Applications of Social Network Analysis for Building Community Disaster Resilience Workshop Summary (2009) / Chapter Skim
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3 Social Network Analysis for Improved Disaster Preparedness and Intervention Planning
3 Social Network Analysis for Improved Disaster Preparedness and Intervention Planning
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. Session 2 was devoted to exploring the use of social networking and SNA for disasters and public health emergencies; it was focused on the empirical identification of social support networks, the measuring of networks and understanding communication among them, and on assessing opportunities for interventions to improve community disaster resilience.
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However, many existing tools may be too academically oriented for practical application or are not packaged for the specific needs of the disaster management community. The most effective user interfaces for computer programs could be developed with the full cooperation of emergency management practitioners and an understanding of the practitioners' needs.
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Understanding how networks and networking tools function is vital for practitioners, but it is also essential that practitioners understand how to create and distribute a robust message so that the correct message is sent to appropriate networking sites and media. Marketing experts may provide insight regarding how to create and distribute correctly received messages.
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In some cases, data exist to populate SNA tools, but there may be legal issues regarding the use of private information by public entities, or reluctance among jurisdictions and organizations to share data. The use of networking tools, as noted by workshop participants, is also somewhat incompatible with the DHS National Incident Management System (NIMS)
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Lay health educators from the Latino community use their existing social networks to distribute information on earthquake preparedness and to share coping strategies across communities. American Red Cross staff are seeking to build organizational linkages with business partners, creating a more robust network of people able to staff emergency shelters.
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These collaboratives could be funded with local, state, and federal resources, and could serve as repositories for regional baseline data. Their existence could encourage thorough baseline expertise on regional social networks and adaptive capacities, and they could be information resources for federal and local response agencies during times of crisis.
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Baseline data help researchers understand the conditions necessary for building successful relationships to achieve desired outcomes. Because disasters are not contained within jurisdictional or geographical boundaries, building ties and brokering information across agencies and jurisdictions could prove effective.
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Practitioners can use cell phones to monitor movement and receive status updates from the emergency management community or the public using networking tools, such as Twitter, to stay informed. SNA research conducted to determine how best to monitor constantly changing and emerging networks would aid practitioners.
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The ways the fire, emergency management systems, police, and public health organizational cultures help or hinder the process of building networks of networks for disaster management and resilience is not well understood. Understanding the optimal role of networking technologies in creating sustainable ties among the organizations could enhance communication and collaboration during normal operations as well as during emergencies.
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