Assignment:
Case
Understanding the role of public health professionals in emergency preparedness and response
Case Assignment
Murray, et al in their article, "The role of public health within the United Nations post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction," identify five key areas of synergy between public health and disaster risk management. Discuss these five areas and why they believe there is synergy, and then discuss how the key public health professionals covered in this module relate to each of these. Be sure to discuss the impact of preparedness in these areas on response efforts in the event of a disaster.
Assignment Expectations
Use information from your module readings/articles as well as appropriate research to support your selection.
Length: The Case Assignment should be 3 to 5 pages long (double-spaced).
References: At least three references must be included from academic sources (peer-reviewed journal articles). Required reading is included. Quoted materials should not exceed 10% of the total paper (since the focus of these assignments is critical thinking). Use your own words and build on the ideas of others. Materials copied verbatim from external sources must be enclosed in quotation marks. In-text citations are required as well as a list of references at the end of the assignment. (APA format is recommended.)
Organization: Subheadings should be used to organize your paper according to the questions.
Format: APA format is recommended for this assignment.
Grammar and Spelling: While no points are deducted for minor errors, assignments are expected to adhere to standard guidelines of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence syntax. Points may be deducted if grammar and spelling impact clarity.
The following items will be assessed in particular:
• Achievement of learning outcomes for the Case Assignment.
• Relevance - All content is connected to the question.
• Precision - Specific question is addressed. Statements, facts, and statistics are specific and accurate.
• Depth of discussion - Points that lead to deeper issues are presented and integrated.
• Breadth - Multiple perspectives and references, and multiple issues/factors are considered.
• Evidence - Points are well supported with facts, statistics, and references.
• Logic - Discussion makes sense; conclusions are logically supported by premises, statements, or factual information.
• Clarity - Writing is concise and understandable, and contains sufficient detail or examples.
• Objectivity - Avoids the use of first person and subjective bias.
SLP
Understanding the role of public health professionals in emergency preparedness and response
You are a new employee at your county Emergency Management Agency (EMA). Your county suffers a devastating earthquake, knocking out the power grid and causing widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure. It is also at the peak of the regular influenza season. You are assigned as your agency's liaison to the County Public Health Department (PHD). Unfortunately, your county EMA and PHD have a history of "working in silos." However, in this emergency, you are going to need to work together in order to serve the population. As your first task, you are asked to prepare a PowerPoint presentation for the EMA team, to help educate those that have limited knowledge about public health and disasters.
You will create several slides in each module, so by, you will have a complete presentation.
For Module 1, please address the following public health roles and their significance in emergency and disaster preparedness and response:
• Public Health Nurse
• Environmental Health Specialist
• Epidemiologist
• Mental Health provider
• Medical Reserve Corps
SLP Assignment Expectations
Prepare a PowerPoint presentation (at least 6 slides) including speaker's notes (you will be penalized if your speaker's notes are not included).
Include a reference list at the end in a concluding slide. Also, provide the necessary citations in your presentation/speaker's notes.
Additional Resources
What are speaker notes?
As you recall, the PowerPoint slides should only give your audience some key points about the topic. You should not try to "cram" your slides full of information. Speaker's notes can help the presenter remember everything that he or she wants to say about a particular slide.
How do I make speaker's notes?
Follow these simple steps to add speaker's notes to your PowerPoint presentation:
1. Open your PowerPoint presentation
2. Go to the "View" menu and select the "Notes" page.
3. The notes page will be small, so you will have to go to the "View" menu again and select "Zoom" in order to make them bigger. Select the percentage of zoom that you want (the higher the percentage, the larger the page will become).
4. Click inside the notes page and begin typing your speaker notes.
5. Continue doing this on each slide until your speaker notes are written.
6. Once you have finished writing your speaker notes, save your presentation and it is ready to be graded.
Required Reading
American Public Health Association. (1991) Policy statement: Health professionals and disaster preparedness. disaster-preparedness
Association of Public Health Nurses. (2014) The role of the public health nurse in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery: A position statement.
Beinecke, R. H. (2017). Addressing the mental health needs of victims and responders to the Boston Marathon bombings. International Journal of Mental Health. 43(2)17-34. Available at Trident Online Library.
CDC (2016).Environmental health services: Emergency and terrorism preparedness for Environmental Health Practitioners.
DHHS (2015) Cultural and linguistic competency in disaster preparedness and response fact sheet.
Frasca, D.R., (2010). The Medical Reserve Corps as part of the federal medical and public health disaster response. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science. 8(3).
Malilay, J., Heumann, M., Perrotta, D., Wolkin, A.F., Schnall, A.H., Podgornik, M.N., . . .& Simms, E.F. (2014). The role of applied epidemiology methods in the disaster management cycle. American Journal of Public Health,104(11) 2092-2102. Available at Trident Online Library.
Murray, V., Aitsi-Selmi, A., & Blanchard, K. (2015). The role of public health within the United Nations post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 6(1) 28-37. Available at Trident Online Library.
Murray, V. et al. (2015). The role of public health within the United Nations post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction.International Journal of Disaster Risk Science (6)1.Available at Trident Online Library.
Trust for America's Health (2016) Ready or not: Protecting the public health from diseases, disasters, and bioterrorism.
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Centers for Public Health Outreach and Education.Disaster in Franklin County: A public health simulation.
Recommended Reading
Hoard, M. & Middleton, G. (2008). Medical Reserve Corps: Lessons learned in supporting community health and emergency response. Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, 2(2) Read Introduction.
Jones, S. (2013) The impact of a nurse as part of a disaster response team. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal 21(6) 48.
Millet, C. (2013) The public health nurse's role in disaster preparedness.
Medical Reserve Corps web site: https://mrc.hhs.gov/pageviewfldr/About Check out: About MRC page.