Must every small town or borough have its own HVA?

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1. Drawing on your current knowledge of an HVA, explain why a county assessment might be different from a city / borough one.

You will find this one-page article very helpful. http://www.med.uottawa.ca/sim/data/injury_preventi…

Although not required, you may find this article helpful in the application of the matrix. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12575…

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Q2. Must every small town or borough have its own HVA? Why or why not?

Even though this should not be a must, we all know that disasters are local. For this reason it is important for emergency planners to keep in mind that every plan should match the needs of our local community (Perry and Lindell, 2007). Furthermore, conducting a HVA at a regional or state level may avoid the waste of time and resources which might be required to sustain the assessments at county, or local levels. However, the down side of such approach is that planners might not relevant information related to local community. Realities at regional level might not be seen or experienced from the same perspective at local level. It is therefore necessary for us to seize up the situation based on the local realities. Besides, assessments conducted at different levels will not represent the same distribution of population or their exposure to potential existing threats. In other words, the local realities and the context might be quite different from those addressed at state level. The county plan needs to be as specific as possible with measures addressing realities inherent to the town. Besides, as plans are living document that can be updated regularly, it is important to start at least with the initial HVA a local (county/Town) level. Then, when this times comes for some revisions in, planner will not need to look for local details as for the initial assessment.

Furthermore, conducting a HVA a local level allow the best involvement of the local communities in the planning process. Interaction between planners, departments, personals and representatives of the different organizations throughout the planning process is a great opportunity for people to know each other, to buy-in and convey their different point of views about local opportunities and challenge that may arise during emergency response. Involving local community in the planning is a proven instrument for more sustainable output and multiplies the rate of successful realization of development by people because it is more likely to produce a set of outcomes actually desired by the community (Kaur, 2007). The HVA is a way to know the local capabilities to that can be included in the plan. For this reason, assessing a town or county may help to discover neighborhood associations and civic organizations which can contribute to build up local resources that will be useful during recovery phase. These groups are made of active citizens who can become important voices in local government, they provide a basis for policy formulation etc. They can also pass along official messages to friend and neighbors, and they can also act as pools of volunteers in support to emergency response and recovery processes.

In sum, allowing the city to proceed with its own HVA and can open opportunity for consultation with people interested in, or affected by the project to offer their point of view before a decision is made.

The Society for Public Health Education

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I need one to two pages essay about this organization, The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), and I have already gathered the necessary information

About SOPHE:

1.  Found in 1950

2.  Governed by a House of Delegates

3.  Comprised of one delegate from each of its chapters

·  Goals and Missions:

1.  Responding to the needs of its members

2.  Delivering quality products and services

3.  Demonstrating integrity, accountability and transparency

4.  Promoting teamwork and collaboration

5.  Embracing diversity

6.  Respecting organizational tradition while encouraging innovation

·  Structures and Public Benefits:

Ø  The Society for Public Health Education provides global leadership to the profession of health education and health promotion and to promote the health of society

I need one to two pages essay about this organization, The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), and I have already gathered the necessary information

About SOPHE:

1.  Found in 1950

2.  Governed by a House of Delegates

3.  Comprised of one delegate from each of its chapters

·  Goals and Missions:

1.  Responding to the needs of its members

2.  Delivering quality products and services

3.  Demonstrating integrity, accountability and transparency

4.  Promoting teamwork and collaboration

5.  Embracing diversity

6.  Respecting organizational tradition while encouraging innovation

·  Structures and Public Benefits:

Ø  The Society for Public Health Education provides global leadership to the profession of health education and health promotion and to promote the health of society

How do these tools and data help health professionals and the public?

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Task 1: Review the following sites.

– FluView http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/fluviewinteractive.htm (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Click on the first selection to view the ILI & viral surveillance application. Read the disclaimer and check OK. From the next page, review the data for flu test results and influenza-like illness (ILI). In the lower right hand corner under ‘Stacked Column Chart – WHO NREVSS’ select the download data function. Open the CSV data in Excel. See if you can reproduce the stacked column chart in Excel.

HealthMap www.healthmap.org (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Go to this site and type in “Zika virus” to see what is going on in the United States. Type in your zip code and check if there any disease alerts near you. You can also download this as an app for your iPhone, iPad or Android.

Much of public health informatics involves the application of disease surveillance and monitoring systems. These systems collect and provide data for epidemiologists, biostatisticians and other public health professionals to analyze to get a better picture of public health status. Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce http://phpartners.org/health_stats.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. is a collaborative of local, state, territorial, national and private partners that provides up-to-date resources and information for public health professionals. There is a list of many of the widely used surveillance systems, databases, reports and tools in the field compiled by the collaborative. Browse several of the links in each subheading (Tools for Data Collection and Planning, GIS, etc.).

Task 2: create a post with the subject line, “Public Health Data Tools”

Choose one of the resources and write a short paragraph (5-7 sentences) introducing the data tool/resource and explain why it is significant. Also answer the following questions.

  1. How do these tools and data help health professionals and the public?
  2. What do we gain from analyzing this data?
  3. What if we didn’t have these tools available today?

Managing Competing Agendas

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Assignment 2: Managing Competing Agendas

In this assignment, you will explore how the organization and policitial environment of an agency or departments can impact the issue you selected in Assignment 1.

Using the issue you selected from Assignment 1, write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you respond to the following questions:

  1. Examine the organization of the agency in which the issue resides. Describe the structure and departments within the agency and the manner in which the departments interact with each other.
  2. Given the description you provided in Question 1, describe the primary ways the human resource management part of the organizational structure positively or negatively impacts the issue that you selected.
  3. Given the description you provided in Question 1, describe the primary ways the budgeting part of the organizational structure positively or negatively impacts the issue you selected.
  4. Given the description you provided in Question 1, analyze the political environment and explain (2) challenges that political responsiveness may present for management.
  5. Include at least four (4) peer-reviewed references (no more than five [5] years old) from material outside the textbook. Note:Appropriate peer-reviewed references include scholarly articles and governmental Websites. Wikipedia, other wikis, and any other Websites ending in anything other than “.gov” do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Assemble the concepts of planning, reengineering, implementation, and program evaluation essential to the study of public administration as it relates to political choice.
  • Organize the concepts of public budgeting and policy formation essential to the study of public administration as it relates to political choice.
  • Reconstruct historical trends related to public administration and its influence on managing public and nonprofit organizations.
  • Organize the concepts of planning and human resource management essential to the study of public administration as it relates to political choice.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in public administration.
  • Write clearly and concisely about public administration using proper writing mechanics.