The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) employs the following applied research to prevent injuries, illnesses and deaths:
- Identify risk factors for morbidity and mortality from specific disaster events.
- Conduct prevention effectiveness studies.
- Refine surveillance and other methodologies.
Examples of CDC's research in disasters:
- Risk factors for landslide-related mortality after Tropical Storm Chata’an, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia — 2002
- Evaluation of a community water and sanitation intervention program after Hurricane Mitch, Central America — 2000-2002
- Health assessment among children and pregnant women in Malaysia potentially exposed to transboundary haze from the Southeastern Asian forest fires — 1999 to present
- Evaluation of pesticide exposure after Hurricane Mitch, Honduras — 1998
- Characterization of toxic releases during and after natural disasters
