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Table 2 C3DC model for disaster education

From: How to talk with dying patients and their families after disasters and humanitarian crises: a review of available tools and guides for disaster responders

Phase of disaster

Education and training

Implications for palliative care

Prevention and mitigation

Risk reduction, disease prevention, health promotion, policy development and planning, mitigation

Understand the incidence and prevalence of life limiting diseases in the community

Preparedness

Ethical practice, legal practice and accountability, communication and information sharing, education and preparedness

Understand the existing laws and protections for vulnerable populations; educate populations about healthcare proxy designation

Response

Care of the community, care of individuals and families, psychological care, care of vulnerable populations

Training responders in communication skills and triage

Recovery

Long-term individual, family, and community recovery, building resilience

Bereavement counseling

  1. (Source: adapted from Danna et al. 2015)