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2015 Bastrop County CASPER (Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response) Questionnaire
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Date Published: 4/23/2015Format: PDFAnnotation: The survey instrument used in the 2015 Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) in Bastrop, Texas, consisted of questions addressing several areas of concern for local emergency management and public health officials involved in the disaster response and recovery efforts for a wildfire. A similar instrument was also previously administered in 2011 in Bastrop, Texas. Subject areas included structural damage to the residence, access to basic services such as utilities, access to medical care, physical and mental health status, evacuation behaviors, wildfire-related communications, and pet and livestock issues, preparedness, and recovery. This resource was identified by the NIH Disaster Research Response Program (DR2) for researchers looking for pre- and post-disaster data collection instruments.
Ease of Use in Disaster Setting: Easy
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level: 5.7
Population: Residential/Workplace
Length: 33 questions
Administered by: Lay Interviewer
Language(s): English...[See more] [See less]Type: Guideline/Assessment ToolAccess Notes: Free/Publicly Available
Citation(s):
Kirsch KR, Feldt BA, Zane DF, Haywood T, Jones RW, Horney JA. Longitudinal Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response to Wildfire, Bastrop County, Texas. Health Secur. 2016 Mar-Apr; PubMed PMID: 27081889. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27081889. Subscription not required.
Contact information:
Contact person: Jennifer Horney, PhD
Institution: Texas A&M University
Address: Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 1266 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843
E-mail: horney@sph.tamhsc.eduIncludes Research Tools: Yes.ID: 12945. From: Disaster Lit®a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. -
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) General Preparedness Module
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Date Published: 2012Format: PDFAnnotation: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed a standardized general household preparedness module (Module 19) for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) in 2006, and Montana administered the 11-question module in 2012. The purpose of this resource is to examine the association between emergency preparedness, demographic characteristics, and health status to help public health officials develop strategies to improve outreach and training. This resource was identified by the NIH Disaster Research Response Program (DR2) for researchers looking for pre- and post-disaster data collection instruments.
Ease of Use in Disaster Setting: Easy
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level: 7.9
Population: Adults Only
Length: 11 questions
Administered by: Self Administered/Self Report, Lay Interviewer
Language(s): English...[See more] [See less]Type: Guideline/Assessment ToolAccess Notes: Citation(s):
Der-Martirosian C, Strine T, Atia M, Chu K, Mitchell MN, Dobalian A. General household emergency preparedness: a comparison between veterans and nonveterans. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2014 Apr;29(2):134-40. doi: 10.1017/s1049023x1400020x. Epub 2014 Mar 20. PubMed PMID: 24642181. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24642181. Subscription required.
Contact information:
Contact person: Emily Ehrlich Healy
BRFSS Coordinator/Epidemiologist
Institution: Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
Phone: 406-444-2973
Email: ehealy@mt.govIncludes Research Tools: Yes.ID: 12967. From: Disaster Lit®a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. -
2011 Bastrop County CASPER (Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response) Questionnaire
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Date Published: 9/23/2011Format: PDFAnnotation: This survey instrument used in the 2011 Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) in Bastrop, Texas, consisted of questions addressing several areas of concern for local emergency management and public health officials involved in the disaster response and recovery efforts for a wildfire. A similar instrument, http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/suppl/10.1089/hs.2015.0060/suppl_file/Supp_App2.pdf, was also later administered in 2015 in Bastrop, Texas. Subject areas included structural damage to the residence, access to basic services such as utilities, access to medical care, physical and mental health status, evacuation behaviors, wildfire-related communications, and pet and livestock issues, preparedness, and recovery. This resource was identified by the NIH Disaster Research Response Program (DR2) for researchers looking for pre- and post-disaster data collection instruments.
Ease of Use in Disaster Setting: Easy
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level: 5.7
Population: Residential/Workplace
Length: 34 questions
Administered by: Lay Interviewer
Language(s): English...[See more] [See less]Type: Guideline/Assessment ToolAccess Notes: Free/Publicly Available
Citation(s):
Kirsch KR, Feldt BA, Zane DF, Haywood T, Jones RW, Horney JA. Longitudinal Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response to Wildfire, Bastrop County, Texas. Health Secur. 2016 Mar-Apr; PubMed PMID: 27081889. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27081889. Subscription not required.
Additional information:
Zane DF, Jones R, Huss J, Sanchez K, Hoogheem J, Clements B. Public Health Emergency Response to a Massive Wildfire in Texas (2011). Texas Public Health Journal. 2012 Fall (64:4) p6-10.
http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.texaspha.org/resource/resmgr/docs/Journal_Files/TPHJ_Volume_64_Issue_4.pdf?hhSearchTerms=%22volume+and+64+and+issue+and+4%22. Subscription not required.
Contact information:
Contact person: Jennifer Horney, PhD
Institution: Texas A&M University, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Address: 1266 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843
Email: horney@sph.tamhsc.eduIncludes Research Tools: Yes.ID: 12944. From: Disaster Lit®a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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