Currently, NLM is not updating the Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) website, and is limiting updates to the Disaster Lit database to COVID-19 related data collection tools found in the DR2.
We are no longer adding links to other new disaster-related information. The content of select resources from Disaster Lit will be digitized and made available through Digital Collections and Bookshelf.
Annotation:This 110-page document is the 2010-2013 Interagency Coordinating Council on Emergency Preparedness and Individuals with Disabilities (ICC) Report to the President. The ICC directs more than 25 federal executive departments and agencies to work together to ensure that emergency preparedness plans incorporate the perspectives and needs of individuals with disabilities, and that barriers to their access to services and planning are removed. Recent emergency response and recovery activities include the 2010 BP DeepwaterHorizonoilspill, 2011 Hurricane Irene, 2012 Hurricane Sandy, and 2013 Colorado flooding....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:This 104-page document reports on the five basic homeland security missions for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security set forth in the first Quadrennial Homeland Security Review report in 2010, including Strengthening National Preparedness and Resilience, and discusses how these missions must be refined to reflect the evolving landscape of homeland security threats and hazards. The DeepwaterHorizonoilspill in 2010, Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 illustrate these evolving threats and hazards....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:This 19-page report provides information about the Gulf Coast Population Impact Project's work to identify communities of children in the coastal areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida who were adversely impacted by the DeepwaterHorizonoilspill in April 2010. The report includes findings, details insights from community interviews, and identifies the needs of the children in the Gulf Coast....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Worker Education and Training Program held a workshop in Mobile, Alabama, in May 2011 that included a broad range of participants who were involved in the DeepwaterHorizon response. This workshop report summarizes their views of what worked and what did not work as the basis for improvements in preparedness for future disasters. Specifically, workshop findings and recommendations focused on three topics: community engagement and community health, training quality, and monitoring and surveillance of cleanup workers....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:During this one-hour conference call hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity, experts discuss surveillance activities conducted following the DeepwaterHorizon Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit explosion in April 2010. They describe activities undertaken to monitor for possible oilspill related health effects among the response workers and populations residing in the spill-affected areas....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness conducted telephone interviews with 1,203 coastal residents in Louisiana (481 households) and Mississippi (722 households) to determine the short- and long-term effects of the GulfOilSpill. The particular concerns of the survey were: numbers of people who had been exposed to the oilspill (direct exposure was defined as: involved in the cleanup, come in contact with the spill or cleanup, suffered property damage), the immediate and perceived long-term effects (physical: respiratory or skin reactions; emotional or behavioral problems) of the oilspill on local children, the impact of the oilspill on decisions about daily life activities (what foods they eat, impact on vacation plans, restriction of children’s recreational activities), and residents’ perceptions about the reliability of the information they are receiving about the spill. They found that 40% of the population had some exposure to the spill; 33% of their children were having emotional or physical reactions to the spill; 8% have lost jobs; 25% are considering relocation as a result of the spill; and those most deeply affected were those with the lowest incomes....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:This four-page factsheet is intended for healthcare providers in the wake of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico DeepwaterHorizonoilspill. The resource provides general information about crudeoil and lists the types of exposure, as well as symptoms and behavioral health risks of exposure. Additionally, the document offers a section on things for physicians and providers to consider when treating patients who have been exposed to or affected by the oilspill....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:During this one-hour conference call hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity, a CDC expert discusses the environmental health impact of the 2010 DeepwaterHorizonoilspill in the Gulf of Mexico....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:This three-page document provides information on dispersants, which are specially designed oilspill products that are composed of detergent-like surfactants in low toxicity solvents. Specifically, it discusses COREXIT ®EC9500A and EC9527A, the dispersants used after the 2010 DeepwaterHorizonoilspill in the Gulf of Mexico....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:This web page provides information for health care providers on potential health hazards from the 2010 DeepwaterHorizonoilspill in the Gulf of Mexico. It discusses considerations when deciding on a patient's course of care, as well as environmental and health surveillance findings....[See more] [See less]
