Lessons learned from North Carolina public health regional surveillance teams' regional exercises. 2011

Jennifer Hegle, and Milissa Markiewicz, and Philip Benson, and Jennifer Horney, and Richard Rosselli, and Pia MacDonald
University of North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, North Carolina Institute for Public Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. jhegle@unc.edu

All-hazards exercises bring together emergency response partners at the local, regional, state, and federal levels for the primary purposes of testing response plans, defining roles and responsibilities, assessing capabilities, and making necessary improvements prior to an actual incident. To better understand the benefits and challenges of conducting regional (ie, multicounty) exercises, a study was carried out by the North Carolina Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health. This article describes 5 all-hazards regional exercises conducted by Public Health Regional Surveillance Teams (PHRSTs) in North Carolina in 2009 and highlights 4 unique benefits that resulted from the exercises beyond meeting explicit objectives to test plans and identify areas for improvement: (1) building relationships among response partners, (2) promoting public health assets, (3) testing multiple communications systems, and (4) training exercise evaluators. Challenges of planning and conducting regional exercises also are addressed, followed by recommendations for maximizing the effectiveness of regional public health exercises.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007400 Interprofessional Relations The reciprocal interaction of two or more professional individuals. Etiquette, Medical,Medical Etiquette,Relations, Interprofessional
D009657 North Carolina State bounded on the north by Virginia, on the east and Southeast by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Georgia and South Carolina, and on the west by Tennessee.
D011159 Population Surveillance Ongoing scrutiny of a population (general population, study population, target population, etc.), generally using methods distinguished by their practicability, uniformity, and frequently their rapidity, rather than by complete accuracy. Surveillance, Population
D002959 Civil Defense Preventive emergency measures and programs designed to protect the individual or community in times of hostile attack or natural disaster. Civil Defenses,Defense, Civil,Defenses, Civil
D003142 Communication The exchange or transmission of ideas, attitudes, or beliefs between individuals or groups. Miscommunication,Misinformation,Social Communication,Communication Programs,Communications Personnel,Personal Communication,Communication Program,Communication, Personal,Communication, Social,Communications, Social,Miscommunications,Misinformations,Personnel, Communications,Program, Communication,Programs, Communication,Social Communications
D004189 Disaster Planning Procedures outlined for the care of casualties and the maintenance of services in disasters. Disaster Management,Emergency Preparedness,Disaster Relief Planning,Management, Disaster,Planning, Disaster,Planning, Disaster Relief,Preparedness, Emergency,Relief Planning, Disaster
D055818 Public-Private Sector Partnerships An organizational enterprise between a public sector agency (federal, state or local) and a private sector entity. Skills and assets of each sector are shared to deliver a service or facility for the benefit or use of the general public. Public Private Partnership,Public-Private Partnership,Public-Private Sector Partnership,Public-Private Cooperation,Public-Private Partnerships,Public-Private Sector Cooperation,Cooperation, Public-Private,Cooperation, Public-Private Sector,Partnership, Public Private,Partnership, Public-Private,Partnership, Public-Private Sector,Partnerships, Public Private,Partnerships, Public-Private,Partnerships, Public-Private Sector,Private Partnership, Public,Private Partnerships, Public,Public Private Cooperation,Public Private Partnerships,Public Private Sector Cooperation,Public Private Sector Partnership,Public Private Sector Partnerships,Public-Private Cooperations,Public-Private Sector Cooperations
D040381 Education, Public Health Professional Education and training in PUBLIC HEALTH for the practice of the profession. Public Health Education for Professionals

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