PUB- CT12

Emergency Preparedness Plan

Emergency health disasters can occur when least expected. As evidenced by the readings, it is important to anticipate and prepare for such events.
Develop an Emergency Operations Plan, outlining disaster preparedness for Saudi Arabia to deal with flooding. Review flooding in the Jeddah region for a better understanding of the seriousness and causes of the situation. Below are some websites to help you begin your research:

In your plan, be sure to address answers to problems regarding organizing, training, equipping, and correcting efforts to provide effective collaboration.
Your plan should meet the following structural requirements:

4-5 pages in length, not including the cover and reference pages;
Include the following headings:
- Scope and Purpose
- Participation Roles
- Resources Required
- Priorities for Action
- Communication and Dissemination
Formatted according to APA
Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of four scholarly articles.

References

Abdullah, N. N., & Othman, M. B. (2015). Disaster Management: Empirical Study of 2009

Jeddah Flood. Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 3(5), 1083-1087.

Abosuliman, S. S., Kumar, A., Alam, F., & Rasjidin, R. (2012). Disaster planning and

management in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In Proc. 2013 International Conference on

Economics and Social Science (ICESS 2013) (pp. 20-21).

Bajow, N. A., & Alkhalil, S. M. (2014). Evaluation and analysis of hospital disaster preparedness

in Jeddah. Health, 6(19), 2668.

Boyd, A., Chambers, N., French, S., Shaw, D., King, R., & Whitehead, A. (2014). Emergency

planning and management in health care: priority research topics. Health Systems, 3(2), 83-92.

Lurie, N., Manolio, T., Patterson, A. P., Collins, F., & Frieden, T. (2013). Research as a part of

public health emergency response. The New England Journal of Medicine, 268, 1251-1255.

McCormack, L., Sheridan, S., Lewis, M., Boudewyns, V., Melvin, C. L., Kistler, C., Lux, L.J., Cullen, K. & Lohr, K. N. (2013). Communication and dissemination strategies to facilitate the use of health-related evidence.

Revere, D., Nelson, K., Thiede, H., Duchin, J., Stergachis, A., & Baseman, J. (2011). Public health emergency preparedness and response communications with health care providers: a literature review. BMC Public Health, 11(1), 337.

Waugh, W. L., & Streib, G. (2006). Collaboration and leadership for effective emergency

management. Public administration review, 66(s1), 131-140.

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Scope and Purpose

Disasters are both a health and human tragedy whose mitigation requires the interoperation of various stakeholders’ most notably health care providers who need to not only save lives but also provide necessary supplies to disaster survivors. Arguably, health care providers play the most significant role during disasters and emergencies. For this reason, health care providers must be aware of public health threats and emergencies to enhance the preparedness and the response (Revere et al., 2011). Additionally, disasters result in substantial economic losses, deals devastating blows to development goals, and shakes social confidence (Bajow & Alkhalil, 2014).

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