Building Community Resiliency Through Community Integration Meetings

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Building Community Resiliency Through Community
Integration Meetings
Primary Care Emergency Preparedness Projects
Jean Paul Roggiero, MPA Melissa
Corrado, MBA Primary
Care Development Corporation NACHC
Community Health Institute EXPO
August 24, 2009
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OBJECTIVES
Primary Care Emergency Preparedness Projects

• Learn how to identify community partners and
  leverage local resources prior to an incident.
• Conduct a community emergency preparedness
  planning session with community stakeholders.
• Acquire lessons learned, both successes and
  challenges, and the unique methods used by PCDC
  to achieve the above goal.

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Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC)
Excellent Healthcare in Every Neighborhood
Primary Care Emergency Preparedness Projects

• Public Private Partnership formed in 1993
• Mission Strengthen primary care in underserved
  communities
• InvestProviding capital to build facilities,
  expand practices, and upgrade outmoded equipment,
  leading to better services for more
  patientsStrengthenHelping providers develop
  patient-centered approaches that strengthen their
  practices and improve and expand care
• Lead...Promoting policies that increase access
  to quality primary care in order to lower costs
  and improve the health of communities

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Primary Care Emergency Preparedness Project
Primary Care Emergency Preparedness Projects

• Started in 2003/2004, funding from NYC Council
  and NYC DOHMH
• PCEPPBasic
• - Assist PCCs to create/enhance an All Hazards
  EOP and creating a multidisciplinary emergency
  management committee.
• PCEPPAdvanced
• - Assist PCCs in the creation of a comprehensive
  EP Staff Training and Drills program including
  design, delivery execution.
• - Host community integration meetings with
  community stakeholders.

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RESULTS
Primary Care Emergency Preparedness Projects

• 68 New York City primary care centers have
  increased their EP capacity and are better
  prepare to respond to an emergency or
• disaster that could occur within
• the community

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Dana Meranus and Bindy Crouch, Healthcare
Emergency Preparedness Program, NYC DOHMH
Primary Care Emergency Preparedness Projects
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APPROACH to COMMUNITY INTEGRATION
Primary Care Emergency Preparedness Projects

• Work with a clearly defined and focused region.
• NYC landscape - Borough vs. community district.
• Unique characteristics and vulnerabilities.
• Partner with PCCs that have graduated our EP
• projects in addition to engaging advocates
• service coordinators for the community.

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APPROACH to COMMUNITY INTEGRATION
Emergency Preparedness Advanced Program

• Primary Care Centers
• Hospitals
• Police/Fire
• Houses of Worship
• Community Board
• Local Elected Officials
• Community Based Org.

• Identify Local
• Community
• Stakeholders

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APPROACH to COMMUNITY INTEGRATION
Emergency Preparedness Advanced Program

• Introduce Regional
• Partners

• Local DOH
• Local OEM
• American Red Cross
• CHCANYS
• NY Disaster Chaplaincy
• Dept. of Aging
• Department of Education

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COMMUNITY INTEGRATIONMEETING GOALS

• Relationship building - laying the foundation
• Educate non primary care partners on the
  capabilities of PCCs
• Work together to develop an actionable EP plan
  that will focus on the health and safety of the
  community

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APPROACH toCOMMUNITY INTEGRATION
Primary Care Emergency Preparedness Projects

• Stakeholders were asked to develop and prioritize
  
• community preparedness plan initiatives.
• After goals were determined and agreed upon by
• the group, specific initiatives/activities for
  each goal
• were developed.
• These action items were prioritized into
  short-term
• (6-12months) vs. long-term (years 1-2)
  objectives.

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MEETING STRUCTURE

• Laying the foundationIcebreaker, acclimation to
  EP
• Establishing importanceKey regional figure
• Reviewing community attributesMust be local
  person
• Creating the Ideal State of Emergency
  Preparedness
• Organization of and gaining consensus on
  community goalsDerived from Ideal State and
  best practices
• Brainstorming activitiesWays to achieve goals
• Prioritizing goals and activities into community
  work plan
• Establishing timeline and persons responsible

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CASE STUDY READY ROCKAWAY
Primary Care Emergency Preparedness Projects

• Group of trained EP professionals comprised of
  representation from of PCC, Hospitals, and other
  local community organizations.
• Inspired PCC EP Coordinator who participated in
  PCDC EP Projects to work with the community to
  prepare a high risk area of NYC for disaster.
• Received funding from NYC Council to support the
  EP initiatives. The majority of those initiatives
  were formulated during the community integration
  meeting

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CASE STUDY READY ROCKAWAY
Primary Care Emergency Preparedness Projects

• Currently hosting first projects over the summer
  (Go Bags, electronic records, bilingual EP
  newspaper)

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CHALLENGES AROUND COMMUNITY INTEGRATION MEETINGS
Primary Care Emergency Preparedness Projects

• Keeping the momentumfollow up!
• Establish a regular forum and communication
  mechanism
• Continually engage new community partners
  (especially residents)
• Ownership of the specific initiatives/ activities
• Tracking progress on process and outcomes
• Continuing to align efforts with local, state,
  and national initiatives
• Securing ongoing support/ funding

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COMMUNITY OUTREACHSTRATEGY for PCC
Primary Care Emergency Preparedness Projects

• Engage and seek support from local elected
  officials.
• Reach out to
• Local Chamber of Commerce and its member.
• Local Citizen Corps Councils and its Partner
  Programs (CERT, MRC).
• Local Media for initial coverage.
• Aim to invite senior leaders from various
  institutions for
• Initial meeting.

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Primary Care Emergency Preparedness Projects

• Questions?

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Thank you!
Primary Care Emergency Preparedness Projects

• Melissa Corrado, MBA
• [phone]
• mcorrado_at_pcdcny.org

Jean Paul Roggiero, MPA [phone] jroggiero_at_
pcdcny.org
www.pcdcny.org
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