Research Paper -public health planning for the emergency
In Unit IV(Attached), you were tasked with selecting a topic for the subject of this research paper. For this unit, you should complete the research paper by addressing the four main points as outlined in Unit IV. (Attached)
Focus points of the research paper:
public health planning for the emergency, EMS response for the emergency (identify any legal, political, and regulatory responsibilities for EMS during the response), community response to the emergency, and community recovery from the emergency.
Roles During Emergencies and Disasters 6
Your research paper should include the following components:
title page, four points of research in written paper form, including an introduction and conclusion (four page minimum), and reference page (one page).
Although required, the title and reference page do not count toward your final page total. You must create a minimum of four new pages of content. Your research paper must have at least five relevant and credible sources. Your textbook is NOT required for this assignment, although you may choose to use it when discussing concepts that apply to your topic. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted materials must have accompanying citations in accordance with APA standards.
According to experts, bats are the likely source of the deadly virus. The disease can be transmitted from wild animals such as bats to humans (Arthur, 2002). Ebola viral disease is a threat to global health which makes the topic relevant to research. In this regard, this research will be confined to evaluating factors that might have led to the emergence of Ebola in African particularly in West Africa. There are many available resources that point to this topic hence the research will shed light on what might have caused the disease.
According to Sullivan et al (2000), Ebola epidemic was first recognized in 2014 which led to public health responding by putting systems and capacities to detect and ultimately prevent the epidemic. In order to have a grasp of public health planning Ebola response was grouped into such areas like laboratory surveillance and workforce development among others. For instance in Liberia, MOH established a national IMS in 2014, in collaboration with other agencies such as the US Centers for Disease and Prevention and World Health Organization that is concerned for international public health.
With the growing media coverage about Ebola outbreak in Africa, EMS response has increasingly looked for policy together with operational guidance. Given the globalization of the world, for example, it is possible to have an individual who has traveled to the regions reported to have had similar symptoms. In such cases, EMS response to the emergency may be required to handle the situation. In other words, EMS trains personnel regarding Ebola response protocols. The idea is to ensure public safety for management of patients under investigation for EVD in the U.S.
In order to combat the disease, it requires cooperation from different stakeholders such as the community and health providers to mention a few. Due to intrinsic nature of the disease, it is somehow difficult to keep track of the disease in urban areas. This is because there are many contacts that occur in these environments. For example in West African shared cabs were a common way to transmit Ebola. In light of these problems, communities have taken initiatives based strategy of monitoring as well as travel limitations (Moon et al 2015). This meant that each member of a community would be screened daily and if they showed early symptoms, they were isolated. It is no doubt that the social and economic impact of the disease will be felt even long after the outbreak has ended.
References
Arthur, R. R. (2002). Ebola in Africa–discoveries in the past decade. Euro surveillance: bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles= European communicable disease bulletin, 7(3), 33-36.
Sullivan, N. J., Sanchez, A., Rollin, P. E., Yang, Z. Y., & Nabel, G. J. (2000). Development of a preventive vaccine for Ebola virus infection in primates. Nature, 408(6812), 605.
Moon, S., Sridhar, D., Pate, M. A., Jha, A. K., Clinton, C., Delaunay, S., … & Goosby, E. (2015). Will Ebola change the game? Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. The report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola. The Lancet, 386(10009), 2204-2221.
