%0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Nicholson, Anna %E Giammaria, Claire %E Snair, Justin %T Preparing for a Rapid Response to Major Marine Oil Spills: Protecting and Assessing the Health and Well-Being of Communities: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief %D 2017 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/24924/preparing-for-a-rapid-response-to-major-marine-oil-spills %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/24924/preparing-for-a-rapid-response-to-major-marine-oil-spills %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %K Conflict and Security Issues %P 9 %R doi:10.17226/24924 %X On August 2–3, 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop titled Preparing for a Rapid Response to Major Offshore Oil Spills: A Workshop on Research Needs to Protect the Health and Well-Being of Communities. Its objectives were to explore research needs and other opportunities for improving public health preparedness, response, and protection related to oil spills; consider how to work within and how to complement the existing oil spill response framework to improve the protection of community health and well-being; to inform discussions about how the Gulf Research Program and other divisions of the National Academies can support these efforts; and to foster connections among public health, oil spill practitioners, disaster research communities, and leaders from communities affected by oil spills. This publication briefly summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.