Building Back Better: Local Health Department Engagement and Integration of Health Promotion into Hurricane Harvey Recovery Planning and Implementation

Details

• Personal Author:
  Errett NA ; Gonick S ; Kennedy M ; Meischke H ; Rios J
• Description:
  Disaster recovery provides an opportunity to build healthier and more resilient communities. However, opportunities and challenges encountered by local health departments (LHDs) when integrating health considerations into recovery have yet to be explored. Following Hurricane Harvey, 17 local health and emergency management officials from 10 agencies in impacted Texas, USA jurisdictions were interviewed to describe the types and level of LHD engagement in disaster recovery planning and implementation and the extent to which communities leveraged recovery to build healthier, more resilient communities. Interviews were conducted between December 2017 and January 2018 and focused on if and how their communities were incorporating public health considerations into the visioning, planning, implementation, and assessment phases of disaster recovery. Using a combined inductive and deductive approach, we thematically analyzed interview notes and/or transcripts. LHDs reported varied levels of engagement and participation in activities to support their community's recovery. However, we found that LHDs rarely articulated or informed decision makers about the health impacts of recovery activities undertaken by other sectors. LHDs would benefit from additional resources, support, and technical assistance designed to facilitate working across sectors and building resilience during recovery. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Community Health Services Cyclonic Storms Emergencies Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Disaster Recovery Community Health Disaster Recovery Emergency Management Hurricanes Information Dissemination Public Health Resilience
• ISSN:
  1660-4601
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055164
• Citation:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019 Feb; 16(3):299
• Contact Point Address:
  Mallory Kennedy, The University of Washington School of Public Health Department of Health Services, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
• Email:
  malloryjkennedy@gmail.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:86a23e2a539ce70dcb5a75ea4d1b1132b664e11daebb7a54ab3310988c0990283d7b1b1e64e0e7728c6eb7e1365ec060d7b774aea8c9279e13420c49b6004769
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217525/cdc_217525_DS1.pdf
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