Haddon matrix application (Haddon Matrix Article.pdf ) to public health emergencies in emergency management

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Please answer this question each in spirit file

🔴 the first file includes the answer for this question🔴

Read the article on the Haddon matrix application (Haddon Matrix Article.pdf ) to public health emergencies in emergency management. The Haddon matrix was designed in the 1960s as a model to understand injury prevention and control. It examines agent, host and environment in three phases, pre-event, event and post-event.

Choose any disaster incident type listed in the Comprehensive Planning Guide (CPG-201 v 2) or the THIRA document and use your skills with data management software programs (Microsoft Excel) to create a matrix that examines the interaction of influencing factors and phase. Don’t forget to include factors that would ‘protect’ or ‘strengthen’ the host to resist damage/injury. This activity is consistent with the first step of the THIRA process!

You may not use any of the examples given in the assigned article. Pay specific attention to attributes of the host found in the assigned reading in Perry and Lindell which may contribute to why emergency planning is difficult or made more difficult. You may choose to write about disaster incidents in other countries but make sure to provide detail about what particular characteristics or societal values are different or unique based on your choice. If you choose to use such an incident, be certain to cite, using APA format, the reports you used to understand that event.

I do not expect you to provide the depth and breadth of answer found on page 563 (public health Haddon matrix) but I do expect more information than what is presented in the original matrix example which is found on page 562.

And again, while it is very valuable to look at published matrices, you must create one of your own for the event you select.

PS: The University maintains “Atomic Learning,” which is a useful resource on the basic mechanics of manipulating Excel. I highly suggest you review that before attempting the assignment.

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🔶 CA Wildfire Haddon Matrix🔶

Influencing Factors
Phase Host (People and animals) Agent/Vector (Combustibles, Spark Producing Items) Physical Environment (Homes/Communities) Social Environment/Organizational Culture (Community norms, regulations, rules)
Preevent • Educate public to register their phone numbers with AlertSanDiego to be notified for disasters/evacuations • Educate public about risks associated with Santa Ana conditions and easy probability of sparks

• Set up and maintain a vegetation management program to reduce wildland fuel

 • Educate public to maintain defensible space around all buildings

• Ensure adequate escape routes exist

 • Create and use alert system to notify public of Red Flag Warnings

• Educate public about importance of wildfire insurance for their homes
Event • Teach families how to make a wildfire evacuation plan

• Teach families about making a go bag

• Practice evacuation plans

• Advise public in areas nearby but not evacuated to stay indoors and explain the risks of inhaling fumes and ash

 • Educate public about differences in flammability with different vegetation so they can chose to plant those that have a lower risk

• Enable Cal Fire to be able to enforce rules in wildland

 • Ensure evacuation shelters can be set up quickly and safely. This includes shelters for pets as well.

• Monitor weather continuously during the event. Of particular importance is wind speed, wind direction, and humidity levels.

• Deploy local law enforcement to help with evacuating communities

 • Ensure Cal Fire and other fire depts are funded adequatly to respond to a widespread fire

• Ensure mutual aid agreements exist with neighboring states, as well as local military bases

• Ensure evacuation maps/orders are clear to the public
Postevent • Provide first aid to any individuals directly affected

• Provide mental health relief to those individuals whom lost their homes or a loved one

• Provide treatment to individuals struggling with breathing due to air quality

• Provide treatment to firefighters

 • Determine root cause of the fire

• Cleanup of the fire debris/ash

 • Build structures with minimal toxic materials

• Understand risk that the damage has done to a community and ensure the public understands the risk. For example, is the community now in danger of mudslides due to the fire damage.

• Get communities up and running again as soon as possible

 • Assist those whom lost their homes with understanding their insurance rights

• Understand the economic impact to the community
http://calfire.ca.gov/fire_prevention/fire_prevent…
http://www.readysandiego.org/alertsandiego/

public health initiative

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Submit an public health initiative you selected to be the focus of your Scholar-Practitioner Project for approval. ———-> YOU CHOOSE ONE!!!

Include a brief overview of the initiative and your rationale for selecting the initiative.

Please note the 1 page limit. Two paragraphs are sufficient for topic approval!

Be sure to also include an APA formatted title page and a reference page.

I just need to know what public health initiative/program you will be working with and where it is located and the rationale. The rationale should be based on science and not personal experience. This means one or two peer reviewed journal articles stating the public health need for the program and the impact of the public health issue on the population. Please do not tell me your “motivation” or personal experience with a public health issue. For example, “several people in my family have type II diabetes so I want to work with a program addressing the issue” is your motivation not a rationale.

Remember, it is always a good sign if your program has a name, that indicates an up and running public health program (e.g., Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies, The Rose, Heart-to-Heart Community Outreach Campaign, CHARM, SMART Girls program, Maryland Million Hearts program, Blair Drug & Alcohol Partnerships (BDAP), Michigan Cancer Consortium Initiative, H.A.L.T. TB).

Please note that the SPP for this course MUST BE an already up and functioning public health program. You will not be creating a new program. I tell students to start with the local health department, community health centers, and county health clinics. They usually have smoking cessation programs, obesity prevention programs, diabetes prevention programs, or healthy moms/healthy baby programs, to name a few. Also please do not select a national level program, it must be small enough to create a budget. So again, think local!

Construct a MAPP model for your selected public health problem

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The Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) model was the result of an increased interest in community health improvement efforts, an extensive acceptance of essential public health services such as the framework for public health practice, the necessity of strategically engaging a wider range of community interests, and the opportunity to formalize and activate local public health systems. MAPP is a robust tool of public health practice that can be used to create local health systems that ensure the delivery of health services essential to protecting the public’s health. MAPP can also be used to develop media targeted at health issues, including PSAs. In this assignment, you will construct a MAPP model for your PSA.

Directions:

The targeted health issue is: childhood obesity

Construct a MAPP model for your selected public health problem. Be sure to include the following:

  • Key elements
  • Goals formulated
  • Action plan

A detailed description of MAPP can be obtained from the:

National Association of City & County Health Officials. (2013). Mobilizing for action through planning and partnerships. Retrieved from http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/mapp/index.cfm

Present the information on the key elements and goals in a matrix. Submit your matrix in Word format. Click here to download a template for the MAPP matrix.

An example of the last step in the MAPP model (action plan) is available at the following link:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2013): A public health action plan to prevent heart disease and stroke. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/action_plan/pdfs/action_plan_1of7.pdf

Your action plan will be in a Microsoft Word document and be approximately 5–7 pages in length, and utilize at least 4 scholarly sources in research (beyond the textbook). Your paper should be formatted following current APA standards; written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Identify and discuss ethical issues that pertain to public health

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Identify and discuss ethical issues that pertain to public health

Question descriptionProfessional ethics are concerned with the ethical dimensions of professionalism and the moral trust that society bestows on public health professionals to act for the common welfare. This form of ethical discourse stresses the distinct history and traditions of the profession, seeking to create a culture of professionalism among public health students and practitioners. It instills in professionals a sense of public duty and trust.

Professional ethics are role oriented, helping practitioners to act in virtuous ways as they undertake their functions. Currently, several agencies are developing a Code of Public Health Ethics. An example is located at www.publichealthlaw.net/reader. Public health ethics are concerned not so much with the character of professionals as with the ethical dimensions of the public health enterprise itself.

As you have seen in the first two modules, the field of public health is highly complex. What is the meaning of pivotally important abstract concepts that are common in public health: population, community, risk, harm, and benefit? How should society decide when it is necessary and appropriate to intervene to protect the public’s health? Are factors such as risk, effectiveness, cost, burdens, and fairness the best ways to evaluate public health interventions? How does the population perspective differ from the individual perspective? To what extent should social justice be an animating value in public health? Practitioners use various forms of reasoning in analyzing these problems, notably ethics, law, and human rights. Each form of reasoning has its own benefits and disadvantages. While each form of reasoning is distinct, all the forms overlap in important ways. One thing is certainly clear, there are no “correct” answers in public health. However, careful examination of principles and values taken from each of these fields can clarify thinking and, ultimately, lead to more effective and just policies and practices in public health.

In Module 3, we will look more closely at public health ethics and apply them to your work setting.

Identify and discuss ethical issues that pertain to public health. Identify applicable ethical theories and principles. Discuss the role of ethical theories and principles in public health.

Discuss the application of the following ethical theories/principles to public health. Provide recent examples within the field of public health which are consistent or inconsistent with these principles:

  • Utilitarianism
  • Distributive Justice
  • Paternalism

Selgelid (2009) wrote:

While public health ethicists often claim that the least restrictive alternative should be used to achieve the public health goal in question, I argue that a plausible but under-recognized idea is that the least restrictive alternative might sometimes involve improvement of global health via redistributive taxation—i.e., rather than coercive social distancing measures.

What did he mean by this? Provide arguments for and against his position.

Assignment Expectations:

Length: Assignment should be from 3 to 4 pages (750 to 1000 words) in length.

Assessment and Grading: Your paper will be assessed based on the performance assessment grading rubric that is linked within the course. Review it before you begin working on the assignment.