Building Simulation Exercise Capacity in Latin America to Manage Public Health Emergencies

被引:20
作者
Hanson, Kimberly [1 ]
Hernandez, Luis [1 ]
Banaski, James A., Jr. [2 ]
机构
[1] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Global Rapid Response Team, Atlanta, GA 30329 USA
[2] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Natl Publ Hlth Inst Program, Atlanta, GA 30329 USA
关键词
Global health security; Latin America; Simulation exercise; Public health emergencies;
D O I
10.1089/hs.2018.0091
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Simulation exercises, whether discussion- or operations-based, are an essential component of public health emergency preparedness and response-so much so that the ability to conduct exercises is included as a key indicator for measurement of emergency response operations in the Joint External Evaluation and as a requirement of the International Health Regulations. Exercises allow ministry of health partners to actually practice and demonstrate their learned capacities and show progress toward those global health security goals. In recent years, the general technique in the global health security arena has been for external partners to design, facilitate, and evaluate public health emergency exercises for ministry of health partners. However, in 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Global Response Preparedness Team (GRPT) piloted regional training for ministry of health representatives from 4 countries in Latin America to build their internal capacity to design, facilitate, and evaluate simulation exercises using the US Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program (HSEEP). Using this program as the source material, the team modified the content for application to an international audience, facilitated it as a 4-day workshop, and designed an evaluation protocol to measure participants' satisfaction with the course as well as their ability to apply concepts learned in their day-to-day jobs. Representatives of 3 of the 4 ministries of health that attended the workshop designed exercises to implement in their home countries, with 2 having completed the facilitation and evaluation of their exercises at the time of this publication.
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页码:S98 / S102
页数:5
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