Catastrophic Flooding: Environmental Health Risks & Morbidity and Mortality Surveillance
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Length: 40 minutes
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These presentations by William Service, MSPH, NC Division of Public Health Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response gives you an overview of widespread catastrophic flooding in eastern North Carolina and its effects on environmental health, biological building contamination, Public Health, and morbidity and mortality surveillance.
Target Audience
These learning modules are applicable to all public health, medical, veterinary, pharmacy, emergency management, hospital and other professionals interested in public health preparedness. These modules are created by faculty and guest lecturers at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.
Educational Objectives
- To understand the role of surveillance in assessing the impact of a natural disaster on the environment, and subsequently on human morbidity and mortality.
- To understand how to use surveillance data to prepare for and respond to natural disasters.
- To understand public misperception of environmental risk issues following a natural disaster and how to redirect attention and energy toward more significant environmental health risk.
- To understand the public health and environmental health challenges presented by the need to verify safe re-entry into flooded buildings, and methods used to address those challenges.
Competencies Addressed
This training addresses selected applied epidemiology, core public health, and public health preparedness and response competencies as noted below. (Please note: The following training does not provide comprehensive or in-depth treatment of specified competencies, it provides basic knowledge of the competencies listed below.)
| Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals |
| 2) Describes the characteristics of a population-based health problem (e.g. equity, social determinants, environment) (1: Analytic/Assessment Skills) |
| Public Health Preparedness & Response Core Competencies |
| 3.2. Contribute expertise to the development of emergency plans. |
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Needs Assessment Following Hurricane Georges-Dominican Republic, 1998. MMWR. February 12, 1999/ 48(05); 93-95.
Tropical Storm Allison Rapid Needs Assessment---Houston, Texas, June, 2001. MMWR. May 3, 2002/ 51(17); 365-369.
Public Health Consequences of a Flood Disaster---Iowa, 1993. MMWR. September 3, 1993/ 42(34);653-656.
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http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/docs/hurricanesafe.htm
Bioaersols: Assessment and Control of the Indoor Environment. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists. 1999.
http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/docs/hurricaneoccupant.htm
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Associated With Hurricane Floyd-North Carolina, September - October 1999. May 05, 2000/49(17); 369-372.
MMWR. Morbidity Surveillance Following the Midwest Flood -Missouri, 1993. October 22,993/42(41); 797 -798.
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Press Release NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Environmental Health. October 6, 1999. http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/pressrel/10-6-99a.htm
MMWR. Emergency Mosquito Control Associated with Hurricane Andrew -- Florida and Louisiana, 1992. April 09, 1993 / 42(13); 240-242.
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Author and Narrator:
Reviewer:
Jennifer Horney, MPH
The author(s) and reviewer(s) of this training have no personal financial relationships with commercial interests relevant to this presentation to disclose.
Continuing Education Credit:
The UNC Center for Public Health Preparedness offers the following continuing education credit/s on this training. Eligibility for all continuing education credit is determined on an annual basis.
- Registered Environmental Health Specialist Continuing Education Hours
Approved for continuing education through the North Carolina State Board of Environmental Health Specialists Examiners.
Reviewer: The North Carolina State Board of Environmental Health Specialist Examiners Contact Hours: 1.00 based on instructional time spent on training and evaluation activities.
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