Disaster Risk Reduction (Part 1)
This session (Part 1) will focus on understanding disaster risk reduction (DRR), the primary guiding concept that informs nurses' work in emergencies and disasters. We will also look deeper into disaster risk - the interplay of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and capacity, and how these are important in assessment/analysis, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing interventions across the disaster continuum.
Also discussed in this module are important and common terms used by the government, civil society, and development partners in DRR and DRRM work; frameworks used for disaster risk assessment and analysis, mechanisms or ways to reduce disaster risks; and minimum but very essential DRR actions at the community level and the health system.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the module, you should be able to:
- Familiarize with the existing institutional structures and systems in DRRM
- Describe the integration of DRRM in the Philippine health system and nursing practice
- Discuss the goals of nursing care across the disaster management continuum
- Familiarize with the different frameworks and tools used for hazard, risk, vulnerability, capacity assessment/analysis
- Analyze hazards, risks, vulnerabilities and capacities in a given setting/situation
- Describe mechanisms for reducing disaster risks and minimum DRR actions in the community