Humane Science and Planetary Health: Prevention Through Innovation

1 Credit.

Provides trainees with an applied 'toolkit' to aid their current and future disaster planning, response, and recovery efforts. Focuses on Zika and other insect-borne emerging infectious diseases in the following contexts. Includes 1) a scenario contingency planning exercise, focusing on implications of surge capacity gaps in public health crises; 2) an overview and exercise-based application of the Haddon Matrix, a systematic planning instrument for preparedness; 3) development of message maps for public health crisis communication planning; 4) a discussion-based ("tabletop") exercise on a public health emergency scenario, integrating the afore-mentioned applied principles. Includes interactive lecture and facilitated discussion, small-group breakout activities, and full-group brainstorming using these applied concepts.