ON THE COVER:

The Astrodome, Post-Katrina
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 1. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIAL:

James J. James

Welcome From the Editor-in-Chief, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 2. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Deputy Editor and the Editorial Board, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Breaking Down Territorial Boundaries: A Call to All Professions and Disciplines
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 3-4. [Full Text] [PDF]  

GUEST EDITORIAL COMMENTARY:

Jeffrey W. Runge

Preparedness and Response: A Collaborative Exercise
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 5-6. [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

William G. Plested, III

Letter to the Editor: American Medical Association
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 7. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Chertoff

Letter to the Editor: Department of Homeland Security
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 7. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael O. Leavitt

Letter to the Editor: Department of Health and Human Services
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 7. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ala Alwan

Letter to the Editor: World Health Organization
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 7-8. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Georges Benjamin

Letter to the Editor: American Public Health Association
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 8. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jack McGuire

Letter to the Editor: American Red Cross
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 8. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rebecca M. Patton

Letter to the Editor: American Nurses Association
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 8. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE & COMMENTARY:

Nellie Bristol and David Marcozzi

Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 9-10. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nellie Bristol

Adverse Event Related to Smallpox Vaccination
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 11-12. [Full Text] [PDF]  

GLOBAL CORRESPONDENT:

Stephanie Rosborough

Function of the Global Correspondent
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 13-14. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Research and Critical Analysis:

Kevin U. Stephens, Sr, David Grew, Karen Chin, Paul Kadetz, P. Gregg Greenough, Frederick M. Burkle, Jr, Sandra L. Robinson, and Evangeline R. Franklin

Excess Mortality in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: A Preliminary Report
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 15-20. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kusuma Madamala, Claudia R. Campbell, Edbert B. Hsu, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, and James James

Characteristics of Physician Relocation Following Hurricane Katrina
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 21-26. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [News Release]  

Mary T. Glenshaw, Jon S. Vernick, Guohua Li, Gary S. Sorock, Sheryll Brown, and Sue Mallonee

Preventing Fatalities in Building Bombings: What Can We Learn From the Oklahoma City Bombing?
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 27-31. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kobi Peleg

EDITORIAL COMMENTARY: Preventing Fatalities in Building Bombings: What Can We Learn From the Oklahoma City Bombing?
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 31-33. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Padmini D. Ranasinghe and Becca R. Levy

Prevalence of and Sex Disparities in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in an Internally Displaced Sri Lankan Population 6 Months After the 2004 Tsunami
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 34-41. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert J. Ursano, David M. Benedek, Derrick A. Hamaoka, Carol S. Fullerton, and Ronald C. Kessler

EDITORIAL COMMENTARY: Prevalence of and Sex Disparities in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in an Internally Displaced Sri Lankan Population 6 Months After the 2004 Tsunami
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 41-43. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Special Focus:

James G. Hodge, Jr, Raymond P. Pepe, and William H. Henning

Voluntarism in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina: The Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 44-50. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chadd K. Kraus, Frederick Levy, and Gabor D. Kelen

Lifeboat Ethics: Considerations in the Discharge of Inpatients for the Creation of Hospital Surge Capacity
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 51-56. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Concepts in Disaster Medicine:

David M. Abramson, Stephen S. Morse, Andrew L. Garrett, and Irwin Redlener

Public Health Disaster Research: Surveying the Field, Defining Its Future
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 v. 1, p. 57-62. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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