4/26/2025 7:16:53 PM	EMC 171 Course Outline as of Fall 2025	New Course (First Version)
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  EMC 171	Title:  TRIBAL PREP AND RESPONSE
Full Title:  Tribal Emergency Preparedness and Response
Last Reviewed:9/23/2024

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	2.00	Lecture Scheduled	2.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	35.00
Minimum	2.00	Lab Scheduled	0		8 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	1.00			Contact DHR	17.50
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  70.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 122.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

Students will explore a wide range of environmental and societal crises that challenge Tribal community health, such as climate-driven wildfires, suicide, mass shootings, and lack of emergency preparedness. Using a cultural strengths-based approach, students will learn about how to plan, develop, and implement crisis responses that are effective in preventing, mitigating, and recovering from such events.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Students will explore a wide range of environmental and societal crises that challenge Tribal community health, such as climate-driven wildfires, suicide, mass shootings, and lack of emergency preparedness. Using a cultural strengths-based approach, students will learn about how to plan, develop, and implement crisis responses that are effective in preventing, mitigating, and recovering from such events.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Discuss how colonization and historical trauma affect Tribal crisis responses.

2. Describe cultural, jurisdictional, and historical nuances of Tribal communities.

3. Integrate social determinants of health in conjunction with culturally sustaining crisis response methods.

 

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Describe types of crises that can affect Tribal communities and their public health consequences.

2. Explain the four phases of crisis management, including mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

3. Discuss principles of emergency preparedness as they apply to Tribal community culture and practices.

4. Provide educational awareness and tools for Tribal communities to effectively prepare for a crisis and plan for recovery in restoring the health and well-being of Tribal communities after a crisis.

5. Assemble a Tribal crisis response team focused on recovery efforts after a Tribal crisis event and identify appropriate recovery leadership roles and responsibilities.

6. Leverage Tribal resiliency and community strengths in the face of future crises to build a culture of emergency preparedness in Tribal communities.

Topics and Scope

 I. Historical overview of colonization in CA as related to public health

    A. Important concepts:

         1. Tribal Sovereignty and Doctrine of Trust

         2. Indigenous versus Western ways of knowing

         3. Tribal health and well-being

         4. Historical and intergenerational trauma

    B. Describing indigenous people of California

    C. Environmental injustices and Tribal health outcomes

    D. Contemporary movements, Native resiliency, and community strengths

II. Historical and Intergenerational Trauma and Public Health Outcomes among Native populations

    A. Definitions of trauma

    B. Types of traumatic events

    C. The importance of understanding trauma in Emergency Response when working with Tribal communities

    D. Health linked to Tribal community resilience?

III. Determinants of Health and Resilience

    A. Socio-ecological model

    B. Public health model

    C. Community-centered and family health prevention models

         1. Ecological model of emergency and disaster management

         2. Trauma-informed model

         3. Redbud's Wellness Model

IV. Emergency Preparedness

    A. Definition of Tribal crisis response                          

     B. Crisis management and emergency preparedness model

         1. Mitigation

         2. Preparedness

         3. Response

         4. Recovery

    C. Community Health Workers/Representatives in emergency response

    D. Collaboration of Tribal communities with local and state Government

V. Mitigation, Response, and Recovery

    A. Assembling a multidisciplinary crisis response team

    B. Defining roles and responsibilities

    C. Community awareness, protocols, and services

    D. Partners and resources

    E. Recovery from a crisis - managing grief after a crisis

    F.  Integrating traditional knowledge and practices

         1. Use of traditional knowledge and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)

         2. Use of cultural teachings

         3. Use of talking circles

    G. Best practices used to respond to a crisis in Tribal communities

    H. Evaluation of plan effectiveness

VI. Elements of a Comprehensive Crisis Response Plan

    A. Developing a Tribal crisis response plan

    B. Implementation of a Tribal crisis reponse plan  

     C. Developing a personal crisis preparedness plan

VII. Overview of Public Health Issues

    A. Environmental health

         1. Climate Issues

              a. Heat

              b. Drought

              c. Flooding

              d. Severe weather events

                   1. Wildfires

                   2. Earthquakes

         2. Human-caused Issues

              a. Food, water, and air quality and supply

              b. Environmental degradation and resource extraction

              c. Air pollution

              d. Tobacco use and exposure

         3. Impact to community and individual health

              a. Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases

              b. Reduced lifespan

              c. Violence and Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP)

              d. Suicide

VIII. Post-Crisis Programming and Education Strategies

    A.Community organizing

    B.Communications

    C.The 3 R's

         1. Respect

         2. Reciprocity

         3. Relationships

Assignments:

1. Read approximately 10 pages per week including analytical papers

2. Reflective analysis papers

3. Create a best practices model for Tribal Emergency Preparedness

4. Create and present a Plan of Action in response to a case study or hypothetical crisis

5. Essays

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 20 - 30%
Reflective analysis papers
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 20 - 30%
Case study and best practices model
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 20 - 30%
Essays, action plan presentation
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 20 - 30%
Attendance and participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Instructor prepared materials

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