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Public health preparedness: a systems-level approach.

Moore S, Mawji A, Shiell A, Noseworthy T

Centre de recherche du CHUM, Axe santé des populations et épidémiologie sociale, 3875 St-Urbain, 3e étage, porte 3-30, Montréal, QC, Canada H2W 1V1. spencer.moore@umontreal.ca

Public health and emergency preparedness have become central concepts in the current restructuring of various regional-, national- and global-level public health and emergency management agencies and systems. In this article, a glossary of the most important terms and concepts currently pertaining to public health preparedness is provided with a focus on systems-level and organisational issues.

Published 20 March 2007 in J Epidemiol Community Health, 61(4): 282-6.
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