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Measuring Community Recovery: Developing Healthy Community Recovery Indicators

5th Annual Meeting Presentation

Jennifer Horney, PhD, MPH, CPHPhil Berke, PhD

Gavin Smith, PhD

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Project Overview

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Phase 1• Literature review (Dec 2012 – February 2013)• Indicators checklist draft (March 2013 – May

2013)• Quantify and validate indicators with 2

community case study (June 2013 – August 2013)

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Phase 2

• Phase 2 Milestones*– Revised indicators, including data requirements and

with input from key informants and other stakeholders.– Crosswalk of indicator interdependencies– Practitioner report documenting post-disaster recovery

in a broader set of communities (multi-state, multi-hazard).

*Subject to FY14 Funding Availability

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Phase 3• Phase 3 Milestones*– Collect primary data collected on each indicator in real time

during the post-disaster recovery period– Develop final, validated list of indicators in eight Core

Capabilities, including:• Recommended and validated metrics• Crosswalk of interdependence between indicators• Proposed weighting or ranking to be used in calculating the quality of

recovery in communities

*Subject to FY14 Funding Availability

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Project Relevance

• Recovery a key capability

• Develop measurable recovery indicators

• Link good recovery to future resiliency

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Project Outcomes / Products• Phase 1– Literature review report– Indicator’s checklist– Case study

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Closing Comments