To make it through a disaster or emergency, you need a solid foundation to respond with resilience. This course, which is part three in a three-part series, considers how to plan and practice behaviors before a disaster to strengthen your ability to respond with better outcomes.
Improve individual and organizational baseline levels of resilience to increase how well prepared you are for a disaster or emergency.
Learning Objectives
- Explain why it is important to increase resiliency when preparing for a disaster or public health emergency.
- Explain how a healthy baseline resilience can support an effective response to disasters and emergencies.
- Describe how stressors are connected between individuals, teams, organizations, and the community using the ecological model of disaster preparedness.
Intended Audience
Public health administrators and managers; other public health professionals working in emergency preparedness
Ready for Resilience Series
Part One: Stress and Resiliency
Part Two: Supporting the Workforce
Part Three: Preparedness in Practice
Instructors
The following instructors assisted with this series:
- Randy Beaton, PhD, EMT
- Wayne Corneil, ScD
- Butch de Castro, PhD, MSN/MPH, RN, FAAN
- Kira Mauseth, PhD
- Suzanne Hawley, PhD, MPH
Format
The online courses in this series have interactive exercises and a companion workbook, the Resiliency Resources Toolkit. Each course takes approximately 1 hour to complete.
Technical Requirements
The online modules were designed to work in most modern browsers, operating systems, and devices.
Accessibility
This training is being delivered in a 508-compliant interface. During development of this training, we attempted to make the content accessible to individuals using screen readers. If you encounter trouble accessing the materials by screen reader or need any other accommodations to access the instructional materials, please contact NWCPHP, and we will do our best to make sure the content is accessible to you.
Continuing Education Credits
Up to 1 CPH recertification credit may be earned by viewing this webinar. Visit the National Board of Public Health Examiners to learn more.
