journal: Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Impact Factor: 0.7

Published since January 1, 2004

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

ISSN: 1547-7355

Edited by: James Ramsay

Managing Editor: Sibel McGee

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About this journal

Scope

Created in 2004, the Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (JHSEM) is an online journal that publishes original, innovative, and timely articles describing and assessing research and practice in the fields of domestic security and emergency management. JHSEM encourages and adopts both a global perspective and international approach to its submissions and content. JHSEM seeks submissions on a wide array of issues from countering violent extremism to cybersecurity, to terrorism and counterterrorism, intelligence, emergency management includes topics such as disaster management, preparedness and response, resilience, climate or environmental security, public health, and strategy. Further, JHSEM accepts submissions that focus on policy or strategy as well as the scholarship of teaching and learning.

A critical part of JHSEM’s focus and intention is to enrich the perspectives of researchers, educators, policy makers and practitioners so that they are better able to address the increasingly complex and wicked security and resilience issues before them. Toward this end, JHSEM publishes not only peer-reviewed original submissions, but also opinion, news/communiqués, and book or other media reviews. Its electronic format allows us to leverage communication technologies to accumulate and disseminate the latest knowledge on a broad range of related topics in a timely and inexpensive manner.

Mission

JHSEM promotes a comprehensive and dynamic perspective, providing readers with up-to-date information and practical applications regarding the evolving nature of the many disciplines comprising both domestic/homeland security and disaster/resilience/emergency management as described above. Recognizing the inherent ties between these disciplines, the journal aims to serve as a bridge between them, encouraging exploration of their underlying relationships and synergies including practical applications, teaching, policy, or strategy applications, theory or interactions.

JHSEM’s mission is further propelled by the conviction that in fields that share such significant operational elements, insights from the community of scholars, educators, policy makers and practitioners are essential.

Aims

Accordingly, JHSEM also aims to serve as a bridge between the researcher, educator, policy maker and practitioner communities, facilitating the kind of collaboration and coordination that enables them to appreciate and benefit from the associated implications and inherent connections in their fields. It is from the intersection of these perspectives and the interchange of ideas and scholarly solutions that the most compelling knowledge, novel insights, and best practices can emerge.

Among JHSEM’s key aims are to

Produce top quality, relevant, anonymized peer-reviewed, wide-ranging professional articles in the many disciplines of domestic/homeland security and disaster/emergency management including, intelligence, climate change, public health, cybersecurity, and terrorism/counterterrorism, etc.

Augment the work of the existing professional societies and single-discipline publications in these fields.

Support best practices and decision making by scholars, policy makers and practitioners.

Draw on multiple disciplines and to focus on the linkages between scholarly, policy and practitioner communities by disseminating original theoretical and conceptual perspectives as well as new empirical research on contemporary security and disaster/resilience/emergency management issues.

Your Benefits

The Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is proud to announce the new Editor’s Choice free access article feature. To download the featured article free of charge, please click the link below.

Vol. 15, Iss. 3: Development of Competency-Based Education Standards for Homeland Security Academic Programs by James D. Ramsay and Irmak Renda-Tanali

Vol. 15, Iss. 2: Who Will Stay, Who Will Leave: Decision-Making of Residents Living in Potential Hurricane Impact Areas During a Hypothetical Hurricane Event in the Rio Grande Valley by Dean Kyne, Arlett Sophia Lomeli, William Donner, and Erika Zuloaga

Vol. 15, Iss. 1: Social Media and Crisis Communications: A Survey of Local Governments in Florida by Stephen R. Neely and Matthew Collins

Vol. 14, Iss. 4: Identifying Constraints to Increase the Resilience of Cities: A Case Study of the City of Porto Alegre by Gustavo da Silva Stefano, Daniel Pacheco Lacerda, Douglas Rafael Veit, and Luis Henrique Pantaleao

Vol. 14, Iss. 3: The National Capabilities for Animal Response in Emergencies (NCARE) Study: An Assessment of US States and Counties by C. Victor Spain, R.C. Green, Lacie Davis, Gregory S. Miller, and Susan Britt

Vol. 14, Iss. 2: Twenty Challenges in Incident Planning by Georgios Marios Karagiannis and Costas Synolakis

Vol. 14, Iss. 1: Reasons for Volunteering in the Field of Civil Protection in Germany by Doris Kehl, Diana Kietzmann, and Silke Schmidt

Vol. 13, Iss. 4: Young Adults' Security Perceptions: Troubling, but an Opportunity for the Response Field by Karla Vermeulen

Vol. 13, Iss. 3: A Systems-Of-Systems Conceptual Model and Live Virtual Constructive Simulation Framework for Improved Nuclear Disaster Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Mitigation by Matthew Davis, Michael Proctor, and Buder Shageer

Vol. 13, Iss. 2: Comprehensive Homeland Security: Developing a Domestic Protection Force for the United States by Kyle R. Brady

Vol. 13, Iss. 1: Deliberative Risk Ranking to Inform Homeland Security Strategic Planning by Russell Lundberg and Henry H. Willis

Vol.12, Iss. 4: Reflections on 40 Years in the Hazards and Disasters Community by Claire B. Rubin

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Instructions for Authors

Topics

Volume 21 (2024)

Volume 20 (2023)

Volume 19 (2022)

Volume 18 (2021)

Volume 17 (2020)

Volume 16 (2019)

Volume 15 (2018)

Volume 14 (2017)

Volume 13 (2016)

Volume 12 (2015)

Volume 11 (2014)

Volume 10 (2013)

Volume 9 (2012)

Volume 8 (2011)

Volume 7 (2010)

Issue 1

Volume 6 (2009)

Issue 1

Volume 5 (2008)

Issue 1

Volume 4 (2007)

Volume 3 (2006)

Volume 2 (2005)

Volume 1 (2004)

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management publishes special and thematic issues focussed on important and emerging topics in the field of study. The journal has established a rigorous process to ensure that any special issue manuscripts follow the same high-quality standards and peer review processes as regular manuscripts. For further information on the journal’s peer review policy please see the "Instructions for Authors".

Recent Special Issues

Special Issue: Cross-Border and Transboundary Resilience; Guest Editors: Anouck Adrot, Monika Büscher, Frank Fiedrich, Eric Rigaud and Marcus Wiens [Issue 2, Volume 21 (2024)]

Journal Impact Factor	0.7	2023, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2024)
5-year Journal Impact Factor	1.1	2023, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2024)
Journal Citation Indicator	0.28	2023, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2024)
CiteScore	8.8	2023, Scopus (Elsevier B.V., 2024)
SCImago Journal Rank	0.752	2023, SJR (Scimago Lab, 2024; Data Source: Scopus)
Source Normalized Impact per Paper	1.421	2023, CWTS Journal Indicators (CWTS B.V., 2024; Data Source: Scopus)

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JHSEM publishes both peer-reviewed research articles and non-peer-reviewed submissions such as opinions or Communiqués, and book/media reviews, as explained in detail below. Content comes from a broad array of scholars, policy makers or practitioners in diverse, security and emergency / disaster / resilience management-related fields including intelligence, cybersecurity, risk management, health and medicine, sociology, psychology, homeland security, engineering, political science, or decision science as well as the scholarship of teaching and learning in these disciplines that is in support of the Journal’s mission.

Research articles: A research article presents an original thesis and reports results that are based on an empirical method of evaluation or theoretical argument. JHSEM does not consider the review of existing research and findings by other authors to be a research article unless it is done in a methodical and systematic manner to reveal new theoretical/practical insights and conclusions, such as using meta-analysis. Research articles go through a blind peer-review process but are not copyedited by the journal.

Communiqués: communiqués are short submissions that provide a statement or review of a recent development or offers information that pertains to the fields of homeland security, intelligence, cybersecurity, health security or emergency management. Examples of Communiqués include notice of a new type of research or a new degree program, an example of collaboration, a review of or conclusions from a conference, or communication of a recent critical development that is important to scholars, practitioners, policy makers or students. Such submissions do not offer opinions or provide evaluations; they just state the development without commentary. Communiqué manuscripts do not go through the peer-review process but are copyedited by the journal in coordination with the submitting author.

Opinion: Opinion articles reflect the submitting author’s evaluation of and commentary on a topic that is of interest to scholars, practitioners, policy makers or students in the fields of homeland security, intelligence, cybersecurity, health security or emergency management. Opinion submissions do not go through the peer-review process but are copyedited by the journal in coordination with the submitting author.
Opinion articles should be within 1000-word limit.

Book: Book reviews include analyses of a recent text or monograph and provide critical evaluation of its content. Book reviews do not go through the peer-review process but are copyedited by the journal in coordination with the submitting author. Reviews should be less than 1,5000 words.

Point/Counterpoint: Point counterpoint submissions represent scholarly debates about emergent or pressing topics in homeland security, intelligence, cybersecurity, health security or emergency management. Point/counterpoint submissions are represented by two (or two sets) of authors who represent a given side (pro or con) to either a prevailing debate or an emergent issue. Examples include topics such as the need for a Department of Climate Security; or should there be a "Geneva Convention" governing cyberattacks; or should the government regulate free speech to constrain disinformation, etc. Point/counterpoint submissions do not go through peer-review process but are copyedited by the journal in coordination with the submitting authors. Each side of a point/counterpoint submission should be less than 2000words.

Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

This document provides authors with details on policy, copyediting, formatting, and layout requirements pertaining to final manuscript submission to this journal. All manuscripts must have correct formatting to be considered ready for publication.

The entire manuscript submission and review process is handled through an online system named ScholarOne. All manuscripts should be submitted to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dgjhsem

EDITORIAL POLICY

Unpublished material: Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described is not copyrighted, published or submitted elsewhere, except in abstract form. The corresponding author should ensure that all authors approve the manuscript before its submission.

Copyright: Manuscripts are accepted on condition of transfer of copyright (for U.S. government employees: to the extent transferable) to Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Once the manuscript is accepted, it may not be published elsewhere without the consent of the copyright holders.

COPYEDITING/LANGUAGE EDITING

The ScholarOne system has been designed to improve the scholarly publication process for authors. Among the many improvements we offer over traditional journals, the most significant is that we have dramatically shortened the period between the initial submission and the final publication of a peer-reviewed article. Much of this time savings is due to the innovative use of electronic publication. These innovations, however, require certain changes in the way authors need to prepare accepted manuscripts for electronic publication.

De Gruyter does provide a light copyedit of manuscripts for this journal, but authors remain responsible for being their own copyeditors.

LANGUAGE EDITING

All manuscripts must be written in clear and concise English. If you have reasons to doubt your proficiency with respect to spelling, grammar, etc. (e.g., because English is not your native language), then you may wish to employ—at your expense—the services of a professional language editor.

CONTENT and STRUCTURE

Manuscripts should be submitted as Word, docx, or rtf.
If your manuscript contains special characters, equations, etc. please make sure to also supply a PDF version as a reference file. This will be used to ensure any formatting issues introduced during the submission process can be corrected accurately.
Write your article in English.
Do not include a title page or abstract. (Begin the document with the introduction. The title page and abstract will be added to your paper by the ScholarOne system.
Do not include page numbers, headers, or footers. (The ScholarOne system will add the appropriate header with page numbers).
Do not identify author names in the actual text of your manuscript; all such information is discarded when we receive your submission. To add or edit co-authors, you must use the "revise submission" form.
Make sure all author and co-author information is complete. Click on "Preview submission" to make sure that all your co-authors' names and affiliations appear correctly.
Do not include acknowledgments in your manuscript. Instead, enter acknowledgments in the coverpage footnote section on the "revise submission" form, so that they may be incorporated into the title page produced for publication.
Submit your manuscript, including tables, figures, appendices, etc., as a single file (Word, .docx, or RTF, files are accepted).
Use the following document structure:
1. Introduction (titling this section is optional).
2. Subsequent sections which include tables, references to figures and figure captions.
3. Conclusion, discussion of findings, or implications section.
4. Appendices, no longer than five pages in total.
5. Explanation of symbols mentioned in the text.
6. References - Include a proper bibliography following the guidelines in the References section below.
7. Please supply figures in separate files, as well as either in-text or pasted at the end of the document. Please see the "Tables, Figures, and Graphs" section below for more detailed instructions regarding figure submission.
BOOK REVIEWS
Book reviews must start with the citation of the book at the top of the first page. Reviews should be less than 2, 500 words.

FONTS

We cannot accept Type3 fonts. The following is a brief guide to fonts with respect to layout.

Font:
- Main Body—12 pt. Times or the closest comparable font available.
- Equations—12 pt. Times or the closest comparable font available.
- Footnotes—10 pt. Times or the closest comparabe font available.
- Tables, graphs & figures—Text accompanying graphs, figures and tables should be no smaller than 8 pt.

FONT FACES

Use Times or the closest comparable font available, except, possibly, where special symbols are needed. If you desire a second font, for instance for headings, use a sans serif font (e.g., Arial or Computer Modern Sans Serif).

COLORED TEXT

Set the font color to black for the majority of the text. De Gruyter encourages authors to take advantage of the ability to use color in the production of figures, maps, images, and graphs. However, you need to appreciate that this will cause some of your readers problems when they print the document on a black and white printer. For this reason, you are advised to avoid the use of colors in situations where their translation to black and white would render the material illegible or incomprehensible.

EMPHASIZED TEXT, TITLES, and FOREIGN TERMS

To indicate text you wish to emphasize, use italics rather than underlining. The use of color to emphasize text is discouraged.
Foreign terms should be set in italics rather than underlined. Unless they are widely known, these terms should be defined in a footnote.
Titles of books, movies, etc., should be set in italics rather than underlined.

Abbreviations

The use of abbreviations and acronyms is permitted provided they are defined the first time they are used in a given section.

HEADINGS

Headings (e.g., title of sections) should be distinguished from the main body text:

Clearly indicate the heading hierarchy using the numbering system of 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, etc.
Be consistent in whether or not you use headline case, or you capitalize the first word and leave the rest in lower-case.

FOOTNOTES

Footnotes must appear at the bottom of the page on which they are referenced rather than at the end of the paper.
Excessively long footnotes are better handled in an appendix.

TABLES, FIGURES & GRAPHS

General requirements: All illustrations must be of reproduction-ready quality and in EPS, TIF, or JPG format. They will be reduced in size to fit, whenever possible, the width of a single column. Lettering of all figures within the article should be uniform in style (preferably a sans serif typeface like Helvetica) and of sufficient size (ca. 8 pt.).Uppercase letters A, B, C, etc. should be used to identify parts of multi-part figures. Cite all figures in the text in numerical order. Indicate the approximate placement of each figure. For review purposes, please place figures in-text or past the at the end of the document. However, you must submit figures in separate files, as well. Only figures (graphs, line drawings, photographs, etc) should be labeled as ‘figures’, not tables or equations.

Halftone figures (grayscale and color) should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi and be of good contrast. Authors are welcome to submit color illustrations. Online publication of color figures will be free of charge. To partially offset the cost of production, color figures will be printed with the following charges to the author: € 250.00 for the first illustration and € 200.00 for each subsequent illustration in one article.

Line drawings must be of reproduction-ready quality. Please note that faint shading may be lost upon reproduction. When drawing bar graphs, use patterning instead of gray scales. Lettering of all figures should be uniform in style. A resolution of 1200 dpi is recommended.
Figure legends: Provide a short descriptive title and a legend to make each figure self-explanatory on separate pages. Explain all symbols used in the figures. Remember to use the same abbreviations as in the text body.
Permissions: It is the authors’ responsibility to obtain permission to reproduce original or modified material that has been previously published. Any permissions fees are the responsibility of the author(s).
Offprints: The electronic files of typeset articles in Adobe Acrobat PDF format are provided free of charge; corresponding authors receive notification that their article has been published online. Paper offprints can be ordered in addition; an offprint order form will accompany the page proofs and should be completed and returned with the corrected proofs immediately.
Please do not embed figures in the text. Instead, they should be referenced in the text and submitted in separate files.
Number tables consecutively using Arabic numerals. Tables should appear in the document near where they are referenced in the text. Provide a short descriptive title, column headings, and (if necessary) footnotes to make each table self-explanatory. Refer to tables in the text as Table 1, 2 etc. Use Table 1, etc. in the table legends.
Tables must not be displayed as images.

MATHEMATICS and EQUATIONS

Roman letters used in mathematical expressions as variables must be italicized. Roman letters used as part of multi-letter function names should not be italicized. Subscripts and superscripts must be a smaller font size than the main text.
Type short mathematical expressions inline.
Longer expressions must appear as display mth, as must expressions using many different levels (e.g., such as fractions).
Ensure that Equations are typed or created with a plug-in, such as Word Formula Editor or MathType. Mathematical expressions must not be displayed as images.
Important definitions or concepts can also be set off as display math.
Number your equations sequentially.
Insert a blank line before and after each equation.
Whether equation numbers are on the right or left is the choice of the author(s). However, make sure to be consistent in this.
When proofing your document, pay particular attention to the rendering of the mathematics, especially symbols and notation drawn from other-than-standard fonts.

REFERENCES

It is the author's obligation to provide complete references with the necessary information.

All citations in text should be listed in references section with full bibliographic information.
Use Chicago Manual Author-Date system. Follow the instructions at: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

Editorial

Editor
James Ramsay, Ph.D., MA, FASSP
Professor and Assistant Provost for Graduate Studies
University of Wisconsin-Stout
ramsayja@uwstout.edu

Managing Editor
Sibel McGee, Ph.D.
Distinguished Analyst, Analytic Services, Inc.
sibelmcgee@msn.com

Past Editor:
Dr Irmak Renda-Tanali
Senior Analyst, MITRE　

Founding Editor:
Claire Rubin,
Claire B. Rubin & Associates

Associate Editors
Jose "Ze" de Arimateia da Cruz, Ph.D., MPH
Professor of International Relations and Comparative Politics
Georgia Southern University - Armstrong Campus
Visiting Research Professor
Strategic Landpower and Futures Group (SLFG)
Center for Strategic Leadership (CSL)
Homeland Defense & Security Studies
U. S. Army War College　
jdacruz@georgiasouthern.edu

Eric Best, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Homeland Security and Public Policy
School of Public Affairs
Penn State Harrisburg
ericbest@psu.edu

Emma Leonard Boyle, Ph.D
Chair of the Homeland Security Program
Associate Professor of Political Science
School of Public Affairs
Penn State University
Harrisburg, PA
ejl196@psu.edu

Tina M. Bynum, D.Mgt., MPA
Associate Dean of Law & Public Services　
Pikes Peak State College　
Colorado Springs, CO
Tina.bynum@pikespeak.edu

Claire Connolly Knox, Ph.D.
Associate Professor – School of Public Administration
University of Central Florida
Claire.Knox@ucf.edu

Tanya B. Corbin, Ph.D., Department Chair
Security and Emergency Services, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Worldwide
1 Aerospace Boulevard
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
corbint2@erau.edu

Tobias T. Gibson, Ph.D.
Dr. John Langton Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science; Security Studies Program Chair (Westminster College)
Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Security Policy and Law, Syracuse University
Missouri State University School of Defense and Strategic Studies Graduate Research Faculty
Tobias.Gibson@westminster-mo.edu

Caroline Hackerott, PhD.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Emergency Management and Disaster Science
North Dakota State University
Caroline.hackerott@ndsu.edu

Mark Landahl, Ph.D., CEM
Adjunct Professor
Homeland Security, Intelligence, & Emergency Management
University of Maryland Global Campus
Mark.Landahl@faculty.umgc.edu

Romeo B. Lavarias, FPEM, CEM, DPA, MHSD, MPA, MURP.
Emergency Manager, Fire-Rescue Department
City of Miramar, FL
rblavarias@miramarfd.org

Rosemary McDonnell, DPS, MPS
Sr. Accessibility Program Manager, DC Homeland Security & Emergency Management Agency
Adjunct Associate Professor, St. John’s University
Adjunct Professor, Idaho State University
Doctorate of Professional Studies in Homeland Security, St. John's University (Queens, NY)
Center for Homeland Defense and Security Emergence Program & Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program Alumni from the Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey, CA)
mcdonner@stjohns.edu

Lynda Peters, JD, MA
Faculty, Center for Homeland Defense and Security
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterrey, CA
lyndapeters3312@gmail.com

Volume 22 Issue 1

January 2025

Publicly Available January 31, 2025

Frontmatter

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Research Articles

May 30, 2024

Safety First or Saving Lives? How Medical Responders Would Decide when Facing an Active Violent Incident. Results from an Explorative Cross-National Survey

Nils Ellebrecht, Anna Joval, Tomer Kaplan, Oren Wacht, Eric S. Weinstein

Page range: 1-25

Abstract

In recent years, public authorities and rescue services have been discussing how Medical First Responders (MFRs) should behave in an Active Violent Incident (AVI) where it is necessary to weigh up self-protection and the rescuing of others. The aim of this exploratory study is to generate a preliminary picture of how European MFRs position themselves on this and related questions. With the help of a network of experts, an AVI scenario and accompanying questionnaire were developed and pretested. A refined version was then distributed among MFRs in eight European countries and Israel. We performed descriptive statistics and tested for significant differences among the participating countries. 1164 MFRs completed the survey. In the absence of police protection, a majority of respondents opted against providing immediate casualty care (56.6 %). Under certain circumstances, however, the rest decided in favour. More than 65.5 % did not fear disciplinary or legal consequences for not providing assistance immediately. Even with police protection, one in ten respondents would still not enter a “yellow zone”, one in four would leave this to Emergency Medical Services (EMS) units specifically trained for such operations. While there are very few strong contrasts between MFRs with different work experience, roles (supervisor/instructor) or additional qualifications (e.g., firefighting, military service), there are significant differences between MFRs from participating countries. Most notably, (1) only Norwegian participants identified, on average, a clear paradigm shift from “safety first” to “controlled risk taking”; (2) while 69.8 % of the Austrian cohort were unwilling to enter without being escorted by the police, among Norwegians MFRs the figure was 42.7 %; (3) the question whether “weapons” are “useful” equipment in such a scenario is particularly divisive (ranging from 14.3 % of German to 58.9 % of Israeli respondents). Although most of the questions were answered in the same way by a large majority, significant differences can be observed, especially between countries. We offer various explanations for these and discuss whether MFRs can actually remain passive given the situational normative forces inherent to an AVI.

Open Access February 29, 2024

Use of Crisis Communication Strategies by Food Bank Network During a Global Pandemic

Brittany “Brie” Haupt, Lauren Azevedo, Michael O’Grady

Page range: 27-60

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During the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), nonprofits needed to quickly rethink their strategies concerning the sustainability of their organizations along with communication regarding the crisis. The pandemic presented unique opportunities for understanding how service-oriented nonprofits, who must share timely and accurate information across stakeholders and work closely with partner organizations, can deliver services during crisis periods. Utilizing a case study approach, the focus of this study is the impact of COVID-19 on the Federation of Virginia Food Banks (FVFB), which is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit state association of food banks affiliated with Feeding America, by examining the use of crisis communication strategies utilized or not-utilized during the crisis response and recovery activities. The findings present practical implications for nonprofit organizations and their crisis response and recovery networks and a better understanding of the needs for nonprofit organizations to engage in crisis communication planning for diverse crises and planning resources.

June 14, 2024

Strategic Planning for Post-Earthquake Health Services Continuity: Leveraging Family Healthcare Centers in Istanbul

Irem Ucal Sari, Mustafa Mert Adana, Onurhan Atilgan

Page range: 61-79

Abstract

Earthquakes, known for their widespread devastation, annually inflict catastrophic consequences globally. Swift and well-structured healthcare responses following earthquakes are pivotal in reducing their impact and mitigating loss of life. However, achieving this demands proactive strategic planning and effective preparedness before disaster strikes. While countries craft disaster response plans, their implementation often proves inadequate in managing the ensuing crisis comprehensively. This study proposes a paradigm shift by advocating for the utilization of widely accessible Family Health Centers (FHCs) as crucial hubs for post-earthquake healthcare continuity. Focused on these community-centric health units, our research delineates a strategic blueprint ensuring uninterrupted health services post an Istanbul earthquake. Integrating SWOT analysis, balanced scorecard, and operations research, this study holistically assesses the current landscape of FHCs and identifies imperative post-earthquake requisites. Insights gleaned from extensive literature review and expert consultations underpin this multifaceted approach.

Opinion

Open Access May 20, 2024

Beyond Chinese Spy Balloons: Why We Need to Teach East Asian Studies in U.S. Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Programs

Benjamin R. Young

Page range: 81-87

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This article argues for the inclusion of more East Asia-focused content, particularly regarding China and North Korea, in homeland security and emergency preparedness (HSEP) undergraduate curricula. It contends that current programs overemphasize the post-9/11 counterterrorism paradigm while neglecting state-level threats, especially from China as an ascendant geopolitical rival. China poses multifaceted challenges through cyberattacks, intellectual property theft, economic coercion, and potential military contingencies, such as invading Taiwan. North Korea's nuclear program and cyber activities also jeopardize U.S. homeland security. To prepare future professionals, the article recommends adding a “state actor threats” core subject matter area covering the histories, cultures, and political dynamics underlying these nations’ antagonistic policies. Cultivating deeper cultural competency about U.S. strategic competitors in East Asia is crucial for bolstering national security. Holistic education reform is needed to align HSEP programs with contemporary global geopolitical realities beyond traditional terrorism subjects.

Communications

July 9, 2024

How a Chemical Weapons Threat Positively Impacted a Hospital’s Emergency Preparedness

Tara Long, Belinda Corder

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Online ISSN: 1547-7355
Type: Journal
Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
First published: January 1, 2004
Publication Frequency: 3 issues per year
Audience: Researchers, practitioners, and public safety officials involved with homeland security concerns, natural or human-induced disasters, and crisis preparedness and response.