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This research paper is also for revision. It’s both a research paper and a power point presentation. I will attach both at the end of the description with the professor’s feedback. The professor does not want me to write a new paper. She just wants me to fix or add what is missing.

Develop a disaster recovery plan to lessen health disparities and improve access to community services after a disaster. Then, develop and record a 10-12 slide presentation (please refer to the PowerPoint tutorial) of the plan with audio and speaker notes for the Vila Health system, city officials, and the disaster relief team.

As you begin to prepare this assessment, you are encouraged to complete the Disaster Preparedness and Management activity. The information gained from completing this activity will help you succeed with the assessment as you think through key issues in disaster preparedness and management in the community or workplace. Completing activities is also a way to demonstrate engagement.

Professional Context

Nurses perform a variety of roles and their responsibilities as health care providers extend to the community. The decisions we make daily and in times of crisis often involve the balancing of human rights with medical necessities, equitable access to services, legal and ethical mandates, and financial constraints. In the event of a major accident or natural disaster, many issues can complicate decisions concerning the needs of an individual or group, including understanding and upholding rights and desires, mediating conflict, and applying established ethical and legal standards of nursing care. As a nurse, you must be knowledgeable about disaster preparedness and recovery to safeguard those in your care. As an advocate, you are also accountable for promoting equitable services and quality care for the diverse community.

Nurses work alongside first responders, other professionals, volunteers, and the health department to safeguard the community. Some concerns during a disaster and recovery period include the possibility of death and infectious disease due to debris and/or contamination of the water, air, food supply, or environment. Various degrees of injury may also occur during disasters, terrorism, and violent conflicts.

To maximize survival, first responders must use a triage system to assign victims according to the severity of their condition/prognosis in order to allocate equitable resources and provide treatment. During infectious disease outbreaks, triage does not take the place of routine clinical triage.

Trace-mapping becomes an important step to interrupting the spread of all infectious diseases to prevent or curtail morbidity and mortality in the community. A vital step in trace-mapping is the identification of the infectious individual or group and isolating or quarantining them. During the trace-mapping process, these individuals are interviewed to identify those who have had close contact with them. Contacts are notified of their potential exposure, testing referrals become paramount, and individuals are connected with appropriate services they might need during the self-quarantine period (CDC, 2020).

An example of such disaster is the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. People who had contact with someone who were in contact with the COVID-19 virus were encouraged to stay home and maintain social distance (at least 6 feet) from others until 14 days after their last exposure to a person with COVID-19. Contacts were required to monitor themselves by checking their temperature twice daily and watching for symptoms of COVID-19 (CDC, 2020). Local, state, and health department guidelines were essential in establishing the recovery phase. Triage Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in the case of COVID-19 focused on inpatient and outpatient health care facilities that would be receiving, or preparing to receive, suspected, or confirmed COVID- 19 victims. Controlling droplet transmission through hand washing, social distancing, self-quarantine, PPE, installing barriers, education, and standardized triage algorithm/questionnaires became essential to the triage system (CDC, 2020; WHO, 2020).

This assessment provides an opportunity for you to apply the concepts of emergency preparedness, public health assessment, triage, management, and surveillance after a disaster. You will also focus on evacuation, extended displacement periods, and contact tracing based on the disaster scenario provided.

Demonstration of Proficiency

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

Competency 1: Analyze health risks and health care needs among distinct populations.
Describe the determinants of health and the cultural, social, and economic barriers that impact safety, health, and disaster recovery efforts in a community.
Competency 2: Propose health promotion strategies to improve the health of populations.
Present specific, evidence-based strategies to overcome communication barriers and enhance interprofessional collaboration to improve disaster recovery efforts.
Competency 3: Evaluate health policies, based on their ability to achieve desired outcomes.
Explain how health and governmental policy affect disaster recovery efforts.
Competency 4: Integrate principles of social justice in community health interventions.
Explain how a proposed disaster recovery plan will lessen health disparities and improve access to community services.
Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead health promotion and improve population health.
Organize content with clear purpose/goals and with relevant and evidence-based sources (published within 5 years).
Slides are easy to read and error free. Detailed audio and speaker notes are provided. Audio is clear, organized, and professionally presented.
Note: Complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.

Preparation

When disaster strikes, community members must be protected. A comprehensive recovery plan, guided by the MAP-IT (Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track) framework, is essential to help ensure everyone’s safety. The unique needs of residents must be assessed to lessen health disparities and improve access to equitable services after a disaster. Recovery efforts depend on the appropriateness of the plan, the extent to which key stakeholders have been prepared, the quality of the trace-mapping, and the allocation of available resources. In a time of cost containment, when personnel and resources may be limited, the needs of residents must be weighed carefully against available resources.

In this assessment, you are a community task force member responsible for developing a disaster recovery plan for the Vila Health community using MAP-IT and trace-mapping, which you will present to city officials and the disaster relief team.

To prepare for the assessment, complete the Vila Health: Disaster Recovery Scenario simulation.

In addition, you are encouraged to complete the Disaster Preparedness and Management activity. The information gained from completing this activity will help you succeed with the assessment as you think through key issues in disaster preparedness and management in the community or workplace. Completing activities is also a way to demonstrate engagement.

Begin thinking about:

Community needs.
Resources, personnel, budget, and community makeup.
People accountable for implementation of the disaster recovery plan.
Healthy People 2020 goals and 2030 objectives.
A timeline for the recovery effort.
You may also wish to:

Review the MAP-IT (Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track) framework, which you will use to guide the development of your plan:
Mobilize collaborative partners.
Assess community needs.
Plan to lessen health disparities and improve access to services.
Implement a plan to reach Healthy People 2020 goals or 2030 objectives.
Track community progress.
Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure that you understand the work you will be asked to complete.
Note: Remember that you can submit all, or a portion of, your draft recovery plan to Smarthinking Tutoring for feedback, before you submit the final version for this assessment. If you plan on using this free service, be mindful of the turnaround time of 24-48 hours for receiving feedback.

Note: If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in this activity, please contact DisabilityServices@capella.edu to request accommodations.

Instructions

Every 10 years, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion release information on health indicators, public health issues, and current trends. At the end of 2020, Healthy People 2030 was released to provide information for the next 10 years. Healthy People 2030 provides the most updated content when it comes to prioritizing public health issues; however, there are historical contents that offer a better understanding of some topics. Disaster preparedness is addressed in Healthy People 2030, but a more robust understanding of MAP-IT, triage, and recovery efforts is found in Healthy People 2020. For this reason, you will find references to both Healthy People 2020 and Healthy People 2030 in this course.

Complete the following:

Develop a disaster recovery plan for the Vila Health community that will lessen health disparities and improve access to services after a disaster. Refer back to the Vila Health: Disaster Recovery Scenario to understand the Vila Health community.
Assess community needs.
Consider resources, personnel, budget, and community makeup.
Identify the people accountable for implementation of the plan and describe their roles.
Focus on specific Healthy People 2020 goals and 2030 objectives.
Include a timeline for the recovery effort.
Apply the MAP-IT (Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track) framework to guide the development of your plan:
Mobilize collaborative partners.
Assess community needs.
Use the demographic data and specifics related to the disaster to identify the needs of the community and develop a recovery plan. Consider physical, emotional, cultural, and financial needs of the entire community.
Include in your plan the equitable allocation of services for the diverse community.
Apply the triage classification to provide a rationale for those who may have been injured during the train derailment. Provide support for your position.
Include in your plan contact tracing of the homeless, disabled, displaced community members, migrant workers, and those who have hearing impairment or English as a second language in the event of severe tornadoes.
Plan to lessen health disparities and improve access to services.
Implement a plan to reach Healthy People 2020 goals and 2030 objectives.
Track and trace-map community progress.
Use the CDC's Contract Tracing Resources for Health Departments as a template to create your contact tracing.
Describe the plan for contact tracing during the disaster and recovery phase.
Develop a slide presentation of your disaster recovery plan with an audio recording of you presenting your assessment of the Vila Health: Disaster Recovery Scenario for city officials and the disaster relief team. Be sure to also include speaker notes.
Presentation Format and Length
You may use Microsoft PowerPoint (preferred) or other suitable presentation software to create your slides and add your voice-over along with speaker notes. If you elect to use an application other than PowerPoint, check with your instructor to avoid potential file compatibility issues.

Be sure that your slide deck includes the following slides:

Title slide.
Recovery plan title.
Your name.
Date.
Course number and title.
References (at the end of your presentation).
Your slide deck should consist of 10-12 content slides plus title and references slides. Use the speaker's notes section of each slide to develop your talking points and cite your sources as appropriate. Be sure to also include a transcript that matches your recorded voice-over. The transcript can be submitted on a separate Word document. Make sure to review the Microsoft PowerPoint tutorial for directions.

The following resources will help you create and deliver an effective presentation:

Record a Slide Show With Narration and Slide Timings.
This Microsoft article provides steps for recording slide shows in different versions of PowerPoint, including steps for Windows, Mac, and online.
Microsoft Office Software.
This Campus page includes tip sheets and tutorials for Microsoft PowerPoint.
PowerPoint Presentations Library Guide.
This library guide provides links to PowerPoint and other presentation software resources.
SoNHS Professional Presentation Guidelines [PPTX].
This presentation, designed especially for the School of Nursing and Health Sciences, offers valuable tips and links, and is itself a PowerPoint template that can be used to create a presentation.
Supporting Evidence
Cite at least three credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications within the past 5 years to support your plan.

Graded Requirements
The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide, so be sure to address each point:

Describe the determinants of health and the cultural, social, and economic barriers that impact safety, health, and recovery efforts in the community.
Consider the interrelationships among these factors.
Explain how your proposed disaster recovery plan will lessen health disparities and improve access to community services.
Consider principles of social justice and cultural sensitivity with respect to ensuring health equity for individuals, families, and aggregates within the community.
Explain how health and governmental policy impact disaster recovery efforts.
Consider the implications for individuals, families, and aggregates within the community of legislation that includes, but is not limited to, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and the Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA).
Present specific, evidence-based strategies to overcome communication barriers and enhance interprofessional collaboration to improve the disaster recovery effort.
Consider how your proposed strategies will affect members of the disaster relief team, individuals, families, and aggregates within the community.
Include evidence to support your strategies.
Organize content with clear purpose/goals and with relevant and evidence-based sources (published within 5 years).
Slides are easy to read and error free. Detailed audio and speaker notes are provided. Audio is clear, organized, and professionally presented.
Develop your presentation with a specific purpose and audience in mind.
Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards and APA formatting requirements.
Additional Requirements

Before submitting your assessment, proofread all elements to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it difficult for them to focus on the substance of your presentation.

My paper

Villa Health Disaster Recovery Plan
Upon reviewing the various challenges communities go through, nurses can work 
collaboratively with communities and avail themselves of the needed services to better the 
well-being of the individuals. Thus, appropriate frameworks are needed to respond 
appropriately to community needs. The disaster recovery plan under review is meant to 
facilitate better results for the Villa Health incidence. Part of the recovery plan includes detailed
intervention considering the existing challenges of the facility and community, which also 
entails the appropriate recommendations that champion general well-being. 
Plan to Lessen Health Disparities and Improve Access to Services
Assessment of the Community Needs
To help an affected community after a disaster, the healthcare sector needs to streamline
its services according to its existing needs. Common challenges within the community include; 
discrimination based on culture poor utilization of healthcare services, among others. A 
comprehension of the community structure provides the needed platform to evaluate the impact
of the needs and their impact on the affected individuals’ well-being. In preparation for the 
disaster recovery plan, the key source of community needs is by evaluating the community's 
makeup and its demographic inclination.
In the case of the Villa Health community under review, its makeup consists of both 
natives and immigrants with 204 residents. Despite the language difficulties from the 
immigrants, English is widely spoken in the community. The community needs include over 
147 registered physically disabled individuals and a limited capacity homeless shelter. Other 
needs include; compromised healthcare services due to financial crisis. The same challenges 
also lead to difficulties in responding to disasters, and that is due to limited ability and 
resources dedicated to disaster response.
Community Make-up, Budget, Personnel, and Resources
As reiterated by Horney et al. (2018), the efforts by primary stakeholders to promote 
wellness in the community and attending to the existing needs is dependent on various 
resources that entail primary personnel and resources. The primary resources include 
community-based caregivers, finances, and workforce, with the workforce, in this case, being 
stakeholders like doctors, nurses among others, tasked with promoting wellness and awareness 
within the community. The internal stakeholders useful in the response process are state and 
local representatives, law enforcement agencies, nurses, and doctors. The community has over 
8200 individuals with the mean age being 43 years, most of them aged between 46 and 64 and 
the least age between 18 and 24 who account for the least age group.
More than 90% of the population are whites, with the remaining percentage split 
between Latin, African Americans, and Indian Americans. The estimated budget for the plan is 
around $100,000 when factors like salaries and community training are considered.
Accountable Individuals
The primary stakeholders tasked with the plan implementation consist of doctors, law 
enforcement agents, local and federal representatives, and caregivers. Most importantly, the 
main goal will be to work collaboratively and guarantee effective interactions at the community
level. Through the cooperation, the various patient health improvement goals and objectives 
will be accomplished in the disaster recovery process. Additionally, it is their responsibility to 
ensure that initiatives taken align with the Healthy People 2030 aimed at limiting the spread of 
infectious illnesses and intervening in chronic diseases. Thus, the various efforts will become 
vital in redefining the existing community needs via the various streamlines, emphasizing 
preventing illness (Wax, 2019). 
Timeline
The plan is expected to be done within the coming ten months in different phases within
the same period. The main emphasis in the timeline will be to enlighten the community, resource gathering, and availing the needed interventions based on the demands. After that, to 
guarantee maximum health results, follow-up initiatives will be carried out after every 12 
months.
Therefore, the various health disparities highlighted can be lessened by following the 
criteria that first involve assessing the needs of the public to understand the specific factors 
contributing to the disparities. In the case of Villa health, factors like culture, i.e., different 
native groups in the group, contributed to health disparities whereby the white race was the 
dominant one, and the immigrants had difficulties like language barriers. The next step in line 
addressing the health disparities is setting up a budget needed to implement the plan, harness 
the relevant resources and collaborate with different stakeholders to eliminate the disparities to 
help in a quicker disaster recovery process.
Application of the MAP-IT as Guidance in Plan Development
Partners Mobilization
With the help of the MAP-IT framework, there will be an informed response procedure,
which will be followed by the primary stakeholders like caregivers when availing of the needed
services based on the needs and demands of the community. To respond to the disaster, the 
initial phase of the framework is resources and partner mobilization; this permits primary 
stakeholders to respond to the disaster to comprehend the community's existing needs while 
enhancing the general awareness about potential stakeholders to aid in the response procedure. 
The partners expected to cooperate are doctors, caregivers, state representatives, and law 
enforcement parties.
Assess Needs of the Community
Based on the demographics from the preceding sections, the community under review is
diverse, consisting of whites, Indians, Latins, and African Americans. Some of the factors 
influencing their health outcomes include; culture, resource availability, and the occurred calamity. Culture is a basic determinant of health and has an impact on the people of the Villa 
community because, through culture, the behavior and attitude of the individuals are influenced
interventions streamline with the goals relating to the promotion of health outlined in the 
Healthy People 2030. Additionally, as Hipper et al. (2018) reiterated, the general wellness as 
towards their utilization of healthcare services and how they respond to conditions that 
complicate their health like the disaster that struck the community. Availability of resources 
dictates the community's health outcomes in the sense that enough resources mean that the 
population will still have access to care services regardless of a disaster striking. Also, with 
enough resources, the response to the disaster in the community is better alongside a recovery 
from a disaster incidence.
Part of the population is comprised of physically disabled individuals and homeless 
categories both in need of financial, emotional, and social help. 
Additionally, immigrants require social support due to their nations and different 
cultures since they may not feel at home or directly attached to the existing population. These 
requirements will push stakeholders to provide the best solution for meeting rising community 
expectations. It is the responsibility of healthcare practitioners to ensure that resources are 
distributed fairly. This aim will be met by examining the community's needs and individual 
requirements in light of the crisis. As a result of this tendency, ensuring equity in resource 
distribution will improve. The team should concentrate on triage classification to identify those 
who require urgent care. Part of the approach deployed in classifying the community will be 
urgent, delayed, dead, and critical. The community-based policing framework will aid in 
reaching out to those that are disabled, homeless, and displaced.
Plan to Lessen Disparities 
 There will be a need to create awareness and avail the needed resources in 
medical help, enlightenment, and finances to lessen the existing disparities. The various interventions streamline with the goals relating to the promotion of health outlined in the
Healthy People 2030. Additionally, as Hipper et al. (2018) reiterated, the general wellness as outlined under the Healthy People 2030 will be boosted via cooperation with the team’s 
emphasis on empowering the community.
Track and trace map
Following the catastrophe, the community experienced a variety of losses. Some people
died, while others were exiled. A connection tracing framework will be required to determine 
the sufferers. The initiatives will permit the team to reach out to the individuals affected and 
provide vital services and interventions. The team will rely on existing neighborhood groups 
and community-based methods to monitor the victims. This approach will improve the 
capability to obtain excellent follow-up rates while still promoting the health of the disaster 
victims. 
Conclusion
The health care industry provides the right foundation for bridging the gap between the 
general public and the underpinning wellness and demands of the community. The failure to 
grasp existing community demands is one of the difficulties that may jeopardize the general 
capacity to keep a strong relationship with the community. A community needs assessment 
allows caregivers to get enlightenment into the likely challenges that impact society's overall 
growth and development trends from the perspective of wellness and well-being. Nurses are 
critical participants in this scenario because they avail the optimal framework for attending to 
the needs and desires of an expanding community. The capability to grasp the fundamental 
community requirements and needs while developing dependable plans to address the observed
difficulties determines the efficiency of their jobs. With the help of the plan under review, all 
the caregivers involved in this case will champion the recovery process, simultaneously 
enhancing community awareness and toughness against similar catastrophes. Also, the budget 
will be critical in supporting the capability to bolster a functioning city able to take care of similar catastrophe.

References
Hipper, T. J., Davis, R., Massey, P. M., Turchi, R. M., Lubell, K. M., Pechta, L. E., ... & 
Chernak, E. (2018). The disaster information needs of families of children with special 
healthcare need a scoping review. Health Security, 16(3), 178-192. 
Horney, J., Dwyer, C., Chirra, B., McCarthy, K., Shafer, J., & Smith, G. (2018). Measuring 
Successful Disaster Recovery. International journal of mass emergencies & 
disasters, 36(1). 
Wax, R. S. (2019). Preparing the intensive care unit for disaster. Critical Care Clinics, 35(4), 
551. 

Professor’s feedback

Marcia, thank you for your additional work on this assessment, however , you are still having difficulty with its purpose. I am wondering if;you did the formative activity and read the Vila Health scenario.The scenario gives you ALL of the information you will need, including the problems seen with the last disaster (you are suppose to address all of these problems) as well as what the population looks like. You are suppose to be standing in front of the stakeholders of Valley City presenting them with a new and improved disaster recovery plan. In order to do this you must: 1. Recap the last disaster and all of the problems that Valley City/Villa health Experienced.what does their population look like? 2. Use the MAP IT frame work to explain each step and how it applies to Valley City. for example- M=Mobilize: Mobilize the stakeholders of Valley City. FD/PD/Local Government/Hospital Administration, etc. 3. What agencies respond in a disaster and what does each agency do. 4. How would you improve communication and promote interprofessional collaboration for VAlley City/Villa Health is the case of another emergency. If you are resubmitting this assessment, PLEASE HIGHLIGHT the new information on the slides and bold/highligh the new information on your speaker notes or your presentation will be returned as a non performance.





Thank you for your work on this assessment Marcia, you appear to have some difficulty following the scoring guide. You are supposed to be addressing the stakeholders (community) in Valley City and presenting a plan for their community to help better prepare them for the next disaster. Your information was good, but you did nt take into consideration some of the issues that Valley City encountered with its last disaster. What type of disaster was it? How was the communication between not only the workers but getting information out to the community?

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COMPETENCY 1
Analyze health risks and health care needs among distinct populations.

CRITERION
Describe the determinants of health and the cultural, social, and economic barriers that impact safety, health, and disaster recovery efforts in a community.
Your result: Basic

Basic
Identifies the determinants of health that impact safety, health, and disaster recovery efforts in a community, without regard to cultural, social, and economic barriers.

Faculty Comments:

I did not see a recap of the last disaster or that you addressed the problems experienced by Valley City. I pointed out specific issues below.



Good start to identifying the determinants of health that impact community safety, health, and disaster recovery efforts to earn a distinguished level, you need to expand on the barriers that impact the safety, health, and disaster recovery efforts of Valley City. For example, what were the problems in Villa health? The financial situation of the city and the hospital issues? Did they have enough supplies? You mention some of the population but what about the deaf? The elderly? Was the hospital prepared for this disaster? Did they have enough beds?

COMPETENCY 2
Propose health promotion strategies to improve the health of populations.

CRITERION
Present specific, evidence-based strategies to overcome communication barriers and enhance interprofessional collaboration to improve disaster recovery efforts.
Your result: Basic

Basic
Presents strategies to overcome communication barriers and enhance interprofessional collaboration to improve disaster recovery efforts without regard to the needs of the entire community.

Faculty Comments:

I did not see this addressed>



I did not see that your strategies were supported by relevant evidence-based literature. What should the chain of command be in this community? How are you overcoming the barriers to interprofessional communication? What else can improve communication and interprofessional collaboration? What were the problems that Valley City encountered during the last disaster? You mention having a plan of action. What would that look like?   What would those be? Remember you are presenting this information to community stake holders, 

COMPETENCY 3
Evaluate health policies, based on their ability to achieve desired outcomes.

CRITERION
Explain how health and governmental policy impact disaster recovery efforts.
Your result: Non-Performance

Non-Performance
Does not explain how health and governmental policy impact disaster recovery efforts.

Faculty Comments:

I did not see where you addressed this section of the scoring guide. it is easy to miss things so it is important to keep the scoring guide handy when preparing your assessment.

COMPETENCY 4
Integrate principles of social justice in community health interventions.

CRITERION
Explain how a proposed disaster recovery plan will lessen health disparities and improve access to community services.
Your result: Basic

Basic
Explains how a proposed disaster recovery plan will lessen health disparities and improve access to community services, without regard to the needs of the entire community.

Faculty Comments:

YOu mention MAP IT but don't really explain each step nor do you relate it to Valley City.





Your disaster recovery plan was not clear on how it could lessen health disparities and improve access to community services in Villa Health. What did the literature say about this? You mentioned there is an increased need after a disaster…..for what? Is transportation affected, money for rent if people become unemployed? You did mention MAP IT but left out the I (implement) in regard to the city. Remember you are giving a presentation to the stakeholders of Valley City.

COMPETENCY 5
Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead health promotion and improve population health.

CRITERION
Organize content with clear purpose/goals and with relevant and evidence-based sources (published within 5 years).
Your result: Proficient

Proficient
Organizes content with clear purpose/goals and with relevant and evidence-based sources (published within 5 years).

Faculty Comments:

Your slides were a little bland. Perhaps an occasional picture on the slides would keep more attention. Many slides did not emphasize key points and had too much information on them making them hard to read. This will make a difference between a proficient and distinguished designation in this category. 

CRITERION
Slides are easy to read and error free. Detailed audio, transcript, and speaker notes are provided. Audio is clear, organized, and professionally presented.
Your result: Basic

Basic
Slides are easy to read and error free. No audio or audio is not clear, difficult to hear, or not professionally presented. Speaker notes and transcript are sufficient support for the slides.

Faculty Comments:

Your slides were difficult to follow as they contained too much information. Slides should contain key points with the rest of the information being addressed in your speaker notes.
  


This assessment also needs a PowerPoint. How can I upload it so it’s done at the same time?