This document outlines a 3-part assignment to analyze and plan for a potential disaster in the student's local community. Part 1 involves describing the community demographics, assets, and relevant government and health services. Part 2 requires proposing guidelines for public education, communication, and how health agencies would respond. Part 3 involves creating a plan for health officials' roles in recovery, data collection efforts, and internal/external communication strategies.

1. In this assignment, you will analyze a potential disaster in
which the community you reside should prepare. Some
possibilities are catastrophic fires, floods, toxic releases, or
certain disease outbreaks.
Part 1: Community Description
In this section, you will write a one-page description of your
community. In your description, include the following:
Describe the demographics (gender, ethnicity, socio-economic)
and geography (location and environmental features).
Describe the assets of this community. Refer to both internal
and external resources.
Identify the multiple levels of government and the health
services that would be expected to react to a disaster. At the
smallest level of government, which has health services, find
the names of health officials, their titles, and their supervising
agencies (e.g., school district, mayor’s office, county, etc.).
Describe the type of disaster that could happen in this
community.
Explain why this type of disaster is a possibility for this
community. Make sure to include pertinent ethnographic and
epidemiologic factors.
Part 2: A Disaster-Preparedness Plan
In this section, you will propose a disaster-preparedness plan

2. for potential future disasters. In your plan, include your
responses to the following:
Propose preparedness guidelines for community health officials.
Include guidelines for the following:
Public education on both the potential disaster and what
individuals can do to prepare.
Communication guidelines for families, communities (i.e.,
neighborhoods), and government entities.
Explain ways in which both health agencies and health delivery
services might be affected by this type of disaster. Consider
such things as the need for quarantine or evacuation, supplies
and logistics, inter and intra-agency communications, etc.
Justify how this preparedness plan benefits the community.
Make sure to address health access, quality, safety, and other
factors of public health performance.
Part 3: A Disaster-Responsiveness Plan
In this section, you will create a disaster-responsiveness plan
for local health officials. In your plan, include your responses
to the following:
Discuss probable roles for health departments and related
resources in the recovery phase following the critical event and
the immediate community response.

3. Propose an assessment and indicate the type of data that would
need to be collected and explain how it would be beneficial to
recovery efforts.
Develop an internal and external communication plan for public
health agencies and explain how the communication plan would
improve responsiveness, allow for shared information, and
provide physical and mental recovery needs.
Justify how this preparedness plan benefits the community.
Make sure the planning allows for flexibility and decision
authority, but adheres to principles of health access, quality,
safety, and other factors of public health performance.
Write an 8–12-page paper in Word format. Make sure to write in
a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical
scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of
sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and
punctuation. Include citations in text and at the end of the
document in the correct APA format.