Health Disparities Disasters & Crises

Health Disparities, Disasters, and Crises: Approaches for a Culture of Preparedness presents a roadmap to help guide the actions needed to address health disparities introduced as part of the pre-planning, planning, and mitigation phases of natural and technological disasters.

With contributions from 30 scholars in disaster management in public health, this text explores how the intersectionality of health disparities of different socioeconomic and racial/ethnic groups and how social determinants help shape exposure, and vulnerability to pandemic disasters and crises. Supported by examples from across the world, chapters are supplemented with case studies of best practices, graphs, and tables. Each of the seven parts address different topics, including how disasters affect the poor, medically underserved, and racial/ethnic groups, the impact of health disparities, and the growing link between global health, disaster planning/mitigation, and global security.

Written for the benefit of undergraduate and graduate students, working professionals, and academics in the US and abroad, Health Disparities, Disasters, and Crises: Approaches for a Culture of Preparedness provides the best overall understanding of professional disaster management and safety for all citizens. It is also an ideal text for graduate and undergraduate courses in public health, public policy, medicine and nursing, healthcare administration, emergency management, emergency preparedness, homeland security, epidemiology, sociology, and medical sociology.

Roland J. Thorpe Jr. holds joint appointments in medicine and neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is an Associate Professor of Health, Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He serves as the Director of the Program for Research on Men’s Health at the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions. Dr. Thorpe’s research focuses on racial and socioeconomic health disparities, particularly among US men.

DeMond S. Miller is a Professor of Sociology, Professor of Disaster Science and Emergency Management, and coordinates the Program in Healthcare Management and Administration. He serves as the Program Director in Disaster Science and Emergency Management. Dr. Miller’s primary areas of research specialization are environmental sociology (disaster studies), sustainable disaster recovery, disaster equity studies, emergency services and response, community development, community-based research, technological disasters, international irregular migration, and acts of terror as disasters.