While the loss of life and property may yet be considerable, many lives were certainly saved by Japan's extensive disaster preparedness and strict construction codes.
As a result, virtually all industrialized countries and many developing countries have mounted extensive pandemic preparedness efforts.
Subsequently, the Center for Health Policy at Columbia University developed an extensive list of bioterrorism preparedness competencies that were to feature prominently in training courses.
In the aftermath of the anthrax event of September 2001, NSLIJHS developed an extensive system-wide emergency preparedness plan to deal with potential biothreat and bioterrorism events that could greatly affect a health system.
Additionally, comparative studies of response professionals and the general public could offer a means of measuring the success of training programs and provide a more extensive understanding of whole community preparedness.
Preparedness requires meticulous planning, extensive education, and regular rehearsal and review if it is to be effective.
The substantial diversity of known influenza viruses in non-human hosts, and the frequent identification of new viruses, makes extensive experimental testing and development of pandemic preparedness measures against all viruses unfeasible.
These networks were used effectively during 2001 2003, before bioterrorism-related preparedness funding became available to support extensive communication systems in all states.
"Early childhood development gets overlooked in the best of times," Ovington notes, "but a good preparedness plan would start with an extensive analysis of the hazards, the possible scenarios and how they will affect each age group of the population and what is needed to respond and be based on real scenario figures," he adds.
Our finding that perceived self-efficacy positively motivates preparedness behaviors agrees with the long-standing and extensive research into self-efficacy's influence on intention and behavior motivation (Bandura 1997 and references therein).
Both heat preparedness and heat response were, on average, more extensive in counties with higher populations, lower poverty rates, and lower percentages of older people.
