Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2014
∙ Development of public health communications that connect people and communities to their health resources and needs before, during and after a disaster
∙ Reduction of health disparities to vulnerable populations as a result of a disaster. An end state should be that every population with similar exposures/incidents have identical health outcomes.
∙ Public health/disaster preparedness as a shared responsibility that starts at the individual and grows to the community/state