Public Health Integration Into Public Safety in Post-Katrina New Orleans.

PREPAREDNESS; HURRICANE Katrina, 2005; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY management; EMERGENCY management education; CIVILIAN evacuation; HOSPITAL emergency services; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; MASS casualties; NATURAL disasters; PUBLIC health administration; SAFETY

An editorial which looks at the funding and integration of public health preparedness into public safety in a post-hurricane Katrina New Orleans, Louisiana, is presented. Topics of discussion include the city-assisted evacuation framework (CAE), the New Orleans Access and Functional Needs database, and the Chemical Defense Demonstration Project, a partnership between the city and the DHS Office of Health Affairs.