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cord-307303-9mzs5dl4	Barnett, Daniel J.	The Application of the Haddon Matrix to Public Health Readiness and Response Planning	2005-02-02		.txt	text/plain	4303	184	44	However, in practice, public health preparedness requires additional models and tools to provide a framework to better understand and prioritize emergency readiness and response needs, as well as to facilitate solutions; this is particularly true at the local health department level. By breaking a larger problem into smaller, more manageable components, the Haddon matrix provides a practical, efficient decisionmaking and planning tool that health department leaders can use to better understand current and emerging threats, perform vulnerability assessments, prioritize and allocate readiness and response resources, and maintain institutional agility in responding to an array of public health emergencies. Applying the Haddon matrix to the threat of a dirty bomb illustrates the value of this injury prevention model as a public health readiness and response tool, even when focusing exclusively on environmental issues.	./cache/cord-307303-9mzs5dl4.txt	./txt/cord-307303-9mzs5dl4.txt