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Public Health Final Exam Review Flashcards

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Public Health

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Fulfilling society’s interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy

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Core Functions of Public Health

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Assessment
Policy development
Assurance

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Assessment

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Evaluation of a group or population of individuals. Assessment also refers to evaluation of health status of a group of people or population toward determining health or lack thereof.

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Assurance

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Interventions or treatments that are applied by health professionals to address health concerns or problems that exist in the community or local environment.

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Policy Development

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Collectively deciding which remedies or interventions are most appropriate for the problems identified in a particular group, community or population

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Public Health System

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Capacity
Process
Outcomes

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Health

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Not merely the absence of disease but a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being

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Illness

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Not merely referring to the physical presence or diagnosis of a disease state. Illness may exist without a physical manifestation of disease.

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Disease

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Physical or mental disease state. Manifestation of some type of physiological injury or state

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Precursor Prevention

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refers to those factors and interventions that may prevent disease

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Primary Prevention

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Deals with prevention of disease or infirmity when people are at-risk of the disease.

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Secondary Prevention

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seeks to alleviate or lessen the symptoms of disease

already has disease state

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Tertiary Prevention

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“cured” of disease state & prevention of recurrence

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Health Promotion

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Activities or interventions targeting health behaviors that can improve or influence positive health outcomes

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Public Health Practice

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Source of primary and secondary prevention services. Activities carried out by multiple members of the health care and public health fields

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Medical Practice

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Any services or activities provided by and monitored by medical personnel, such as a physician or nurse.

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Long-term Care

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Care dealing with populations with special needs. Care can be provided in professional health facilities or implemented in the home setting.

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Health Care Resources

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  • Providers: Physicians,nurses,dentists,etc.
  • Technology: New developments in procedures and equipment
  • Healthcare delivery systems: HMOs,PPOs, Ambulatory services, emergency centers
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5 Common Characteristics of Public Health

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• Combination of sciences & skills
• PH believes in health maintenance and improvement
• PH involves all people
• Maintenance and improvement through
collective or social actions
• Serving the population as a whole
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Properties of Assessment

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  • Health assessment
  • Program evaluations
  • Asset planning
  • Community diagnosis
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Properties of Assurance

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  • Departmental programs
  • Health interventions
  • Program evaluations
  • Quality assurance
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Properties of Policy Development

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  • Local laws
  • Federal laws
  • Health policies within organizations
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Capacity (Inputs)

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Refers to resources or relationships that are necessary to accomplish the core functions of public health

RESOURCES

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Process (Practices & Outputs)

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Collective practices that are necessary to assure that the core functions and essential services of public health are accomplished

POLICIES, LAWS (local, state, or federal)

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Outcomes (Results)

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Indicators of health status, risk reduction, and quality-of-life indicators

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Social Justice

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Fair distribution of benefits and burdens of

social interventions, policies, or program relative to public health

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Morbidity Rates

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Number of individuals who develop a disease in a given time period is the numerator, and the number of people in the population at risk for the disease is the denominator

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Measures of Morbidity/Mortality Rates

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Incidence rate

Prevalence rate

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Incidence Rate

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the direct estimate of a probability or risk of developing a disease during a specified period of time

NEW, ACUTE

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Prevalence Rate

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the number of cases present at a particular period of time

TOTAL

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Risk Factor

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An aspect of personal behavior, lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn, or inherited characteristic, that is based on epidemiologic evidence is known to be associated with health-related conditions

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Risk Marker – “risk indicator”

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An attribute that is associated with an increased probability of occurrence of a disease or other specified outcome and that can be used as an indicator of this increased risk

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LPHAs

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  • served local & state municipalities
  • existed in forms of local PH departments or other county-based agencies
  • developed first self-assessment tool
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Appraisal form

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First type of measurement and assessment of existing health data

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Emerson Report

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Postwar plan for Public Health in U.S. after WWII

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“Basic Six” Services from Emerson Report

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  • Vital statistics
  • Environmental sanitation
  • Communicable disease control
  • Maternal & child health services
  • Public health education
  • Public health laboratory services
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Health Services Pyramid

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  • the foundation relies on population-based services or interventions.
  • Goal is to have less tertiary care interventions
  • relies on the notion that public health target prevention strategies
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Thimerosal

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Preservativewhichcontainsa type of mercury called ethylmercury

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Advantages of Immunization

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• Protection is known as immunity.
• Vaccines are a safe method to insure
that immunity stays strong and vigilant

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Side Effects of Immunization

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  • Fever
  • Lump under the skin at place of injection
  • Reactions are often temporary
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DTaP

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5 doses

1) 2 months
2) 4 months
3) 6 months
4) 15-18 months
5) 4-6 years

  • 1 dose Tdap routinely at age 11 or 12
  • pregnant women should get 1 dose of Tdap during every pregnancy
  • Td booster every 10 years
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IPV

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4 doses

1) 2 months
2) 4 months
3) 6-18 months
4) 4-6 years

  • never been vaccinated: 3 doses
    1st & 2nd doses: 1-2 months apart
    3rd dose: 6-12 months after 2nd
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MMR

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2 doses

1) 12-15 months
2) 4-6 years

  • adults 18+ years or born AFTER 1956: should receive vaccine
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Hep B

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3 doses

1) birth
2) 1-2 months
3) 6-18 months

  • if not vaccinated: 3 doses
    1st & 2nd dose: given 4 weeks apart
    3rd dose: 5 months after 2nd
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PCV

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4 doses

1) 2 months
2) 4 months
3) 6 months
4) 12-15 months

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Varicella

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2 doses

1) 12-15 months
2) 4-6 years

  • 13 years or older: 2 doses @ least 28 days apart
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Hib

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4 doses

1) 2 months
2) 4 months
3) 6 months
4) 12-15 months

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Hep A

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2 doses

1) 12-23 months
2) given @ least 6 months apart

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Disadvantages of Immunization

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  • Some vaccines shouldn’t be given to children who have certain types of cancer or diseases
  • Allergic reactions to certain substances may exist.
  • Claims that MMR vaccine is linked to increased likelihood of developing autism.
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Myths & Truths of Thimerosal

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  • MMR, varicella, and IPV vaccines have never contained thimerosal.
  • This preservative is theorized to autism, (ADHD), and speech or language delay.
  • There is inadequate evidence for a causal link between autism and MMR vaccines. Does not suggest that a possible association may exist.
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Chronic Disease

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• long-lasting condition that can be controlled but not cured

• Prolonged nature of chronic diseases and illness from those chronic diseases result in:
– Extended pain and discomfort
– Decreased quality of life for millions of people

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Infectious Disease

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  • communicable disease

- caused by the invasion of a host by agents whose activities harm the host’s tissues

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Reportable Disease

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Surveillance focuses on limited list of disease that spread easily through intimate or close contact

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Notifiable Disease

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National list of diseases that each state is required to report, but each state may have diseases of interest that they are tracking

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Herd Immunity

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Immunity derived from the presence of a large proportion of immune individuals in a community who decreases the chances of contact between infected and susceptible persons

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Characteristics of Herd Immunity

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  • Immune population acts a barrier to infection
  • Helps explain why epidemic does not occur in a community
  • Helps explain periodic variation of some infectious disease
  • Helpful in formulating national vaccination policies
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H1N1: “Swine Flu”

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• Contagious; spreading from human to human contact, coughing or sneezing by people with influenza

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West Nile Virus

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  • Infected mosquitoes
  • Transfusions, transplants, and mother-to-child
  • Not through touching
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Medicaid

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  • uninsured, low-income Americans
  • When private insurance is not an option or too expensive
  • Targets low-income, disabled, and chronically ill, when most carriers deny service to those fitting this description
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Medicare

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• elderly or disabled

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Medicare: Part A

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Hospital Insurance Program:
• Inpatient hospital
• Skilled nursing facility
• Hospice and home care

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Medicare: Part B

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Supplementary Medical Insurance
• Physician & outpatient hospital care
• Lab tests
• Medical supplies
• Home health
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Medicare: Part C

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Managed care plans:

• Medicare+Choice Plan - “Medicare Advantage”

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Medicare: Part D

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Drug Prescription Benefit

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Public Health Surveillance

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Effective preparedness and response rely on monitoring disease patterns, investigating individual case reports, and using epidemiological and laboratory analyses to target public health intervention and strategies

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Epidemiology

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Scientific analysis of disease etiology, patterns of infection, and disease prediction among the general population.

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Public Health Measures to Prevent Infectious Disease

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  • SafeWater
  • Sewage treatment and disposal
  • Food safety programs
  • Animal control programs
  • Public health organizations
  • Vaccination programs
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SARS

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• spread through close person-to- person contact

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Infrastructure

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Basic foundation for public health activities.
• Consists of recognizable resources
• Consists of linkages and pathways connecting the resources
• Used to carry out the core functions of public health

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Clinical Prevention

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Programs or interventions that target individuals. A program can target individuals, as well as target communities and the individuals in those communities

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Public Health Intervention

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Population-based services that target the needs of the people.

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Community Prevention

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programs or interventions are targeted toward the entire community. The targeted unit is the entire community and not the individual

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Population-Based Prevention

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Usually but not limited to public-sector services that target the entire population beyond the community-level

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Cultural Competency

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Capacity of individuals to exercise interpersonal cultural sensitivity (individual level)

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Cultural Sensitivity

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Degree to which cultural norms, beliefs, behavior patterns etc. are incorporated into interventions (intervention level)

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Multicultural

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Incorporatingand appreciating perspectives of multiple racial and ethnic groups

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Culturally-based

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Programsand messages that use culturally-derived values and beliefs

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Disability

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state of decreased functioning associated with disease, disorder, injury, or other health conditions, which in the context of one’s environment is experiences as an impairment, activity limitation, or participation restriction

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Bioterrorism

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intentional use of microorganisms

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Types of Natural Disasters

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  • Earthquakes
  • Volcanic eruptions
  • Landslides
  • Tsunamis
  • Floods
  • Droughts
  • Some fires
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Disaster Supply Kit: Home

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  • Food, water, supplies for at least 3 days
  • Designate location so entire family to know
  • Consider having supplies for sheltering for up to two weeks
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Disaster Supply Kit: Work

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  • Place in one container
  • Ready to “grab and go” in case of evacuation
  • Food, water, supplies
  • Walking shoes
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Disaster Supply Kit: Car

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  • Food, water, supplies

* Flares, jumper cables, seasonal supplies (tire chains, umbrellas etc.)

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Basic Disaster Supplies Kit

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  • Three-day supply of non-perishable food, water (1 gallon/person/day)
  • Portable, battery-powered radio
  • Flashlight with extra batteries
  • First aid kit
  • Sanitation and hygiene items
  • Matches in waterproof container
  • Whistle
  • Extra clothes
  • Cooking utensils
  • Photocopies of credit, identification cards
  • Cash and coins
  • Special needs items ie. Medications
  • Baby items: Diapers, formula, wipes, bottles, pacifiers
  • Unique items for family needs
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Mitigation

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Measures employed before an incident occurs to minimize damage

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Preparedness

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Activities conducted before disaster to improve readiness. Preparedness deals with planning how to respond to disasters or emergencies.

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Response

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Actions dealing with consequences during the disaster

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Recovery

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Procedures that help restore business operations to normal

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Bioterrorism Emergencies

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Bioterrorism is the threatening or intentional release of biological agents for the purpose of influencing the conduct of government or intimidating or coercing a civilian population to further political or social objectives

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Preparedness Planning

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  • Deals with availability and accessibility of medical and mental health services
  • Community-wide planning for emergency medical and public health responses
  • Action protocols
  • Simulating emergency events
  • Training public and private sector health professionals
  • Assessing communication capabilities
  • Maintaining relationships with other public health agencies
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Homeland Security Advisory System

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  • Guarded condition (Blue)
  • Elevated condition (Yellow)
  • High condition (Orange)
  • Severe condition (Red)
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Incident Command Systems

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  • Used to manage resources effectively

* Used widely by police, fire service, and emergency management agencies

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Components of Incident Command Systems

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  • Common terminology
  • Modular organization-”Top down” approach
  • Integrated communications
  • A unified command structure
  • Consolidated action plans
  • A manageable span of control
  • Designated incident facilities
  • Comprehensive resource management
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Emergency Operations Center

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Manages strategic decisions through the incident command structure.
– participants must have adequate authority and decision-making capability
– decisions may include making curfews, bidding processes, or emergency appointments, etc.
– Supported operationally by incident command posts in the field.

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