Walden HLTH6412 Module 4 Discussion 1 Latest 2025

HLTH6412-1/HLTH8412E-1/HLTH5412 Health Ed & Comm. Strategies

Module 4 Discussion 1

RELAYING INFORMATION IN A CRISIS SITUATION

It was a calm evening in a small town on the night of September 29, 2023. Parents were playing outside with their young children and teenagers were walking around town with their friends. Then devastation hit. A tanker truck carrying 7,500 gallons of anhydrous ammonia was involved in a crash. Immediately, the gas began to emanate into the air. Anyone in the vicinity was at risk of death.

Emergency response personnel needed to evacuate about 1,000 residents immediately.

This Discussion will be available from Day 1 through Day 7 of this week. You are required to submit your initial post by Day 3. You are encouraged to post early. Once you have submitted your initial post, start responding with your colleagues. You must begin responding to your colleagues by no later than Day 5 and should continue to interact frequently with your colleagues through Day 7. Part of what makes a Discussion a discussion and not a lecture is the back and forth, in depth, animated interaction of at least two people. If you start a topic and none of your peers are responding to your post, consider what you can do to get the conversation going. Include something that would elicit further thoughts and different opinions from peers. Validate your opinions with references and links to the sources that you used so that your peers can read it for themselves. See your Discussion Rubric for specific grading requirements.

RESOURCES

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.

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WEEKLY RESOURCES

To Prepare for this Discussion

Review this Module's Learning Resources

BY DAY 3 OF WEEK 6

Post your response to the Discussion area in the Canvas classroom.

For this scenario, we will focus on crisis communication only and not an entire emergency crisis plan. Address the following in your initial post:

Explain how residents should be informed.

State the information residents should be given.

Identify ways to reduce panic during crisis situations

Use two references to support your response.

BY DAY 5 OF WEEK 6

Respond to two classmates by one of the following ways:

Evaluate their plan and identify any missing communication.

Explain if you feel their message is effective.

Explain if you feel their message will create panic.

Support your rationale with a reference

Continue to engage in the Discussion until it ends on Day 7.

Information should be cited using APA style.