Geographically Indexed Referral Databases to Address Social Needs in the Emergency Department by Alexa Curt, Hazar Khidir, Gia Ciccolo, Carlos A. Camargo Jr., Margaret Samuels-Kalow

“…A small subset of publications demonstrated that these databases were mobilized during disasters to successfully aid vulnerable populations during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. A total of 408 standardized searches were conducted to identify community resources related to four domains of social needs (food, transportation, housing, and utilities). …”
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Library and Informatics Training May Improve Question Formulation among Public Health Practitioners, A Review of: Eldredge, Jonathan D., Richard Carr, David Broudy, and Ronald E. V... by Heather Ganshorn

“…The authors suggest that replication of the study would be useful, particularly as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita interfered with their ability to recruit and retain participants. …”
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El sistema internacional de respuesta a los desastres. Limitaciones y tendencias by Francisco Rey Marcos

“…Furtherrnore, recent international events are linked to this, such as the tsunamis which destroyed south Asia at the end of Decernber 2004, the International Conference on the Reduction of Disasters in Kobe Uapan), or the effects caused by the hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the United States, which only highlight further the need to promote a strengthening of the international system's response to disasters. …”
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Evaluation of the Resilience of District 20 of Tehran Metropolitan Region (TMR) against Environmental Hazards Using Fuzzy Functions in GIS Software by Vafa Ghaem maghami, Ahmad Nohegar, Mohamad javad Amiri

“…In the 21st century, the world has been hit by such environmental crises as Asian tsunamis, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, successive earthquakes, flash floods, desert dust storms, and widespread fires. …”
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