1. © Lemyre et al., 2009 Paul Boutette, MA, B. Ed., MBA & Louise Lemyre, Ph.D., FRSC McLaughlin Research Chair on Psychosocial Risk Institute for Population Health University of Ottawa www.gapsante.uOttawa.ca 12th Annual All-Hazards Emergency Management Higher Education Conference Psychosocial Risk Manager (PRiMer) Training for the Psychosocial Dimensions of Extreme Events and Threats June 3, 2009

2. Introduction “Let our advance worrying become advanced thinking and planning.” - Winston Churchill © Lemyre et al., 2009

3. Psychosocial Matters! It relates to how we think, feel & behave © Lemyre et al., 2009

4. Challenges in Managing Public Responses to Extreme Events 1.Planning for population fear, compliance, community capacity and resilience 2.Providing psychosocial training for responders and decision-makers 3.Maintaining public trust and confidence 4.Establishing inter-organizational decision-making © Lemyre et al., 2009

5. 1.Involve all partners 2.Deal with complexity 3.Take an all-hazards approach 4.Anticipate the environment for action 5.Treat planning as a risk management tool adapted from CPG 101 – FEMA, 2009 Planning Principles © Lemyre et al., 2009

6. Reframing the Response From just about…  Mortality / adversity  Hazard  Individual vulnerability  Reactive  Control To include…  Resiliency  Consequences  Community capacity  Proactive  Collaboration © Lemyre et al., 2009 With a Population Health Approach

7. What does a Population Health Approach?  The population health approach encourages:  utilizing untapped community resources on a local level  incorporating recommendations made by community representatives  building relationships that bridge the gap between jurisdictions, levels of government, and between organizations © Lemyre et al., 2009

8. The Ripple Effects © Lemyre et al., 2009

9. Tiered Effects © Lemyre et al., 2009

10. Intervention in Context © Lemyre et al., 2009

11. PRiMer Goal “Prime” the responder community with the knowledge and skills to increase its ability to prepare and respond with appropriate psychosocial considerations and enhance community resilience and coping capacity. …from hazard driven assessment to population driven management… © Lemyre et al., 2009

12. PRiMer Components © Lemyre et al., 2009

13. PRiMer Content & Tools 3 Planning Principles  Anticipate  Communicate  Coordinate 5 Psychosocial Considerations  Perceptions Matter  Routines Predict Behaviour  People Act in Purposeful and Adaptive Ways  People Are Differentially Affected  People Want to Connect and Help 3 Tools (in preparation)  Web-based Self Study Guide  One-Day Workshop  GIS Decision Support Tool

14. Web-based Self Study Guide © Lemyre et al., 2009

15. One-Day Workshop A focus on:  3 Planning Principles  Anticipate  Communicate  Coordinate  Case studies  Simulation exercises  Group activities  Intro to psychosocial Decision Support Tool © Lemyre et al., 2009

16. GIS Decision Support Tool  Geographic Information Software (GIS) will allow planners to access a map of their community through Google Maps  Legend provides planners with various symbols that can be used to plot organizations, communication points, and other resources © Lemyre et al., 2009

17. …within a Research Continuum  Build & maintain evidence-base  Validation / testing of content  Simulation of shared decision-making  Research on inter-organizational collaboration  Participation in research for uptake  Integration of Research-Training-Service © Lemyre et al., 2009

18. PRiMer Partners  Project Lead: Lemyre, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa  Federal Partner: Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)  Funded by: the Centre for Security Science – the Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear, Explosive (CBRNE) Research and Technology Initiative (CRTI)  The Centre for Security Science is a joint endeavour between Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) and Public Safety Canada in collaboration with 21 federal departments and agencies. © Lemyre et al., 2009

19. Thank-you! Paul Boutette, MA, B. Ed., MBA Louise Lemyre, Ph.D., FRSC School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences Director of ‘Groupe d’Analyse Psychosociale de la santé’, GAP-Santé McLaughlin Research Chair on Psychosocial Aspects of Risk and Health Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa louise.lemyre@uOttawa.ca pboutett@uOttawa.ca www.gapsante.uOttawa.ca © Lemyre et al., 2009