3302.0 Human Health and Welfare Among our Most Vulnerable During Disasters and Emergencies

Monday, November 8, 2010: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Oral
This session examines the needs of vulnerable populations when they are most at-risk, during emergency situations. It describe significant legal and policy concerns that arise during emergencies for mental and behavioral health providers. It discusses the characteristics, needs, challenges, and best-practices needed to involve and serve vulnerable communities before, during and after a disaster.
Session Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be better able to Identify systems on which vulnerable populations particularly rely that may be threatened in a severe pandemic. Describe recent evidence on the impact and effectiveness of 2009 emergency risk communications about the H1N1 influenza pandemic among African-Americans, Latinos and other communities. Identify and evaluate best practices for convening and conducting public engagement processes for the purpose of eliciting input from diverse communities around complex and controversial public health issues.
Moderator:
Patricia Wilson, MPH Candidate

2:30pm
Assessing the legal environment for the deployment and use of personnel to provide mental and behavioral health services during emergencies
James Hodge, JD, LLM, Lainie Rutkow, JD, PhD, MPH and Aubrey Joy Corcoran, JD, MPH
     
2:45pm
Public engagement on pandemic ethics in Minnesota: A focus on vulnerable populations
J. Eline Garrett, JD, Dorothy E. Vawter, PhD, Karen G. Gervais, PhD, Debra A. DeBruin, PhD and Angela Witt Prehn, PhD
     
3:00pm
Crisis standards of care: A model of public engagement to elicit community values and priorities concerning the allocation of scarce medicial resources during pandemics and mass casualty events
Donna E. Levin, JD, Priscilla Fox, JD and Barbara Fain, JD, MPP
     
3:15pm
Closing the gap: Reducing social inequities in the effectiveness of crisis and emergency risk communication
Elaine Vaughan, PhD and Timothy Tinker, DrPH
     
3:30pm
Ensuring equitable access for vulnerable communities in times of disaster: Lessons learned from the California wildfires
Konane Martinez, PhD and Anna Hoff, BA
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by: Social Work

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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