Develop a disaster recovery plan to lessen health disparities and improve access to community services

after a disaster. Then, develop and record a 10-12 slide presentation (please refer to the PowerPoint
tutorial) of the plan with audio and speaker notes for the Vila Health system, city officials, and the
disaster relief team.

Professional Context
Nurses perform a variety of roles and their responsibilities as health care providers extend to the
community. The decisions we make daily and in times of crisis often involve the balancing of human
rights with medical necessities, equitable access to services, legal and ethical mandates, and financial
constraints. In the event of a major accident or natural disaster, many issues can complicate decisions
concerning the needs of an individual or group, including understanding and upholding rights and
desires, mediating conflict, and applying established ethical and legal standards of nursing care. As a
nurse, you must be knowledgeable about disaster preparedness and recovery to safeguard those in your
care. As an advocate, you are also accountable for promoting equitable services and quality care for the
diverse community.
Nurses work alongside first responders, other professionals, volunteers, and the health department to
safeguard the community. Some concerns during a disaster and recovery period include the possibility
of death and infectious disease due to debris and/or contamination of the water, air, food supply, or
environment. Various degrees of injury may also occur during disasters, terrorism, and violent
conflicts.
To maximize survival, first responders must use a triage system to assign victims according to the
severity of their condition/prognosis in order to allocate equitable resources and provide treatment.
During infectious disease outbreaks, triage does not take the place of routine clinical triage.
Trace-mapping becomes an important step to interrupting the spread of all infectious diseases to
prevent or curtail morbidity and mortality in the community. A vital step in trace-mapping is the
identification of the infectious individual or group and isolating or quarantining them. During the trace-
mapping process, these individuals are interviewed to identify those who have had close contact with
them. Contacts are notified of their potential exposure, testing referrals become paramount, and
individuals are connected with appropriate services they might need during the self-quarantine period
(CDC, 2020).
An example of such disaster is the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. People who had contact with
someone who were in contact with the COVID-19 virus were encouraged to stay home and maintain
social distance (at least 6 feet) from others until 14 days after their last exposure to a person with
COVID-19. Contacts were required to monitor themselves by checking their temperature twice daily
and watching for symptoms of COVID-19 (CDC, 2020). Local, state, and health department guidelines
were essential in establishing the recovery phase. Triage Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in the
case of COVID-19 focused on inpatient and outpatient health care facilities that would be receiving, or
preparing to receive, suspected, or confirmed COVID- 19 victims. Controlling droplet transmission
through hand washing, social distancing, self-quarantine, PPE, installing barriers, education, and
standardized triage algorithm/questionnaires became essential to the triage system (CDC, 2020; WHO,
2020).
This assessment provides an opportunity for you to apply the concepts of emergency preparedness,
public health assessment, triage, management, and surveillance after a disaster. You will also focus on
evacuation, extended displacement periods, and contact tracing based on the disaster scenario provided.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following
course competencies and assessment criteria:
 Competency 1: Analyze health risks and health care needs among distinct populations.
 Describe the determinants of health and the cultural, social, and economic barriers that
impact safety, health, and disaster recovery efforts in a community.
 Competency 2: Propose health promotion strategies to improve the health of populations.
 Present specific, evidence-based strategies to overcome communication barriers and
enhance interprofessional collaboration to improve disaster recovery efforts.
 Competency 3: Evaluate health policies, based on their ability to achieve desired outcomes.
 Explain how health and governmental policy affect disaster recovery efforts.
 Competency 4: Integrate principles of social justice in community health interventions.
 Explain how a proposed disaster recovery plan will lessen health disparities and improve
access to community services.
 Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead health
promotion and improve population health.
 Organize content with clear purpose/goals and with relevant and evidence-based sources
(published within 5 years).
 Slides are easy to read and error free. Detailed audio and speaker notes are provided.
Audio is clear, organized, and professionally presented.
Note: Complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.
Preparation
When disaster strikes, community members must be protected. A comprehensive recovery plan, guided
by the MAP-IT (Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track) framework, is essential to help ensure
everyone’s safety. The unique needs of residents must be assessed to lessen health disparities and
improve access to equitable services after a disaster. Recovery efforts depend on the appropriateness of
the plan, the extent to which key stakeholders have been prepared, the quality of the trace-mapping,
and the allocation of available resources. In a time of cost containment, when personnel and resources
may be limited, the needs of residents must be weighed carefully against available resources.
In this assessment, you are a community task force member responsible for developing a disaster
recovery plan for the Vila Health community using MAP-IT and trace-mapping, which you will present
to city officials and the disaster relief team.
To prepare for the assessment, complete the Vila Health: Disaster Recovery Scenario simulation.
In addition, you are encouraged to complete the Disaster Preparedness and Management activity. The
information gained from completing this activity will help you succeed with the assessment as you
think through key issues in disaster preparedness and management in the community or workplace.
Completing activities is also a way to demonstrate engagement.
Begin thinking about:
 Community needs.
 Resources, personnel, budget, and community makeup.
 People accountable for implementation of the disaster recovery plan.
 Healthy People 2020 goals and 2030 objectives.
 A timeline for the recovery effort.
You may also wish to:
 Review the MAP-IT (Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track) framework, which you will
use to guide the development of your plan:
 Mobilize collaborative partners.
 Assess community needs.
 Plan to lessen health disparities and improve access to services.
 Implement a plan to reach Healthy People 2020 goals or 2030 objectives.
 Track community progress.
 Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure that you understand the work
you will be asked to complete.
Note: Remember that you can submit all, or a portion of, your draft recovery plan to Smarthinking
Tutoring for feedback, before you submit the final version for this assessment. If you plan on using this
free service, be mindful of the turnaround time of 24–48 hours for receiving feedback.
Note: If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to
participate in this activity, please contact [email protected] to request accommodations.
Instructions
Every 10 years, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion release information on health indicators, public health issues, and
current trends. At the end of 2020, Healthy People 2030 was released to provide information for the
next 10 years. Healthy People 2030 provides the most updated content when it comes to prioritizing
public health issues; however, there are historical contents that offer a better understanding of some
topics. Disaster preparedness is addressed in Healthy People 2030, but a more robust understanding of
MAP-IT, triage, and recovery efforts is found in Healthy People 2020. For this reason, you will find
references to both Healthy People 2020 and Healthy People 2030 in this course.
Complete the following:
 1. Develop a disaster recovery plan for the Vila Health community that will lessen health
disparities and improve access to services after a disaster. Refer back to the Vila Health:
Disaster Recovery Scenario to understand the Vila Health community.
 Assess community needs.
 Consider resources, personnel, budget, and community makeup.
 Identify the people accountable for implementation of the plan and describe their roles.
 Focus on specific Healthy People 2020 goals and 2030 objectives.
 Include a timeline for the recovery effort.
2. Apply the MAP-IT (Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track) framework to guide the
development of your plan:
 Mobilize collaborative partners.
 Assess community needs.
 Use the demographic data and specifics related to the disaster to identify the
needs of the community and develop a recovery plan. Consider physical,
emotional, cultural, and financial needs of the entire community.
 Include in your plan the equitable allocation of services for the diverse
community.
 Apply the triage classification to provide a rationale for those who may have
been injured during the train derailment. Provide support for your position.
 Include in your plan contact tracing of the homeless, disabled, displaced
community members, migrant workers, and those who have hearing impairment
or English as a second language in the event of severe tornadoes.
 Plan to lessen health disparities and improve access to services.
 Implement a plan to reach Healthy People 2020 goals and 2030 objectives.
 Track and trace-map community progress.
 Use the CDC's Contract Tracing Resources for Health Departments as a template
to create your contact tracing.
 Describe the plan for contact tracing during the disaster and recovery phase.
3. Develop a slide presentation of your disaster recovery plan with an audio recording of you
presenting your assessment of the Vila Health: Disaster Recovery Scenario for city officials and
the disaster relief team. Be sure to also include speaker notes.
Presentation Format and Length
You may use Microsoft PowerPoint (preferred) or other suitable presentation software to create your
slides and add your voice-over along with speaker notes. If you elect to use an application other than
PowerPoint, check with your instructor to avoid potential file compatibility issues.
Be sure that your slide deck includes the following slides:
 Title slide.
 Recovery plan title.
 Your name.
 Date.
  Course number and title.
 References (at the end of your presentation).
Your slide deck should consist of 10–12 content slides plus title and references slides. Use the speaker's
notes section of each slide to develop your talking points and cite your sources as appropriate. The
speaker notes should match your recorded voice-over. Make sure to review the Microsoft PowerPoint
tutorial for directions for inserting your speaker notes.
The following resources will help you create and deliver an effective presentation:
 Record a Slide Show With Narration and Slide Timings.
 This Microsoft article provides steps for recording slide shows in different versions of
PowerPoint, including steps for Windows, Mac, and online.
 Microsoft Office Software.
 This Campus page includes tip sheets and tutorials for Microsoft PowerPoint.
 PowerPoint Presentations Library Guide.
 This library guide provides links to PowerPoint and other presentation software
resources.
 SoNHS Professional Presentation Guidelines [PPTX].
 This presentation, designed especially for the School of Nursing and Health Sciences,
offers valuable tips and links, and is itself a PowerPoint template that can be used to
create a presentation.
Supporting Evidence
Cite at least three credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications
within the past 5 years to support your plan.
Graded Requirements
The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide, so be sure to
address each point:
 Describe the determinants of health and the cultural, social, and economic barriers that impact
safety, health, and recovery efforts in the community.
 Consider the interrelationships among these factors.
 Explain how your proposed disaster recovery plan will lessen health disparities and improve
access to community services.
 Consider principles of social justice and cultural sensitivity with respect to ensuring
health equity for individuals, families, and aggregates within the community.
 Explain how health and governmental policy impact disaster recovery efforts.
 Consider the implications for individuals, families, and aggregates within the community
of legislation that includes, but is not limited to, the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and the
Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA).
 Present specific, evidence-based strategies to overcome communication barriers and enhance
interprofessional collaboration to improve the disaster recovery effort.
 Consider how your proposed strategies will affect members of the disaster relief team,
individuals, families, and aggregates within the community.
 Include evidence to support your strategies.
 Organize content with clear purpose/goals and with relevant and evidence-based sources
(published within 5 years).
 Slides are easy to read and error free. Detailed audio and speaker notes are provided. Audio is
clear, organized, and professionally presented.
 Develop your presentation with a specific purpose and audience in mind.
 Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards and APA formatting
requirements.