The CDC is requesting minor changes to
the household screener and household survey for this project. This
project stems from, and aligns with, publication of the Office of
Public Health Preparedness and Response's (OPHPR) "National
Strategic Plan for Public Health Preparedness and Response" which
provides overall direction for Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's (CDC) preparedness and response portfolio, including
programmatic direction across OPHPR's four divisions. The focus of
this project is to generate findings useful for future preparedness
planning and response in order to develop strategies and
interventions aimed at mitigating the impact of adverse events. In
April 2011, one of the largest tornado outbreaks ever recorded, a
"Super Outbreak," occurred in the southeastern United States,
resulting in more than 300 deaths and an estimated $11 million in
damages. CDC, in collaboration with ICF International, will conduct
a mixed method evaluation utilizing key informant interviews of
public health and mental health agency staff and other community
representatives at the local, county and State levels and household
survey data in each of the communities to assess community recovery
and resilience. Specifically, the study design includes two main
components (qualitative and quantitative) designed to
comprehensively examine the PH/MH system response to and community
recovery and resilience from disasters.
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