Overview - PH 466: Recovery and Reconstruction

After completing PH 466, learners will be proficient in promoting recovery and reconstruction by identifying, addressing, and evaluating social, psychosocial, and environmental impacts of public health emergencies and disasters, including bioterrorism events and threats. Key aspects of this competency expectation include:

• describing the major phases of emergency event and disaster recovery, and various stages within each phase
• describing the prioritization process of recovery and factors affecting the establishment of these priorities
• identifying key participants in the recovery process and their roles
• describe how an evaluation of the the medical, public health, and public service responses to emergencies and disaster can be designed and carried out
• describing approaches and tools for data collection under emergency conditions
• describing how evaluation data can be used to improve emergency preparedness and response
• describing the concept of multiple barriers and the effects of crises on various barriers
• describing specific disease transmission processes interrupted by major environmental interventions and selecting priorities to adapt to individual circumstances
• describing important social and psychosocial effect of emergencies and disasters and the groups at highest risk
• discussing strategies for preventing and mitigating social and psychosocial impacts
• highlighting various roles that public health professionals can play in addressing the social and psychosocial impacts of disaster
  

This course involves several learning activities; see the PH 466 Exercises document for detailed instructions.

• Content: the content for this course is provided in the specific readings and other resources identified in the PH 466 Exercises document.
• Office Hours: This messaging system was created to handle questions and announcements. Visit this site to introduce yourself to the course as well as to help you get familiar with the workings of the system.
• Exercises:
  1. Individual Exercise: submit the completed individual exercise under the link "Submit Assignments". Your instructor will provide feedback by replying to your posting
  2. Conferencing Exercise: add your contribution to this multi-learner conferencing exercise.
  3. Assessment Quiz: complete and submit the multiple choice assessment quiz for PH 466.

The instructor will evaluate your responses to the various exercises and indicate when you have successfully completed PH 466. For learners interested in going beyond the basics, a list of additional resources, including readings and other materials, is available through the Additional Resources link. This list emphasizes the most up-to-date materials. Information on related courses is provided in the PH 460 Course Series Syllabus. PH 467 (or any other course) can begin whenever you wish, so feel free to begin the readings that are identified for the course that you plan to take next.

PH 466 Overview last revised July 1, 2004 (bturnock)