Epidemiology and Public Health Management of Disasters
Fall
term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s):
Dean, Sienko
Last offered Fall 2007
This course will offer students an overview of natural and man-made diasters as an issue in public health practice and social policy. It will use the foundation of epidemiological principles to develop skills relevant to disaster preparedness, planning, initial response and subsequent relief/recovery efforts. Issues to be examined throught course activities include: the types of natural and man-made disaster events, their causes, physical and social impacts, and implications; the frequencies, magnitudes, and
geographical/sociopolitical distributions of disaster events-along with
the epidemiology of injury and disease in the aftermath of disaster; the
potential impact of disasters upon community and public health
infrastructures; methods to assess risk prior to and evaluate damage
following disaster events; issues and considerations in disaster
preparedness; interagency roles, responsibilities and coordination in
disaster preparedness and management; the man-made disaster of complex
emergency, and the health of displaced populations; and issues related
to potential disasters from domestic and international terrorism. The
course will also discuss contemporary issues such as the recent Tsunami
in the South Pacific and the emerging concern about pandemic influenza.
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