National Association of County and City Health Officials

1
National Association of County and City Health
Officials

• Annual 2004 Conference and ExhibitionPlanning
  for the Needs of Special Populations in a Crisis
• Jeffrey W. Todd, MS, CAE
• Stephenson County Health Department
• July 16, 2004

2
Stephenson County, Illinois

• Disaster Preparedness Special Needs Committee
• A Joint Effort of the
• Northwest Illinois Chapter American Red Cross

Stephenson County Health Department
Building a Healthy Community
3
A Subcommittee of

• The Stephenson County Medical/Public Health
  Emergency Management Committee

Stephenson County Health Department
Building a Healthy Community
4
Special Needs Committee Membership

• Stephenson County Health Department
• American Red Cross
• Illinois Dept of Public Health
• Highland Community College-RSVP
• Stephenson Nursing Center
• Stephenson County Emergency Management Agency

• Stephenson County Senior Center
• Provena-St.Joseph Adult Day Care, Nursing Center
• Regional Area Mobilization Project (RAMP)
• YWCA-Voices
• Salvation Army

5
Special Needs Committee Membership

• Illinois Dept of Rehabilitation Services
• Freeport Housing Authority
• Lena Nursing Home
• Liberty Village
• Malcolm Eaton Enterprises
• Meadow Ridge Apartments

• Northwest Illinois Community Action Agency
• Freeport Manor
• FHN Home Health Care/Hospice
• Amateur Radio Emergency Service
• Communication Matters Assn.
• Lincoln Towers

6
Definition of Special Health Needs

• Special populations who may encounter barriers to
  health services/maintenance during an emergency,
  e.g., persons who are mobility-challenged and/or
  may need special assistance because they are
  bed-ridden, invalids, wheel-chair bound, etc.
  Special needs populations also include persons
  who are taking daily medications, who may be
  receiving medical treatments (injections,
  dressing changes, therapy, etc.) by or through a
  home health agency, persons who are on regular
  dialysis, or who have special dietary
  requirements or arrangements. The category also
  includes persons who are hearing, visually or
  mentally impaired and may need assistance in an
  emergency. In addition, special needs populations
  may include persons who have language,
  transportation or communication barriers.
  Finally, special health needs populations might
  also include residents of nursing homes, persons
  recently discharged from a hospital or similar
  facility, and/or the frail elderly, especially
  those living alone. The group is struggling to
  decide whether to include latchkey children in
  the definition.

7
Committee Mission Statement

• To assure that all residents of Stephenson
  County, who have special needs are not
  forgotten or overlooked during a public health
  crisis, and that they receive appropriate and
  timely services sufficient to meet their
  immediate health needs during the emergency.

8
Ongoing Agenda

• Database/Registry
• Transportation
• Funding/Resources
• Communication
• Training
• Volunteers

9
(No Transcript)
10
Client Report
11
Transportation
12
Funding

• Grant IDPH
• Regional Homeland Security
• Grant awarded to Communication Matters
  Association (Collaborative partner)

13
Communication

• 05-04 Test Check List.doc

14
Volunteers
15
Volunteers
16
Privacy??

• OCT/HIPAA Privacy Act Regulation Text October
  2002
• 164.512 Uses and disclosures for which an
  authorization or opportunity to agree or object
  is not required.
• Standard uses and disclosures for public health
  activites.
• Permitted disclosures. A covered entity may
  disclose protected health information for the
  public health activities and purposes described
  in this paragraph to
• A public health authority that is authorized by
  law to collect or receive such information for
  the purpose of preventing or controlling disease,
  injury, or disability, including, but not limited
  to, the reporting of disease, injury, vital
  events such as birth or death, and the conduct of
  public health investigations, and public health
  interventions or, at the direction of a public
  health authority, to an official of a foreign
  government agency that is acting in collaboration
  with a public health authority.

17
Summary

• Stephenson County Health Department and
  collaborating partners continue to prepare for
  special needs community members.
• First steps continue to focus around the needs of
  data, funding, transportation, communication and
  volunteers.

18
Questions, Comments

• Thank you for you time
• Jeffrey W. Todd, MS, CAE
• Public Health Administrator
• Stephenson County Health Department
• 10 W. Linden
• Freeport, IL 61032
• 815-235-8353 or jeff.todd_at_aeroinc.net