Emergency Preparedness and Equity

Three credits · Graduate

Considerations of equity at all phases of emergency and disaster planning, mitigation, response, and recovery are crucial to limit the worsening of health and social impacts for those groups who experience intersectional inequities. This course will provide an overview of types of emergencies and the emergency management continuum, and the role of health and social sectors. Core focus will be on students understanding inequitable risk, vulnerability, and impact within emergency situations for groups affected by structural and social inequities, and community-driven techniques to achieve disaster justice within all phases of the emergency management continuum. Prerequisites: HEEQ 501, 502. Three credits.