Preparedness Capabilities Survey Guidelines |
1. The 2023-24 New York City Public Health Jurisdictional Risk Assessment (JRA):
Public Health Jurisdictional Risk Assessment (JRA) is a process undertaken by public health authorities or agencies to assess the risks and potential impacts of various public health hazards or events within a specific jurisdiction. It systematically evaluates existing and emerging health risks to determine their likelihood and potential consequences on the population's health. The JRA process steps include 1) Hazard Identification, 2) Risk Assessment, 3) Risk Characterization and communication, and 4) Risk Management.
What is the PHRAT tool?
In 2023-24, a new methodology called PHRAT (Pennsylvania Public Health Risk Assessment Tool) will be implemented to help us analyze the health-related impacts of different hazards that may arise in the jurisdictions.
The PHRAT tool was developed by the Center for Public Health Readiness at the Drexel University School of Public Health for the Pennsylvania Department of Health. PHRAT is designed to assess the planning required to ensure access to emergency response and preparedness resources while considering the services offered by public health agencies and the healthcare system.
What the PHRAT does?
The tool defines risk as the expectation of loss from a hazard and calculates risk as the product of a hazard’s probability and severity, as measured by its impact across 4 domains. Each domain contains a set of quantifiable metrics to measure the hazard’s impact on an outcome or service:
What is the PHRAT tool?
In 2023-24, a new methodology called PHRAT (Pennsylvania Public Health Risk Assessment Tool) will be implemented to help us analyze the health-related impacts of different hazards that may arise in the jurisdictions.
The PHRAT tool was developed by the Center for Public Health Readiness at the Drexel University School of Public Health for the Pennsylvania Department of Health. PHRAT is designed to assess the planning required to ensure access to emergency response and preparedness resources while considering the services offered by public health agencies and the healthcare system.
What the PHRAT does?
The tool defines risk as the expectation of loss from a hazard and calculates risk as the product of a hazard’s probability and severity, as measured by its impact across 4 domains. Each domain contains a set of quantifiable metrics to measure the hazard’s impact on an outcome or service:
- Human Health
- Health Care Services
- Community Health
- Public Health Service
Each domain contains six to eight metrics used to assess a hazard’s impact in that area.
Overview of the PHRAT Phases:
The 2023-2024 Jurisdictional Risk Assessment (JRA) will be conducted in 2 phases:
Phase I will leverage the Pennsylvania Public Health Risk Assessment Tool (PHRAT) for data collection via two rounds of surveys:
- Round I – Preparedness Capabilities
- Round II – Hazard Assessment
Phase II will be an analysis and report development from the survey results.
The report will be made public ~September 2024.
The report will be made public ~September 2024.