Call 2: Public Health Disaster Research Webinar
Strengthening Community Resilience in U.S. Territories
Date: Thursday, August 4, 2022
Time:11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. MDT
Webinar Description: The Natural Hazards Center (NHC)—with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Science Foundation (NSF)—recently issued a call for proposals focused on conducting studies designed to Strengthen Community Resilience in the U.S. Territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This webinar will showcase the results from the 11 projects that were ultimately funded and highlight the research teams' final reports.
Strengthening the resilience of individuals and communities to disasters is a shared responsibility. Focusing on community resilience is particularly important because it enhances the health and well-being of increasingly diverse communities and reduces the negative impacts of disaster. Please save the date for this upcoming webinar!
The first 20 minutes of the webinar will be dedicated to an overview of the call for proposals and the funded research projects. Participants will then be invited to join one of three breakout rooms where they can learn about the funded projects in greater depth. These breakout rooms will focus on the following topics:
- Panel One: Community-Based Approaches to Recovery and Resilience
- Panel Two: Impact of Infrastructure and Service Disruptions on Health and Livelihoods
- Panel Three: Tools to Strengthen Community Resilience
Webinar Schedule:
| Time - All MDT | Topic | Speakers |
| 11:00 a.m. | Welcome and Webinar Overview | Lori Peek, Director, Natural Hazards Center |
| 11:05 a.m. | Research in U.S. Territories Program Overview and Comments on the Importance of Public Health Disaster Research | Tracy Thomas, Senior Health Scientist, Office of Applied Research, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| 11:15 a.m. |
Overview of Funded Projects and Final Reports Participants transition to breakout rooms. |
Rachel Adams, Research Associate, Natural Hazards Center |
| 11:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Panel One: Community-Based Approaches to Recovery and Resilience | Moderator: Rachel Adams, Natural Hazards Center |
| 11:20 a.m | Community-Based Organizations in Public Housing Resident Recovery in Puerto Rico | Sayma Khajehei, Elizabeth Colón Rivera, Divya Chandrasekhar, and Ivis García |
| 11:33 a.m. | Social Capital, Community Health Resilience, and Compounding Hazards in Corcovada, Puerto Rico | Anaís Roque, Sameer H. Shah, Fernando Tormos-Aponte, and Enid Quintana Torres |
| 11:46 a.m. | The Public Health Implications of Abandoned Spaces in Post-Maria Puerto Rico | Michelle Alvarado, David Carrasquillo, Luis Gallardo, and Alison Chopel |
| 11:59 a.m. | Multi-Hazard Planning for Access and Functional Needs in the U.S. Island Territories | Lilian Bui, Jiwnath Ghimire, Eric Yamashita, and Karl Kim |
| 12:12 to 12:30 p.m. | Q&A and Wrap-Up | Moderator, Panelists, and All Participants |
| 11:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Panel Two: Impact of Infrastructure and Service Disruptions on Health and Livelihoods | Moderator: Meghan Mordy, Natural Hazards Center |
| 11:20 a.m. | Impact of Infrastructure Disruptions on Puerto Rican Household Capabilities, Health, and Well-Being | Susan Spierre Clark, Sara Peterson, Ralph Rivera-Gutiérrez, Andrea C. Zambrana-Rosario, and Michael Shelly |
| 11:36 a.m. | Planning for Post-Disaster Needs of Women With Breast Cancer in Puerto Rico | Kevin Fagundo-Ojeda, Ivis García, and Mabel Lassalle |
| 11:52 a.m. | Exploring Post-Disaster Transportation Barriers to Healthcare of Socially Vulnerable Puerto Rican Communities | Diana Ramirez-Rios, William A. Wallace, Jordan Kinsler, Norianne Martinez Viota, and Paola Mendez |
| 12:08 to 12:30 p.m. | Q&A and Wrap-Up | Moderator, Panelists, and All Participants |
| 11:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Panel Three: Tools to Strengthen Community Resilience | Moderator: Lori Peek, Natural Hazards Center |
| 11:20 a.m. | U.S. Virgin Islands Population Social Vulnerability and Implications for Public Health | Greg Guannel, Hilary Lohmann, and Joe Dwyer |
| 11:33 a.m. | Community First Aid Training: A Tool to Strengthen Community Resilience | Todd Miner, Simon Priest, Tayna C. Belyeu-Camacho, Joan M. Flores, and Geraldine A. Rodgers |
| 11:46 a.m. | Disaster Information and Communication Technology Use Among U.S. Virgin Islands At-Risk Populations | Nitin Roy and Nisha Clavier |
| 11:59 a.m. | Public Trust, Community Resilience, and Disaster Response in the U.S. Virgin Islands | Kenny A. Hendrickson, Kula A. Francis, and Anna M. Clarker |
| 12:12 to 12:30 p.m. | Q&A and Wrap-Up | Moderator, Panelists, and All Participants |
| 12:30 p.m. | End Webinar |
Acknowledgements
The Public Health Disaster Research Award Program is based on work supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through supplemental funding to the National Science Foundation (NSF Award #1635593). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the CDC, NSF, or Natural Hazards Center.