Building community disaster resilience: Perspectives from a large urban county department of public health

A. Plough, J.E. Fielding, A. Chandra, M. Williams, D. Eisenman, K.B. Wells, G.Y. Law, S. Fogleman and A. Magaña

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 7, 1190-1197

Abstract: An emerging approach to public health emergency preparedness and response, community resilience encompasses individual preparedness as well as establishing a supportive social context in communities to withstand and recover from disasters. We examine why building community resilience has become a key component of national policy across multiple federal agencies and discuss the core principles embodied in community resilience theory-specifically, the focus on incorporating equity and social justice considerations in preparedness planning and response. We also examine the challenges of integrating community resilience with traditional public health practices and the importance of developing metrics for evaluation and strategic planning purposes. Using the example of the Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience Project, we discuss our experience and perspective from a large urban county to better understand how to implement a community resilience framework in public health practice. Copyright © 2012 by the American Public Health Association®.

Keywords: article; consumer; coping behavior; demography; disaster planning; health; health care policy; human; public health service; United States, Consumer Participation; Disaster Planning; Health Policy; Humans; Los Angeles; Public Health Practice; Residence Characteristics; Resilience, Psychological; Urban Health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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