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General LPHA Community Risk Assessment

Course Summary

Risk assessments are a vital source of baseline information for preparedness planning. These tools will provide an opportunity to better understand potential risks from the identified hazards, risks, and vulnerabilities and to better prepare for those potential events.

The identified hazards, risks, and vulnerabilities are broken into three main categories:

natural hazards
human-caused hazards
technological/accidental hazards

Intended Audience

Learning Objectives

Pre-requisites/Learning Level

No Pre-requisites

Competencies addressed

CEUs Offered

None

Cost

Free

Modality/format

Online Self-Pace

Length

1 hour

Presenter(s) and/or Content Experts

Technical requirements

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Registration requirements

Creation and/or update

November 26, 2012

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General Healthcare Community Risk Assessment

This Healthcare Risk Assessment Tool is based on existing hazard and vulnerability assessment tools, such as the Kaiser Permanente HVA tool and the UCLA Center for Public Health and Disaster Hazard Risk Assessment Instrument. This is specific to healthcare facilities and will take an hour or more to complete.

This assessment has three main hazard sections to complete:

Section 1: Natural Hazards (14 hazards to assess)
Section 2: Human-Caused Hazards (10 hazards to assess)
Section 3: Technological/Accidental Hazards (21 hazards to assess)

Intended Audience

Learning Objectives:

Pre-requisites/Learning Level

No pre-requisites

Competencies addressed

Analytical/Assessment Skills, Policy Development/Program Planning Skills, Community Dimensions of Practice Skills

CEUs Offered

None

Cost

Free

Modality/format

Online Self-Pace

Length

1 hour

Presenter(s) and/or Content Experts

Technical requirements:

Adobe Acrobat Reader
Flash Player
Speakers

Registration requirements

Creation and/or update

November 26, 2012

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Healthcare Community Risk Assessment

The Risk assessment tool is only available to specific accounts that were created for each hospital and local public health agency in Iowa and cannot be found in the course catalog.

The identified hazards, risks, and vulnerabilities are broken into three main categories:

natural hazards
human-caused hazards
technological/accidental hazards

Length

This assessment is expected to take at least 1 hour to complete. It does not have to be completed all in one session-- answers are saved from between sessions.

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LPHA Community Risk Assessment

Course Summary

This Public Health Risk Assessment Tool is based on existing hazard and vulnerability assessment tools, such as the Kaiser Permanente HVA tool and the UCLA Center for Public Health and Disaster Hazard Risk Assessment Instrument. This is specific to local public health agencies and will take an hour or more to complete.

This assessment has three main hazard sections:

Natural Hazards (14 hazards to assess)
Human-Caused Hazards (7 hazards to assess)
Technological/Accidental Hazards (16 Hazards to assess)

For each hazard, you will be assessing your agency on five things:

Probability
Human Impact
Infrastructure Impact
Community Impact
Training
Preparedness

Please read each question carefully and answer the question as it relates to your agency and how the hazard could impact your community. This assessment will provide an opportunity for your agency to better understand potential risks from the identified hazards and vulnerabilities and to better prepare for those potential events. It helps answer the question, “What is the impact to local public health and the community if a disaster strikes?”

Intended Audience

General

Learning Objectives:

Pre-requisites/Learning Level

No pre-requisites

Competencies addressed

CEUs Offered

None

Cost

Free

Modality/format

Online Self-Pace

Length

1 hour

Presenter(s) and/or Content Experts

Technical requirements:

Adobe Acrobat Reader
Flash Player
Speakers

Registration requirements

Creation and/or update

July 31, 2012

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Framework for Assessing Risk

This course was created by the Illinois Public Health Preparedness Center and is part of the Environmental Health (PH 470) course series. These courses can be taken separately and in any sequence desired. The overall PH 470 series provides an introduction to environmental and occupational health. Case studies and a variety of practice-related exercises serve as a basis for learner participation in real world public health problem-solving simulations. The various components of these courses serve to stimulate interactions among learners and instructors around important problems and issues facing public health. This course is provided by the North Carolina Public Health Preparedness Center. You will need to complete a separate registration to have access to this course. Click the course title, then choose register on the course page. When you have finished, print off your certificate from North Carolina, then return to the LMS and choose Mark Complete from the action menu in the Learning Plan in your Workspace.

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Fundamentals of Health Risk Assessment in Public Health

This course is provided by the South Central Public Health Partnership. This course provides a survey of the theory and practice of human health risk assessment. The basic components of risk assessment are explained and real-life applications of each component and of risk assessment as a whole are discussed. In addition, special topics and issues related to risk assessment are covered including basic toxicology, ecological risk, assessment, uncertainty analysis and risk communication. This course is intended for anyone who manages and interprets human health risk assessments. This course is provided by the South Central Partnership who requires a registration with their site in order to take their courses. Click the course title to launch their home page. Register with them, then search for this course by name. When you have completed the course and received your certificate, return to our LMS and choose Mark Complete from the action menu in your Learning Plan in your Workspace.

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Community Partnering: A Risk Assessment and Emergency Operations Planning Scenario

This course provides guidance on the fundamentals of community-based planning, from contributing to a risk assessment to developing emergency operations plans (EOP) and engaging the whole community in addressing all risks and hazards. The course is intended for local public health administrators and local county emergency managers.

Intended Audience

local public health administrators and local county emergency managers

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course, learners should be able to:

Applythe principles of community-based planning in contributing to a jurisdictional risk assessment for all hazards
Expressthe role of risk assessment in developing emergency operations plans
Identifya risk-informed planning team and community partners
Determineresources and information necessary to analyzing threats, hazards, operational priorities, and courses of action
Recognizethe various items to consider when conducting a risk assessment
Applythe principles of community-based planning to developing and maintaining emergency operations plans (EOP)
Identifypublic and private community partners who may contribute to developing and maintaining emergency operations plans
Promotepreparedness training, and regular review and revision of the EOP
Providepreparedness guidance to community partners that may have a supporting role
Identifyand prioritize operation tasks for emergency planning

Pre-requisites/Learning Level

No pre-requisites

Competencies addressed

Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals identified

Domain 5: Community Dimensions of Practice Skills

5A5. Collaborates with community partners to improve health in a community (e.g., participates in committees, shares data and information, connects people to resources)

CEUs Offered

None

Cost

Free

Modality/format

Online Self-Pace

Length

1 hour

Presenter(s) and/or Content Experts

Technical requirements:

Adobe Acrobat Reader
Flash Player
Speakers

Registration requirements

Creation and/or update

June 27, 2012

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Qualitative Risk Assessment

This course was created by the Illinois Public Health Preparedness Center and is part of the Environmental Health (PH 470) course series. These courses can be taken separately and in any sequence desired. The overall PH 470 series provides an introduction to environmental and occupational health. Case studies and a variety of practice-related exercises serve as a basis for learner participation in real world public health problem-solving simulations. The various components of these courses serve to stimulate interactions among learners and instructors around important problems and issues facing public health. The Illinois Preparedness Center requires a separate registration. Click the course title to launch to the registration page. When prompted, either login if you have an existing account with them, or register. You will then be allowed to register. When finished, print your completion certificate from Illinois, then return to the LMS and choose Mark Complete from the action menu in your Learning Plan found in your Workspace.

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Framework for Assessing Risk

This course is part of the Environmental Health (PH 470) course series.

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