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C Workshop Agenda Thursday, March 14, 2013 Atlanta Marriott Marquis Atlanta, Georgia The goal of public engagement is to inform and discuss. It is a use- ful, and sometimes necessary, approach for obtaining public input about pending policy decisions that require difficult choices among competing values. Although average citizens may lack the expertise to comment on technical issues (e.g., the use of Sequential Organ Failure Assessment scores to allocate ventilators), they are perfectly capable of deliberating on the values underlying such decisions as whether to withhold or with- draw life-preserving care in situations of scarce resources. One of the values of public engagement is that it can help reveal misunderstandings, biases, and areas of deep disagreement. Policy makers then can work to address these matters during the development of disaster plans, the re- sponse phase, and during the dissemination phase when interested com- munity partners and the general public are informed of the policies that have been adopted. This workshop, organized in collaboration with the Institute of Medicine and building off of the guidance developed in the 2012 Crisis Standards of Care report, will be organized in a manner to introduce the key princi- ples of public engagement and encourage participants to strategize their efforts and leverage work already being done. Presenters will provide spe- cific examples of resources to assist jurisdictions in planning public en- gagement activities as well as challenges experienced and potential solutions. It will end with breakout interactive public engagement exer- cises with all attendees coming away with new knowledge and tools. 45
46 ENGAGING THE PUBLIC IN CRITICAL DISASTER PLANNING Learning Objectives ï· Introduce the key principles of public engagement. ï· Provide practical guidance on how to plan and implement a pub- lic engagement activity. ï· Provide attendees with sample tools to facilitate planning. ï· Introduce and simulate different methods of engagement exercises. Agenda 10:30 a.m. Introduction to Session, Framing Public Engagement UMAIR A. SHAH Deputy Director Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services PANEL I 10:45 Theory to Practice: How to Plan and Implement Engagement Activities MEREDITH LI-VOLLMER Risk Communication Specialist Public HealthâSeattle & King County LINDA SCOTT Manager, Healthcare Preparedness Program Michigan Department of Community Health UMAIR A. SHAH Deputy Director Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services 11:40 Survey of Audience: Status of Public Engagement Process
APPENDIX C 47 11:45 Q&A 12:00 p.m. LUNCH PANEL II 1:30 Challenges and Lessons Learned DONNA E. LEVIN General Counsel Massachusetts Department of Public Health MEREDITH LI-VOLLMER Risk Communication Specialist Public HealthâSeattle & King County LINDA SCOTT Manager, Healthcare Preparedness Program Michigan Department of Community Health UMAIR A. SHAH Deputy Director Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services 2:05 Q&A 2:20 Interactive Public Engagement Exercise #1 3:00 BREAK 3:30 Results Report and Discussion from Exercise #1 3:45 Interactive Public Engagement Exercise #2 4:30 Full Group Report-Out and Final Wrap-Up/Q&A
