Public Health Leadership and Management Course Session 24: Public Health in Disasters | NLM

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Public Health Leadership and Management Course Session 24: Public Health in Disasters

08/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: North Dakota Department of Health. Published: 8/2019. The objectives for this course include understanding the difference between relief and development, being able to describe the four phases of disasters, and learning the role of public health in each of the four phases of disasters. It discusses the public health response in the emergency and relief phase of disasters, the myths and realities of disasters, and the important role of the incident command system and incident commander in effective disaster response. (Video or Multimedia)