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Conceptualizing and Defining Public Health Emergencies and preparedness -…
Conceptualizing and Defining Public Health Emergencies and preparedness
Elements of public health Emergency Preparedness
Legal climate, need to identify and address issues concerning legal authority and liability barriers to effectively monitor prevent, or respond to a public health emergency
Roles and responsibilities, clearly define, assign, and test responsibilities in all sectors, at all levels of government, and with all individuals ensure each groups integration
Health risk assessment, identify the hazards and vulnerabilities that will form basic planning
Public engagement, educate, engage, and mobilize the public to be full and active participants in public health emergency preparedness
Who is Involved in Public Health Emergency preparedness
also the informed aspect of first aid, search-and-rescue, and other initial response activities
not only governmental agencies but also active, engaged, and mobilized community residents, businesses, and nongovernmental organizations
it is essential that everyone is prepared and know risks of health public emergencies and people take proper actions to take care of themselves and others
Us citizens should be grateful we have first hand responders that are able to be there for us in times that are really hard and may be confusing
What constitutes a Public Health Emergency
a situation becomes emergent when its health consequences have the potential to overwhelm routine community capabilities to address them
therefore, the definition focuses on situations whose scale, timing, or unpredictability threatens to overwhelm routine capabilities
is defines by their health consequences as much by their causes and precipitating events
Definition is also aligned with all-hazard approach to preparedness instead of focusing on a "disaster du jour"
What does Public Health Emergency preparedness require?
involves operational capabilities, and the ability to quickly execute preparedness tasks
possessing capabilities requires capacity (infrastructure , personnel, plans, and so on, capacity alone does not ensure readiness
full range of prevention, mitigation, and recovery activities, not just those designed to enable responses to events
PHEP is not a steady state, requires continuous improvement that include frequent testing of plans through drills and exercises and the formulation and execution of corrective action plans.