Book
Shi L, Johnson JA. (2014). Norvick & Morrow’s Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management 3rd ed. Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett. ISBN: 9781449688332.
Chapters: 23, 25
Community Emergency Preparedness Planning is a key skill for public health professionals. Search the Internet for existing community plans for examples of approaches to disaster preparation in public health organizations.
Choose one (1) and then:
1. Introduce the Plan
2. Describe population and place
3. Delineate the name and mission of the organization
4. List all coalition member organizations and the activities/services that are identified as partners in response to a community disaster/emergency.
5. Describe if the plan has an evaluation component, overview the evaluation and critique if it’s appropriate. If the plan does not contain an evaluation component, describe what evaluation plan would you think would be applicable.
***AMA style formatting, in-text referencing with a minimum of 2 peer-reviewed resources.***
A helpful resource for this DB Forum are the International Health Care System Profiles by The Commonwealth Fund which can be found at: http://international.commonwealthfund.org/