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Challenging structural foundations: How well do buildings, health systems, and public health pearls of wisdom hold up against hurricanes and other disasters?
Learning Areas:
Administration, management, leadershipConduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Program planning
Public health administration or related administration
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health
Learning Objectives:
Evaluate the generalizability of the public health pearls based on the learner's experiences
Identify health department priorities and decisions within and outside of the context of a disaster.
Analyze local contextual factors that influence alignment of public health priorities and decisions making within the learners’ purview.
Design a plan for a health division to address decision making and priority setting in critical, rapidly changing circumstances.
Demonstrate collaborative approaches that may be used to efficiently develop a versatile and integrated health department plan used for decision making and priority setting by all divisions.
Keyword(s): Disasters, Public Health Administration
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been the lead analyst on a number of projects sponsored by federally funded grants and non-profit agencies aimed at improving health systems efficiency in international settings. As a postdoctoral research scientist at NCDP, I am involved with a CDC-sponsored grant focused on evaluating the Health Systems Response in the NYC metro area following the Hurricane Sandy disaster. My scientific interests have been informed by my clinical experiences as a physician in county hospitals.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.