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| What event brought rapid changes in PH preparedness? |
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| What was the status of PH preparedness pre 9/11? |
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low visibility
-low valuation of PH activities |
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| What was the status of PH preparedness post 9/11? |
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-high visibility
-high exprectations |
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| 9/11 is the latest example of _____________________________-Dramatic health event--> spotlights neglect of PH--> followed by resource infusion --> followed by more neglect as crisis fades |
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| What is modern PH organized around? |
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-epidemics and spread of diseases
-environmental hazards
-preventing injuries
-promoting healthy behaviors
-disaster response and recovery
-assuring quality and accesibility of health related services |
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| Emergency preparedness PH activities and roles: |
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-Ph sureveillance
-epidemiologic investigation and anal
-lob investigation and anal
-intervention
-risk communication
-preparedness planning
-community-wide response
-unique aspects of bioterrorism emergencies
-workplace preparedness |
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| What is the early recognition and reporting of potential health threats and is critical link in the chain of PH protection? |
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| ___________ _____________ and ________________ is the determining of the identity, source, and transmission of disease agents |
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| Epidemiological investigation and analysis |
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| _____ _____________ and _________________ is the capability to identify unusal diseases. |
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| Labroratory investigation and analysis |
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| What is the efforts to control PH threats=strategy and resources? |
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| _________ _______________ is the education and information activities to communicate risk. |
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| _______ ____________ is organizing a response to PH threats and emergencies |
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| A _________ ________ ____________ is a private sector response often deliver initial triage and treatment but PH role is often to coordinate and oversee delivery of services involve private and public sector resources |
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| The unique aspect of ___________ ________________ is the intentional or threatened releease of a biological agent, chemical or radiation elements to create/threaten mass casualtes |
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| intentional or threatened release of a biological agent (virus, bacteria), chemical or radiation elements to create/threaten mass casualties |
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| __________________ __________________ is in response to traditional hazards to safety and health as well as terrorism target. |
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| How many fed. dept and agencies have roles in preparing for or responding to PH emergencies |
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| What are the 2 primary federal depts in preparing or responding to PH emergencies: |
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-DHHS (dept. health and human services)
-DHS (dept. homeland security) |
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| DHS promotes an _______ ____________ approach to emergency preparedness and response...... This is the use of the same management structure to deal with all types of hazards--natural or man made |
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| ____________ ___________ is the use of enhancing the ph infrastructure, as well as addressing enhancement of emergency preparedness and response to capabilities |
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| Examples of federal _____________ __________ available to ________ and _______ gov't include national disaster medical system ((NDMS), metro medical response system (MMRS), strategic national stockpile (SNS) |
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| Federal emergency assets available to state and local gov't |
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| _____________ ______________ _______________ are used by fire, emergency and police management agencies |
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| Key components of incident command system: |
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-common terminology
-modular organization
-a unified command structure
-consolidated action plans
-manageable span of control
-designated incident facilities
-comprehensive resource management |
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_____________________ rely on a varies of agencies for ph preparedness and eemrgency response services......
Who plays the most significant roles? |
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state health dept's
-steate health dep't and state emergency management |
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| What is key in disaster preparedness? |
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| Developement of periodic _______________ and ________________________ that include relevant public and private sector stakeholders in emergency response situation (often organized by PH agencies) |
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| discussion (tabletop) and operational exercises |
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| LPHA ____________ and ______________ vary significantly---- important role in many cases is __________ and __________ overall preparedness/response effort |
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-resources and capabilities
-directing and coordinating |
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| Who do LPHAs work collaboratively with? |
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'first responders'
-work with private health care providers and others |
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| Much of the federal preparedness funding directed toward increasing elements of state and local PH capacity in 8 areas: |
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1. preparednes plannng and readiness assessment
2 surveillance and epi capacity
3. lab capacity for biologic agents
4. lab capacity for chemical agents
5. health alert network/communications and info tech
6. health risk communications and health info dissemination
7. education and training
8. hospital preparedness |
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| What does the federal gov' have primary responsibility for? What about state and local gov't? |
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-federal=national security
-state and local= carrying out most PH functions |
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| Initially, the expectation behind the increased federal funding involvement were _________, __________, and _____________, but they have evolved somewhat. |
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| broad, general and unclear |
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| Preparedness programs require: |
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-hazard and vulnerability analysis
-forecast of probable health effects
-assessment of availability of needed resources
-identification of vulnerable pops
-development of detail plans for preparedness and response |
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| What does the 'dual use' or 'all hazard' approach to ph operations allow us to address: |
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| -allows for addressing overall PH infrastructure issues, i.e., building on infrastructure that support traditional PH functions and well as requirements for preparedness and e response |
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| Need to distinguish between what types of management roles for PH: |
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| crisis management and consequence management |
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| Recent change to increase preparedness and response |
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-new partnerships
-changes in PH workforce
-new technologies
-interactions of preparedness with other PH functions |
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| Challenges related to preparedness |
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-leadershipp
-quality and accountability
-sustaining adequate funding for PH preapredness and response will be crit |
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