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Establishing a Foundation for Emergency Preparedness
General Trends and Information
There were trends in open-ended responses from all three sessions. Participants discussed the importance of and intentions to act on the following: developing plans and collaborations/dissemination of information. The areas of planning, collaboration, and dissemination appear to be important areas to continue to explore for this group of R&Rs. In each of the working sessions there was positive feedback regarding the information and the presenter from Save the Children.
Results: Working Session 1: Emergency Preparedness
A total of 18 people attended the first session in the series and were sent an electronic survey via email 4 business days following the session. Attendance included mostly program staff and management from the Resource and Referral programs (13), with a few from Human Resources (1), Facilities (2), CCALA (1), Research and Evaluation (1), and LACDPH (1).
Survey items were developed based on the learning objectives from the working session. Figure 13 summarizes the reported knowledge change based on Working
Figure 13. Knowledge Change Based on Working Session 1: Emergency Preparedness
How to get providers to improve emergency plan What we need to do now to collaborate Partners for coordination Low/no-cost system changes or fixes
Actions for R&Rs to prepare for emergencies Save the Children and the services they provide Opportunities for collaboration, partnership Gaps in preparation and planning systems Critical roles of the R&Rs in emergencies
33.3% 33.3%
55.6%
55.6% 44.4%
44.4% 33.3%
66.7% 55.6%
44.4% 62.5%
66.7%
60% 80% 100%
11.1% 22.2%
22.2% 11.1% 22.2%
44.4%
11.1%
44.4% 44.4%
37.5% 11.1% 22.2%
0% 20%
40%
Not at all A little/not much Somewhat/moderate amount A lot
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