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Articles in Peer-Review Journals

Forthcoming
  • Bartels SA, Greenough PG, Tamar M, VanRooyen MJ. Investigation of a cholera outbreak in Ethiopia's Oromia region. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. Forthcoming.
  • Brahmbhatt D, Chan JL, Hsu EB, Mowafi H, Kirsch TD, Quereshi A, Greenough PG. Public health preparedness of post-Katrina and Rita shelter staff. Prehosp Disaster Med. Forthcoming.
  • Marks SP. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Before and After the Universal Declaration. Maryland Journal of International Law. Forthcoming.


2009

  • Attanayake V, McKay R, Joffres M, Singh S, Burkle FM Jr, Mills E. Prevalence of mental disorders among children exposed to war; a systematic review of 7, 920 children. Medicine, Conflict and Survival. 2009 Jan-Mar; 25 (1): 3-17.
  • Burkle FM Jr. Sovereignty, endurance, and the elusive search for humanitarian space in North Korea. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2009 May-Jun; 24(3): 161-65
  • Cavey AMJ, Spector JM, Ehrhardt D, Kittle T, McNeill M, Greenough PG, Kirsch TD. Mississippi's Infectious Disease Hotline: A Surveillance and Education Model for Future Disasters. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2009 Jan-Feb; 24(1): 11-17.
  • Isanaka S, Nombela N, Djibo A, Poupard M, Van Beckhoven D, Gaboulaud V, Guerin PJ, Grais RF. Effect of preventive supplementation with ready-to-use therapeutic food on the nutritional status, mortality, and morbidity of children aged 6 to 60 months in Niger: a cluster randomized trial. JAMA. 2009 Jan; 301(3): 277-85.
  • Isanaka S, Villamor E, Shepard S, Grais RF. Assessing the Impact of the Introduction of the World Health Organization Growth Standards and Weight-for-Height z-Score Criterion on the Response to Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children: Secondary Data Analysis. Pediatrics. 2009 Jan; 123(1): 54-59.
  • Lyons WH, Burkle FM Jr, Roepke DL, Bertz JE. An influenza pandemic exercise in a major urban setting, Part I: Hospital health systems lessons learned and implications for future planning. Am J Disaster Med. 2009 Mar-Apr; 4(2): 120-28.
  • Malish R, Oliver D, Rush R, Zarzabal E, Sigmon M, Burkle FM Jr. Potential Roles of Military-Specific Response to Natural Disasters-Analysis of the Rapid Deployment of a Mobile Surgical Team to the 2007 Peruvian Earthquake. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2009; 24(1): 3-8
  • McQueen KA, Magee M, Crabtree T, Romano C, Burkle FM Jr. Application of outcome measures in international humanitarian aid: Comparing indices through retrospective analysis of corrective surgical care cases. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2009; 24(1): 39-46.
  • McQueen KA, Hyder JA, Taira BR, Semer N, Burkle FM Jr, Casey KM. The Provision of Surgical Care by International Organizations in Developing Countries: A Preliminary Report. World J Surg. 2009 Aug 15 Epub.
  • Mills EJ, Burkle FM Jr. Counting the dead in a decade of conflict and controversy. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2009 Jun; 3(2): 68-70.
  • Mills EJ, Burkle FM Jr. Interference, intimidation, and measuring mortality in war. Lancet. 2009 Apr; 373(9672): 1320-22.
  • Ozgediz D, Dunbar P, Mock C, Cherion M, Rogers SO Jr, Riviello R, Meara JG, Jamison D, Macfarlane SB, Burkle FM, McQueen KA. Bridging the gap between public health and surgery: access to surgical care in low- and middle-income countries. Bull Am Coll Surg. 2009 May; 94(5): 14-20.
  • Subbarao I, Hsu EB, Burkle FM Jr, Bostick A, James JJ. Building a fundamental framework for disaster education and training. Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Jun; 53(6): 837-38.
  • Subbarao I, Bostick NA, Burkle FM, Hsu EB, Armstrong JH, James JJ. Re-envisioning mass critical care triage as a systematic multitiered process. Chest. 2009 Apr; 135(4) : 1108.
  • Taira BR, McQueen KA, Burkle FM Jr. Burden of surgical disease: does the literature reflect the scope of the international crisis?. World J Surg. 2009 May; 33(5) : 893-98.


2008

  • Abolghasemi H, Radfar MH, Tabatabaee M, Hosseini-Divkolayee NS, Burkle FM. Revisiting blood transfusion preparedness: experience from the Bam earthquake response. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2008 Sep-Oct; 23(5): 391-94.
  • Bielajs I, Burkle FM Jr, Archer FL, Smith E. Development of prehospital, population-based triage-management protocols for pandemics. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2008 Sep-Oct; 23(5): 420-30.
  • Bollettino V and Bruderlein C. Training humanitarian professionals at a distance: testing the feasibility of distance learning with humanitarian professionals. Distance Education. 2008 Nov; 29(3): 269-87.
  • Bostick NA, Subbarao I, Burkle FM Jr, Hsu EB, Armstrong JH, James JJ. Disaster triage systems for large-scale catastrophic events. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2008 Sep; (2)1:35-39.
  • Burkle FM Jr. Measuring humanitarian assistance in conflicts. Lancet. 2008 Jan; 371(9608): 189-90. Erratum in: Lancet. 2008 Mar; 371(9617): 986.
    Burkle FM Jr, Bass J, Bolton P. Becoming responsible in a "socially seismic" environment: mental health as a marker of community recovery. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2008 Jun; 2(2): 73-74.
  • Burkle FM Jr, Greenough PG. Impact of public health emergencies on modern disaster taxonomy, planning, and response. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2008 Oct; 2(3): 192-99.
  • Chan J. Politics and Disaster Response: Recent Experience in Asia. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2008 Oct; 2(3):136-38.
  • Grais RF, Ashley EA, White NJ. The verbosity epidemic. Science. 2008 Jun; 320(5884): 1718.
  • Hill K, Seltzer W, Leaning J, Malik SJ, Russell SS. The Demographic Impact of Partition in the Punjab in 1947. Population Studies. 2008 Jul; 62(2): 155-70.
  • Johnson K, Asher J, Rosborough S, Raja A, Panjabi R, Beadling C, Lawry L. Association of Combatant Status and Sexual Violence with Health and Mental Health Outcomes in Postconflict Liberia. JAMA. 2008; 300(6): 676-90.
  • Klein KR, Pepe PE, Burkle FM Jr, Nagel NE, Swienton RE. Evolving need for alternative triage management in public health emergencies: a Hurricane Katrina case study. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2008 Sep; 2(1): 40-44.
  • Lawry L, Burkle FM Jr. Measuring the true human cost of natural disasters. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2008 Dec; 2(4): 208-10.
  • Leaning J. Disasters and Emergency Planning. In K Heggenhougen & S Quah (eds.) The International Encyclopedia of Public Health: Elsevier. September 2008.
  • Luquero FJ, Grais RF. Violence-related mortality in Iraq. 2002-2006. NEJM. 2008 Jul; 359(4): 432-33.
  • Mills EJ, Checchi F, Orbinski JJ, Schull MJ, Burkle FM Jr, Beyrer C, Cooper C, Hardy C, Singh S, Garfield R, Woodruff BA, Guyatt GH. Users' guides to the medical literature: how to use an article about mortality in a humanitarian emergency. Conflict and Health. 2008 Sep; 2(9).
  • Mowafi, H, Spiegel P. The Iraq Refugee Crisis: Familiar Problems and New Challenges, JAMA. 2008 Apr.
  • Reaves EJ, Schor KW, Burkle FM Jr. Implementation of evidence-based humanitarian programs in military-led missions: part I. Qualitative gap analysis of current military and international aid programs. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2008 Dec; 2(4): 230-36.
  • Reaves EJ, Schor KW, Burkle FM Jr. Implementation of evidence-based humanitarian programs in military-led missions: part II. The impact assessment model. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2008 Dec; 2(4): 237-44.
  • Smith E, Morgans A, Qureshi K, Archer F, Burkle FM Jr. Paramedics' perceptions of risk and willingness to work during disasters. The Australian Journal of Emergency Management. 2008 May; 23 (2): 14-20.
  • Subbarao I, Lyznicki JM, Hsu EB, Gebbie KM, Markenson D, Barzansky B, Armstrong JH, Cassimatis EG, Coule PL, Dallas CE, King RV, Rubinson L, Sattin R, Swienton RE, Lillibridge S, Burkle FM Jr, Schwartz RB, James JJ. A consensus-based educational framework and competency set for the discipline of disaster medicine and public health preparedness. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2008 Mar; 2(1): 57-68.
  • Tapp C, Burkle FM, Wilson K, Takaro T, Guyatt GH, Amad H, Mills EJ. Iraq War mortality estimates: A systematic review. Conflict and Health. 2008 Mar; 2(1).
  • VanRooyen M, Leaning J, Johnson K, Hirschfeld K, Tuller D, Levine A, Hefferman J. Employment of a livelihoods analysis to define genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. Journal of Genocide Research. 2008 Sep; 10 (3): 343-58.


2007

  • Burkle FM Jr. Public health emergencies, cancer, and the legacy of Katrina. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2007 Jul-Aug; 22(4): 291-92.
  • Burkle FM Jr, Greenough PG. Mortality in Iraq. Lancet. 2007 Jan; 369(9556): 104.
  • Burkle FM Jr, Hsu EB, Loehr M, Christian MD, Markenson D, Rubinson L, Archer FL. Definition and functions of health unified command and emergency operations centers for large-scale bioevent disasters within the existing ICS. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2007 Nov; 1(2): 135-41.
  • Greenough P. G., guest ed. Special issue on the proceedings of the 2006 Humanitarian Health Conference. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2007 May-Jun.
    Maintaining baseline, corrective surgical care during asymmetrical warfare: a case study of a humanitarian mission in the safe zone of a neighboring country. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2007 Jan-Feb; 22(1): 3-7.
  • Mills E, Tapp C, Burkle FM Jr, et al. Iraq War Fatality Estimates: A Systematic Review. Public Library of Science: Medicine. 2007 Feb.
  • Mowafi H, Nowak K, Hein K. Facing the Challenges in Human Resources for Humanitarian Health. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2007 Nov; 22(5): 351-59.
  • Stephens KU Sr, Grew D, Chin K, Kadetz P, Greenough PG, Burkle FM Jr, Robinson SL, Franklin ER. Excess mortality in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: a preliminary report. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2007 Jul; 1(1):15-20.
  • Venugopal R., P. G. Greenough, D. T. Ehrhardt, et al. State of Emergency Health in the Palestinian Territories. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2007; 22(1): 9-14


2006

  • Abusharaf R. Probing Political Disputes as Acts of Violence against Women in Darfur and Southern Sudan. Human Rights Review. 2006; 2(2): 59-75.
  • Abusharaf R. Sudanese Women Waging Peace. Forced Migration Review. 2006; 24: 44-45
  • Abusharaf R. We Have Supped So deep in Horrors: Understadning Colonialist Emotionality and British Responses to Female Circumcision in Northern Sudan. History and Anthropology. 2006; 17(3): 1-20.
  • Bracha HS, Burkle FM. Utility of fear severity and individual resilience scoring as a surge-capacity, triage-management tool during large-scale bioevent disasters. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2006; 21(5):290-96
  • Burkle FM Jr. Anatomy of an ambush: Security risks facing international humanitarian assistance. (trans. Takashi Ukai). Japanese Journal of Disaster Medicine. 2006 Jan; 10(2): 41-48.
  • Burkle FM Jr. Difficult discussions: Military intervention and United Nations reform. Prehosp Disaster Med (Editorial). 2006 Sep-Oct; 20(5): 288-89
  • Burkle FM Jr. Military-civic action and the 4th Geneva Convention: lessons learned or ignored? Prehosp Disaster Med. 2006 May-Jun; 21(3):139-40.
  • Burkle FM Jr. Complex humanitarian emergencies: A review of epidemiological and response models. J Postgraduate Medicine, 2006 Apr-Jun;52(2):110-15
  • Burkle FM Jr. Globalization and disasters: Issues of public health, state capacity and political action. Journal of International Affairs. Spring/Summer 2006; 241-65
  • Burkle FM Jr. Population-based triage management in response to surge-capacity requirements during a large-scale bioevent disaster. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2006 Nov; 13(11): 1118-29. Epub 2006 Oct 2.
  • Christian MD, Hawryluck L, Wax RS, Cook T, Lazar NM, Herridge MS, Muller MP, Gowans DR, Fortier W, Burkle, FM Jr. Development of a triage protocol for critical care during an influenza pandemic. CMAJ 2006 Nov; 175(11): 1377-81.
  • de Waal A. Child survival during the 2002-2003 drought in Ethiopia. with A. Seyoum Taffesse and L. Carruth. Global Public Health, 2006 Jun; 1(2): 125-32.
  • de Waal A.. I will not sign. London Review of Books. 2006 Nov; 28(23)
  • deWaal A. Towards a Comparative Political Ethnography of Disaster Prevention. Journal of International Affairs. 2006; 59(2): 129-49
  • Greenough, P. Gregg. Fear, Panic, and Bio-Events: A Population-Based Approach. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2006; 21(5): 297-98.
  • Nagata, T., Rosborough, S., VanRooyen, M., et al. Express Railway Disaster in Amagasaki: A Review of Urban Disaster Response Capacity in Japan. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2006; 21(5):345-52.
  • Sabzehchian M, Abolghasemi H, Radfar MH, Jonaidi-Jafari N, Ghasemzadeh H, Burkle FM. Pediatric trauma at tertiary-level hospitals in the aftermath of the Bam, Iran earthquake. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2006; 21(5): 336-39.


2005

  • Cranmer H. The Public Health Emergency in Indonesia - One Patient at a Time. NEJM. 2005 Mar; 352: 965.
  • Cranmer H. Volunteer Work - Logistics First. NEJM. 2005 Oct; 353: 1541-44.
  • Greenough G. Public Health Response - Assessing Needs. NEJM. 2005 Oct;353: 1544-46.
  • VanRooyen M. Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Assistance as a Model for International Emergency Medicine. Clinics of Emergency Medicine 23 (2005) 115-131.
  • VanRooyen M, Leaning J. After the Tsunami - Facing the Public Health Challenges. NEJM 2005; 352: 435-38.
  • Walker P, Wisner B, Leaning J, Minear L. Smoke and mirrors: deficiencies in disaster funding. BMJ 2005; 330: 247-50.