PE4S245 - Planning for Disasters and Humanitarian Emergencies 01 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: PE4S245
Module Title: Planning for Disasters and Humanitarian Emergencies
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Community and Professional Practice Nursing
Faculty Sub Group: Professional Nursing Practice
Module Leader: Jeff Evans
Module Team: Teresa Filipponi
First Intended Intake: SEP 2022 Final Year of Intake: 2027
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 101317 - environmental and public health
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2022
Valid To 31 Aug 2028

Module Aims

To equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to plan appropriate and effective responses to disaster risks and humanitarian emergencies.

Content Summary

? Establishing the context; PESTLED analysis.
? Identifying risks; reliability and validity of data sources.
? Analysing risks; proximal and distal causation.
? Evaluating risks; probability & frequency, impact.
? Responding to risks; elimination; reduction; mitigation.
? Planning tools for disasters and humanitarian emergencies; problem trees, solution trees, vulnerability and capacity assessment, logic frameworks, bow-tie analysis.
Responding to a brief.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 15
Tutorial 15
Project supervision 5
Practical classes and workshops 5
Independent Study 100
Directed Study 60
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 To be able to critically analyse the risks to human health and wellbeing associated with complex disaster and humanitarian emergencies
LO2 To be able to create an evidence informed contingency plan for a complex disaster of humanitarian emergency.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Project Output 2 Production of a contingency plan and component of the brief 10 N/A 30 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Project Output 1 Production of a contingency plan for a disaster risk or humanitarian emergency in response to a given brief. 0 4000 70 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Project Output 2
Project Output 1

Reading List

D. Coppola 2020 Introduction to International Disaster Management 4th ed Butterworth-Heinemann, Kidlington

European Commission 2010 Risk Assessment and Mapping Guidelines for Disaster Management European Commission, Brussels

International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies 2021 Contingency Planning Guide IFRC, Geneva

International Organization for Standardization 2018 ISO 31000 Risk Management ISO, Geneva

Quarterly journal Disasters Overseas Development Institute

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Web-site https://www.undrr.org/ UNDRR