public health role in disaster

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de Martiwi Eka Putri

PUBLIC HE LTH ROLE IN DIS STER


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The Public Health Role in disaster

mitigation, preparedness, response and

recovery includes:

Identifying community resources applicable to thephysical, social, and psychosocial effects of a disaster

Identifying groups most at risk from disasters (i.e.,

children, older adults, homeless, chronically ill,

homebound, physically or mentally disabled) Providing disaster education both in advance of (i.e.,

what to expect in a disaster) and after (i.e., how to

deal with the effects) event

Taking responsibility for the health of a communityfollowing a disaster

Using such resources as assessment, epidemiology,

and data analysis to make and implement

recommendations for limiting morbidity and mortalityfollowin disaster


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Cooperating and collaborating with other partners to

ensure that primary health, public health, and mentalhealth issues are adequately addressed in disasterplanning

Preventing disease by providing health advisories on injuryprevention, food and water safety, and vector control

Assuring that health services continue post impact,including acute, continuity of care, primary care andemergency care

Communicating with government officials about the publichealth effects of potential disasters and provide expertassistance during and after disasters

Developing and advocating public policies designed toreduce the public health impact of potential disasters

Collaborating with other health and human serviceprofessionals to rigorously evaluate intervention outcome

Reference - Public Health Management of Disasters: ThePractice Guide (Landesman, 2001)


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DISASTER EPIDEMIOLOGY

Disaster epidemiology is used to develop

strategies for preventing both acute and chronic

health events due to natural or technological

hazards. Disaster epidemiology includes theassessment of needs; assessment of the

availability and use of health services;

surveillance systems for descriptive and analytic

investigations of disease and injury; research onrisk factors contributing to disease, injury, or

death; and information from surveillance systems

to develop strategies to control disease.


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DISASTER EPIDEMIOLOGY

Initiate active health systems surveillance,including systems for monitoring deaths, illness,

and injuries.

Evaluate real-time data, and communicate as

directed.

Establish procedures. Document all response

activities.


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Emergency information systems

(EIS)

Emergency information systems (EIS) areused in disaster epidemiology to collect data

during the impact, response, and early

recovery stages. First, using the EIS,

managers determine the potential public

health outcomes for each disaster, such as

crush injuries from earthquakes or diarrheal

diseases from floods. Then, managers usethe EIS to collect data from on-scene sources

(such as hospitals, first-responder units,

pharmacies, and shelters) in order to

determine what health strategies and assets


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