TY - JOUR
T1 - Community healthcare delivery post-hurricane sandy
T2 - Lessons from a mobile health unit
AU - Lien, Cynthia
AU - Raimo, John
AU - Abramowitz, Jessica
AU - Khanijo, Sameer
AU - Kritharis, Athena
AU - Mason, Christopher
AU - Jarmon, Charles H.
AU - Nash, Ira S.
AU - Carney, Maria T.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy the North Shore LIJ Health System (NS-LIJ HS) organized and launched its first mobile health unit (MHU) operation to some of New York's hardest hit communities including Queens County and Long Island, NY. This document describes the initiation, operational strategies, outcomes and challenges of the NS-LIJ HS community relief effort using a MHU. The operation was divided into four phases: (1) community needs assessment, (2) MHU preparation, (3) staff recruitment and (4) program evaluation and feedback. From November 16th through March 21st, 2013 the Health System launched the MHU over 64 days serving 1,160 individuals with an age range of 3 months to 91 years. Vaccination requests were the most commonly encountered issue, and the most common complaint was upper respiratory illness. The MHU is an effective resource for delivering healthcare to displaced individuals in the aftermath of natural disaster. Future directions include the provision of psychosocial services, evaluating strategies for timely retreat of the unit and methods for effective transitions of care.
AB - In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy the North Shore LIJ Health System (NS-LIJ HS) organized and launched its first mobile health unit (MHU) operation to some of New York's hardest hit communities including Queens County and Long Island, NY. This document describes the initiation, operational strategies, outcomes and challenges of the NS-LIJ HS community relief effort using a MHU. The operation was divided into four phases: (1) community needs assessment, (2) MHU preparation, (3) staff recruitment and (4) program evaluation and feedback. From November 16th through March 21st, 2013 the Health System launched the MHU over 64 days serving 1,160 individuals with an age range of 3 months to 91 years. Vaccination requests were the most commonly encountered issue, and the most common complaint was upper respiratory illness. The MHU is an effective resource for delivering healthcare to displaced individuals in the aftermath of natural disaster. Future directions include the provision of psychosocial services, evaluating strategies for timely retreat of the unit and methods for effective transitions of care.
KW - Displaced populations
KW - Healthcare and natural disaster
KW - Healthcare delivery and outreach
KW - Mobile health unit
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U2 - 10.1007/s10900-013-9805-7
DO - 10.1007/s10900-013-9805-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 24343196
AN - SCOPUS:84900846808
SN - 0094-5145
VL - 39
SP - 599
EP - 605
JO - Journal of Community Health
JF - Journal of Community Health
IS - 3
ER -