UMBC Emergency Health Services Department
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The Department of Emergency Health Services offers a unique opportunity for the education of future Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Public Health, and Emergency Management professionals. This is accomplished by providing a broad liberal-arts and sciences education which enhances the graduate employment opportunities as pre-hospital providers, policy makers, and managers.The Department of Emergency Health Services also provides a cutting edge education for advancement to graduate, medical, and professional studies. The Graduate program is primarily focused on preparing professionals for leadership roles in Disaster Health, Emergency Public Health and Policy Development. The two-track curriculum is designed to provide graduate level training and education to health care providers, researchers, educators, policy makers, and administrators. An Education concentration can be combined with either track. A post-baccalaureate certificate in Emergency Management is also offered. As of Fall 2017, in conjunction with the Department of Public Policy, we now offer a Ph.D. program with concentrations in Emergency Health and Emergency Management.
Recent Submissions
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Epidemiology of Sepsis in US Children and Young Adults
(Oxford University Press, 2023-04-20)Background Most multicenter studies of US pediatric sepsis epidemiology use administrative data or focus on pediatric intensive care units. We conducted a detailed medical record review to describe sepsis epidemiology in ... -
Post-Disaster Food & Nutrition Security: The Disaster Food Security Framework (DFSF)
(Local Food Economics, 2023-03-15)The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines food security as “access by all people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life” (1). Following a disaster, communities and individual households ... -
Implementing a Protocol to Address Risk for Burnout Among Mental Health Professionals
(Sage, 2020-11-09)BACKGROUND: The magnitude for potential burnout is enormous. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Addiction and Mental Health, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported ... -
Preventing the Next Epidemic: Prescribed Stimulant Abuse
(Elsevier, 2019-03-01)Prescribed stimulant abuse continues to rise, along with prescriptions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders. When used with targeted symptoms, the medications are effective. However, this escalating crisis is being ... -
Lessons Learned From 2020: Don’t Get Complacent
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Differences in Household Preparedness and Adaptation for COVID-19
(Cambridge University Press, 2022-12-07)Objective. To quantify differences in preparedness for and adaptations to COVID-19 in a cohort sample of New York City residents. Methods. A proportional quota sample (n=1,020) of individuals residing in New York ... -
Capital Assets and Rural Resilience: An Analysis of Texas Communities Impacted by Hurricane Harvey
(JSTOR, 2018-06-26)This study examines what may make rural disaster resilience distinct from urban disaster resilience. It approaches the study of disaster resilience in terms of adaptive capacities – framed as human, social, physical, ... -
Household Hurricane Evacuation During a Dual-Threat Event: Hurricane Laura and COVID-19
(Elsevier, 2022-09-09)This study explores household-level evacuation decision-making in response to Hurricane Laura, in a context where hurricane risk reduction measures contradicted COVID-19 risk reduction measures. Data were collected using ... -
Factors Associated with Continued Food Insecurity among Households Recovering from Hurricane Katrina
(MDPI, 2018-08-03)In 2010, 14.5% of US households experienced food insecurity, which adversely impacts health. Some groups are at increased risk for food insecurity, such as female-headed households, and those same groups are often also ... -
Factors Associated with Food Insecurity Following Hurricane Harvey in Texas
(MDPI, 2020-01-25)Food insecurity prevalence among disaster-affected households has been found to be higher than state prevalence in non-disaster times. This study applies a socio-ecological model of post-disaster food insecurity to a ... -
Awareness Is Not Enough: Frequent Use of Water Pollution Information and Changes to Risky Behavior
(MDPI, 2020-10-20)Hazard information plays an important role in how risk perceptions are formed and what actions are taken in response to risk. While past studies have shown that information on water and air pollution is associated with ... -
Primary and Secondary Health Impacts of COVID-19 among Minority Individuals in New York State
(MDPI, 2021-01-14)In addition to the direct health impacts of COVID-19, the pandemic disrupted economic, educational, healthcare, and social systems in the US. This cross-sectional study examined the primary and secondary impacts of the ... -
Food Insecurity Prevalence Across Diverse Sites During COVID-19: A Year of Comprehensive Data
(University of Vermont, 2021-03)Key Findings NFACT includes 18 study sites in 15 states as well as a national poll, collectively representing a sample size of more than 26,000 people. Some sites have implemented multiple survey rounds, here we report ... -
Food Access Worries, Food Assistance Use, Purchasing Behavior, and Food Insecurity Among New Yorkers During COVID-19
(Frontiers, 2021-08-26)The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) disrupted health, economy, and food systems across the United States. This cross-sectional study examined the relationship between food access worries, food assistance use, and ... -
Weather-Related Disaster in a Diverse Cohort of Aging Adults
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Impact of Employment, Essential Work, and Risk Factors on Food Access during the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York State
(MDPI, 2021-02-04)The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted food systems and the economy in the U.S. and abroad. This cross-sectional study examined the direct and indirect impacts of COVID-19 on food access among low-income and Black, Indigenous, ... -
A Multi-Site Analysis of the Prevalence of Food Insecurity in the United States, before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Oxford University Press, 2021-11-01)Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic profoundly affected food systems including food security. Understanding how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted food security is important to provide support and ... -
Food-Seeking Behaviors and Food Insecurity Risk During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
(Elsevier, 2022-02)ABSTRACT Objective: Food insecurity risk increases among disaster-struck individuals. The authors employed the social determinants of health framework to (1) describe the characteristics and food-seeking behaviors ... -
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Food Pantry Use and Barriers in Massachusetts during the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic
(MDPI, 2022-06-18)This study sought to describe racial disparities in food insecurity, food pantry use, and barriers to and experiences with food pantries during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. We surveyed 2928 adults in Massachusetts ... -
Academic Writing in the Health Professions: A Comparisonof Two Writing-Intensive Course Models Within a Cross-Disciplinary Course
(University of Alberta, 2021-03-15)Academic writing in higher education has been a long-standing priority, with a greater need for writing supports noted in the past decades (Wingate & Tribble, 2012) and an increasing focus on discipline-specific language ...
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