business Executives for National Security have successfully collaborated to develop and test procedures for dispensing medications from the Strategic National Stockpile. Lessons learned from this collaboration should be useful to other public health and business leaders interested in developing similar partnerships.

Methods

The authors conducted a case study based on interviews with 26 government, business, and academic participants in this collaboration.

Results

The partnership is

SUBMITTER: Buehler JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1676007 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature