Workforce Resiliency Series (Part 1): Stressful Effects of Disasters on Workers
Begins 06/17/2016
Course Overview
Course Quality RatingTBD Course DescriptionThis is module 1 of 3 courses as part of the Workforce Resiliency Series.This 45-minute online course provides information about individual and organizational resiliency in the face of stress, emergencies, and disasters. In this installment, you learn how to define stress and the effects that stress has on your behavior, biology, and psychology in both day to day and disaster situations.This course is provided by Northwest Center for Public Health Practice and will require a secondary login and/or registration. Click the LAUNCH button below to start or be taken to the course. Target AudiencePublic health administrators and managers; other public health professionals; nurses; first responders; and rescue workers Learning ObjectivesUpon completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
Define stress and discuss its relationship to workplace performance
List and describe various routine work-related stressors as well as likely disaster-related stressors
Explain the psychological, social, behavioral, biological, and physical elements of acute stress and how these aspects relate to one another
Describe the characteristics of both individual and workforce resilience in the context of disasters
Council of Linkages Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (COL)/COL Tier(s)
1A.2 (Tier 1): Describes the characteristics of a population-based health problem
Professional/Disciplinary Competencies CDC, Public Health Preparedness and Response Core Competency ModelModel Leadership:
1.2 Manage behaviors associated with emotional responses in self and others.
1.4 Maintain situational awareness.
Protect Worker Health and Safety:
4.2 Employ protective behaviors according to changing conditions, personal limitations, and threats.
CDC, Public Health Preparedness CapabilitiesResponder Safety and Health:
Function 1: Identify responder safety and health risks
Function 4: Monitor responder safety and health actions
FormatOnline/ Self-studyCredit /CEUNone available Duration45 mins. SpecificationsNone listed Course Publication DateNone listed
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