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Item Climate Change and Infectious Disease Patterns in the United States: Public Health Preparation and Ecological Restoration as a Matter of Justice(2016-06) Cornell, Kayhla; Walker, Dr. Thomas; Assadourian, Erik; Raffensperger, Carolyn J.D.; MA in Environmental StudiesThere exists an ancient and delicate balance between the Earth’s climate systems and human health. As the Earth’s climate systems experience disruption, so will the systems of human health. With disruptions of weather patterns come increased hazard events, causing more floods, droughts, and presence of vectors. These changes ultimately cause an increase in infectious disease and new disease patterns affecting the global population. In the United States, there are several geographic areas that are at an increased risk of hazard events. More importantly, there are also populations that are distinctly more at-risk of contracting infectious disease due to underlying vulnerabilities, as indicated by social determinants of health. This document discusses infectious disease outbreaks that we can predict are coming to the United States, where we can expect to see these predictions manifest, based on our current knowledge, and what the United States, on a local level, needs to do in order to best prepare for these imminent threats. Due to the fact that portions of the population are being unjustly burdened by climate vulnerabilities and infectious disease, the timely responses to these communities is truly a matter of environmental justice. In order to best prepare for the inevitable, this paper discusses necessary partnerships that need to be made between the public health and environmental/ecology fields to form a holistic, just approach to communities on a local level.Item The Systemic Impacts of Integrated Mobile Healthcare in a State-Wide Emergency Medical Services System(2019-04) Flint, Diane; Wachhaus, T. Aaron; Wyatt-Nichol, Heather; Bissell, Richard; College of Public Affairs; Doctor of Public AdministrationIntegrated Mobile HealthCare (IMHC) relatively new aspect of pre-hospital care that has the potential for positive fiscal and operational impacts on emergency medical services. This study evaluates the state of Maine's IMHC program, the first statewide IMHC program in the United States and its fiscal, operational and statistical impacts on the healthcare of the Maine populous and provides suggestions for program improvement and future research.