Publications

Publications

Elena Savoia , Paul D. Biddinger ,  Priscilla Fox , Donna E. Levin, Lisa Stone, Michael A. Stoto . The Impact of Tabletop Exercises on Participants’ Knowledge of and Confidence in Legal Authorities for Infectious Disease Emergencies. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, in press.

Elena Savoia, Michael A. Stoto, Paul D. Biddinger,  Paul Campbell, Vish Viswanath,  Howard K. Koh. Risk-communication capability for public health emergencies varies by community diversity. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 25-29, 2008.

Elena Savoia , Marcia A Testa , Paul D. Biddinger , Rebecca O. Cadigan , Howard Koh,  Paul Campbell , Michael A. Stoto. Assessing public health capabilities during emergency preparedness tabletop exercises: reliability and validity of a measurement tool. Public Health Reports, 2009 vol 124(1):138-148.

Kristy A. Kade , Kathryn H. Brinsfield,  Richard A. Serino , Elena Savoia , Howard K. Koh . Emergency Medical Consequence Planning and Management for National Special Security Events after 9-11: Boston, 2004, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2008 Oct; 2(3):166-73.

Michael A. Stoto, Paul D. Biddinger, Elena Savoia, Rebecca Cadigan, Howard Koh. Using Tabletop Exercises to Evaluate Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP). Naccho Public Health Preparedness Summit, February 19-23 2007, Washington D.C.

Savoia E, Stoto MA, Biddinger PD, Campbell P, Viswanath K, Koh H. Risk-communication capability for public health emergencies varies by community diversity. BMC Research Notes 2008, 1:6 doi:10.1186/1756-0500-1-6.

Biddinger P, Cadigan R, Auerbach B, Burstein J, Savoia E, Stoto M, Koh H. Using Tabletop Exercises to Identify Systems-Level Changes for Improving Preparedness. Public Health Reports. 2008 Jan/Feb;123;1:96-101.

Dorn BC. M.D. M.H.C.H., Savoia E. M.D., M.P.H., Testa MA. M.P.H. PhD., Stoto MA. PhD., Marcus LJ. PhD. Development of a Survey Instrument to Measure Connectivity to Evaluate National Public Health Preparedness and Response Performance. Public Health Reports. 2007 122(3).

Savoia E. M.D. M.P.H. , Fantini MP. M.D., Pandolfi PP. M.D., Dallolio L. M.D., Collina N. M.D. Assessing the construct validity of the Italian version of the EQ-5D: preliminary results from a cross-sectional study in North Italy. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2006;4:47

Fantini MP., Stivanello E., Dallolio L., Loghi M., Savoia E. Persistent geographical disparities in infant mortality rates in Italy (1999-2001): comparison with France, England, Germany and Portugal. Eur J Public Health. 2006;16(4):429-32.

Barry C. Dorn, M.D., Elena Savoia, M.D. M.P.H, Marcia A. Testa, M.P.H PhD, Leonard J. Marcus, PhD, and Michael A. Stoto, PhD. Development of a survey instrument to measure connectivity to evaluate national public health preparedness and response performance. APHA 134th Annual Meeting and Exposition. November 4-8 2006 Boston. http://apha.confex.com/apha/134am/techprogram/paper_134066.htm

Elena Savoia, M.D. M.P.H., Barry C. Dorn, M.D., Marcia A. Testa, M.P.H. PhD, Mike Stoto, PhD, Leonard J. Marcus, PhD, and Paul D. Biddinger, M.D. Measuring perceived connectivity during public health preparedness tabletop exercises. APHA 134th Annual Meeting and Exposition. November 4-8 2006 Boston. http://apha.confex.com/apha/134am/techprogram/paper_134081.htm

Michael Stoto, PhD, Paul D. Biddinger, M.D., Rebecca Orfaly Cadigan, MS, Elena Savoia, M.D. M.P.H. Using tabletop exercises to evaluate a community’s preparedness for pandemic influenza. APHA 134th Annual Meeting and Exposition. November 4-8 2006 Boston. http://apha.confex.com/apha/134am/techprogram/paper_140374.htm

Fantini MP. M.D., Dallolio L. M.D., Stivanello E. M.D., Bravi F. M.D., Savoia E. M.D. Cesarean section rates in Italian regions:1998-2002. Italian Journal of Public Health. 2005; 2(2):49-52.

Elena Savoia, M.D., Jamie Morano, M.D., David Cote, M.D., Sanjay Rampal, M.D., Diego Villa, M.D., and Marcia A. Testa, M.P.H, PhD. Public health preparedness evaluative scores. APHA 132th Annual Meeting and Exposition. November 6-8 2004 Washington DC. http://apha.confex.com/apha/132am/techprogram/paper_94459.htm

Elena Savoia, M.D., Jamie Morano, M.D., David Cote, M.D., Sanjay Rampal, M.D., Diego Villa, M.D., and Marcia A. Testa, M.P.H, PhD. Public health preparedness evaluation and measurement. Italian Journal of Public Health. 2004;1(1-2):56.