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  1. 2015 Bastrop County CASPER (Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response) Questionnaire
    Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
    Date Published: 4/23/2015
    Format: PDF
    Annotation: 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
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    Type: Guideline/Assessment Tool
    Access 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.edu
    Includes Research Tools: Yes.
    ID: 12945. From: Disaster Lit®a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

  2. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) General Preparedness Module
    Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
    Date Published: 2012
    Format: PDF
    Annotation: 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
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    Type: Guideline/Assessment Tool
    Access 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.gov
    Includes Research Tools: Yes.
    ID: 12967. From: Disaster Lit®a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

  3. 2011 Bastrop County CASPER (Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response) Questionnaire
    Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
    Date Published: 9/23/2011
    Format: PDF
    Annotation: 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 Tool
    Access 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.edu
    Includes Research Tools: Yes.
    ID: 12944. From: Disaster Lit®a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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