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Legacy of the Flood of '93. A Working Conference on the Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Issues. Held in St. Louis, Missouri on April 11-13, 1994.

PB97162408

Publication Date	1994
Page Count	102
Abstract	This report presented edited remarks from the conference on the flood of 1993 along with summary recommendations made after the event was completed. Major issues of concern which emerged during the conference were recovery from the economic and stress impacts of the flood, intermediate and long term food recovery efforts, the unpredictability of the physical and organizational work environments of disaster response workers, communication difficulties, application forms used by disaster relief agencies, coordination of efforts if federal agencies are to respond in a timely fashion, evaluations of early intervention efforts, the Farm Partners in Iowa program, a comprehensive approach to farm family problems and appropriate solutions, establishing an infrastructure and disaster response network of state and county social services, efforts to move from model of tertiary prevention and treatment to more proactive secondary and primary prevention efforts, and the various roles of disaster response personnel.
Keywords	Floods Disasters Economic impact Occupational safety and health Medical personnel Meetings Agricultural workers Farm workers Farmers Psychological effects Stress(Psychology) Life change events Infrastructure Work environments Psychological factors Health manpower Emergency services Health services Communications management Interagency coordination Intergovernmental relationships Emergency response Disaster relief Psychological stress Midwest Region(United States)
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Corporate Authors	Illinois Univ. at Chicago. Great Lakes Center for Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety.; Iowa Univ., Iowa City.; Kent State Univ., OH.; Wisconsin Univ.-Madison.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH., Kent State Univ., OH., Iowa Univ., Iowa City. and Wisconsin Univ.-Madison.
Document Type	Conference Proceedings
NTIS Issue Number	199716

Legacy of the Flood of '93. A Working Conference on the Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Issues. Held in St. Louis, Missouri on April 11-13, 1994.

Legacy of the Flood of '93. A Working Conference on the Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Issues. Held in St. Louis, Missouri on April 11-13, 1994.
PB97162408

Publication Date	1994
Page Count	102
Abstract	This report presented edited remarks from the conference on the flood of 1993 along with summary recommendations made after the event was completed. Major issues of concern which emerged during the conference were recovery from the economic and stress impacts of the flood, intermediate and long term food recovery efforts, the unpredictability of the physical and organizational work environments of disaster response workers, communication difficulties, application forms used by disaster relief agencies, coordination of efforts if federal agencies are to respond in a timely fashion, evaluations of early intervention efforts, the Farm Partners in Iowa program, a comprehensive approach to farm family problems and appropriate solutions, establishing an infrastructure and disaster response network of state and county social services, efforts to move from model of tertiary prevention and treatment to more proactive secondary and primary prevention efforts, and the various roles of disaster response personnel.
Keywords	Floods Disasters Economic impact Occupational safety and health Medical personnel Meetings Agricultural workers Farm workers Farmers Psychological effects Stress(Psychology) Life change events Infrastructure Work environments Psychological factors Health manpower Emergency services Health services Communications management Interagency coordination Intergovernmental relationships Emergency response Disaster relief Psychological stress Midwest Region(United States)
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Corporate Authors	Illinois Univ. at Chicago. Great Lakes Center for Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety.; Iowa Univ., Iowa City.; Kent State Univ., OH.; Wisconsin Univ.-Madison.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH., Kent State Univ., OH., Iowa Univ., Iowa City. and Wisconsin Univ.-Madison.
Document Type	Conference Proceedings
NTIS Issue Number	199716