Academy releases emergency preparedness tools to enable millions more people to shelte...(tools for schools and work places. The ...),Health

Date:9/13/2007

tools for schools and work places. The issue sets can help these organizations avoid liability by clarifying what they might reasonably be expected to do in shelter-in-place emergencies, Hunter said. Government agencies and private philanthropies can go a long way toward helping schools and work places realize those expectations protecting employees, students, and customers in the process by integrating the use of the issue sets in their current grant programs and by providing schools and work places with other incentives and supports.

This work is an important example of ways in which the Academy can play a role in assuring that individuals and communities affected by policies and programs have a great voice in creating them and thereby making them more effective said Jo Ivey Boufford, MD, Academy President.

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Contact: Kathryn Cervino kcervino@nyam.org 212-822-7285 New York Academy of Medicine Source:Eurekalert

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