Disaster Epidemiology

Question 1

goals of disaster epidemiology

Answer 1

• provide serive for preparedness response and recovery
• to conudct applied research
• to disseminate the knowledge base of disaster epidemiology

Question 2

surveillence

Answer 2

systemic collection, analysis and interpretation of data

Question 3

Steps of surveillance during a disaster

Answer 3

1. Planning for surveillance
2. defining objectives
3. select variables to collect (establish case definitions)
4. determine data sources (use established sources or new forms to collect data)

Question 4

Morbidity Surveillance

Answer 4

alloqs for the detection of potential disease outbreaks and track disease and injury trends

Question 5

mortality surveillance

Answer 5

measure death in a population

have kits for heat, wind, tornado, hurricane, thunder/lightning, earthquake

Question 6

Sentinel surveillance

Answer 6

active or passive surveillance system that collects data from a limited number of particpants to report on specific health events

Question 7

Syndromic surveillance

Answer 7

active or passive surveillance system that uses case definitions based on signs and symptoms rather than clinical diagnostic criteria

Question 8

CASPER

Answer 8

the community assessment for public health emergency response

Question 9

what does CASPER do?

Answer 9

provides public health leaders and emergency managers household based information about a community

Question 10

primary goal of CASPER

Answer 10

rapidly obtan information about the needs of an affected community

Question 11

CASPER in non disaster

Answer 11

asses public health perceptions and estimate needs of a community

Question 12

What is SOLER?

Answer 12

way to communicate and counsel in disaster settings

Question 13

What does SOLER stand for?

Answer 13

S- Sit Squarely
O- maintain an Open posture
L- Lean towards the other person
E- main Eye contact
R-Relax

Question 14

Arizona Heat Wave

Answer 14

• 182% increase in reported heat related deaths in 200 compared to 2000-04
• mean age of all 136 deaths - 56
• 66% of discernible ijury locations are identified outdoors
• people outside <65 and ppl inside >65
  CONCLUSION: heat impacted a younger population and cosecutive days of heat exposure even among aheat acclimated population, can increase mortality risk

Question 15

Iowa Floods

Answer 15

Heavy year floodavy flooding displaced many families in eastern Iowa

Question 16

Hurricane Ike, Taxes (2008)

Answer 16

CDC conducted CASPERS in several counties
- used mortality surveillance

Question 17

Kentucky Ice Storms

Answer 17

• caused 36 deaths, and 770000 ppl woithout power
• asked for CDC’s assistance is conudction shelter and carbon monoxide surveillance and rapid needs assessments
• continue messaging about CO
  = 10 deaths, 28% was attribute to CO poisoning

Question 18

American Samoa Tsunami and Earthquake (2009)

Answer 18

established drop-in surveillance, resestablishing ongoing public health surveillance and conduction 2 CASPERS
8.4 mag

Question 19

Haiti Earthquake (2010)

Answer 19

• unable to send large teams
• set up the National Senticel Site Surveillance System

Question 20

National Senticel Site Surveillance System

Answer 20

Objectives: monitor disease trends, detect outbreaks, and characterize the affected population to target relief efforts .

Question 21

Deepwater Horizon Gulf Coast OIl Spill (May 2010)

Answer 21

11 deaths
17 injuries
largeest marine petroleum release in history
EOC
CDC
Caspers on physical health, mental health, behavioural health.