Disaster Management and Emergency Planning: Resources

Section	Name	Description
Module 1	Lesson 1: Disaster Management	Read the entire page.
	Introduction to Emergency Planning.
	Hazards (Dr. Lee)
	Public health in the aftermath of disasters	This is good article by Eric Noji that describes succinctly the various public health needs that are likely to occur following a disaster.
	Topic 1 Problem Scenario Information	Background information for topic 1 discussions.
	Disaster Definitions	The Johns Hopkins and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies provides this useful guide to definitions in Disaster Health
	ADPC Resource: Introduction to Hazards	This is a very useful and good summary of hazards and hazard analysis provided by ADPC.
	Sendai Framework
	Additional questions for Topic 1	This document includes the background information on the problem-based scenario as well as additional questions for students to try on their own.
	Climate Psychiatry: The Diverse Challenges of Climate to Mental Health	Watch the entire lecture video. (60 minutes) The video explores the impact of climate change to mental health and substance use/abuse

Module 2	Lesson 2: Disaster Management	Read the entire page.
	Emergency preparedness
	Emergency plan for appraisal
	Example of an emergency plan	This link is to an emergency plan from Australia that may serve as a useful example for students to see a real life plan.

Module 3	Lesson 3: Disaster Management	Read the entire page.
	Needs assessment of humanitarian crises	In this article by Anthony Redmond, he describes briefly the process and importance of needs assessment in humanitarian crises.
	Emergency response in resource poor settings
	IASC Initial Rapid Assessment Guidance Notes

Module 4	Lesson 4: Disaster Management	Read the entire page.
	Project monitoring and evaluation in humanitarian relief	This presentation goes into some detail on what and how to monitor and evauate the humanitarian aid.
	Assessing the impact of humanitarian assistance in the health sector	This is a useful and interesting article written by Roberts and Hofmann exploring the issue of post-disaster assessment of the impact of humanitarian aid.
	Measuring the impact of humanitarian aid

Module 5	Lesson 5: Disaster Management	Read the entire page.
	Disaster Management Cycle: response and recovery	Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC) Introduction to Disaster Management Course Manual
	ALNAP Tsunami Evaluation Coalition Synthesis Report Executive Summary
	Additional source: World Disasters Report-Focus on recovery	More on recovery with case studies.