CASPERs in Kentucky

2013 – Healthy Homes CASPER in Lexington-Fayette County

Type: Other
Event: Healthy Homes
Location: Lexington-Fayette County
Purpose: Healthy Homes CASPER for the HUD grant

2013 – Functional needs sheltering

Type: Other
Location: Pike County
Purpose: Assess household health status, preparedness level, and anticipated demand for shelters in Pike County after a series of severe weather events.
Report: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9154978&fileId=S1935789313001109

2012 – Healthy homes

Type: Other
Location: Kenton
Purpose: “healthy homes” CASPER for HUD grant

2012 – Tornado response

Type: Response
Event: Tornado
Location: Johnson and Magoffin Counties
Purpose: Assess community needs and health status after tornadic event

2012 – Tornado response

Type: Response
Event: Tornado
Location: Morgan and Menifee Counties
Purpose: Assess community needs and health status after tornadic event

2012 – Tornado response

Type: Response
Event: Tornado
Location: Laurel County
Purpose: Assess community needs and health status after tornadic event

2011 – Applied Public Health Team (APHT) National Level Exercise (NLE)

Type: Other
Event: National Level Exercise – Earthquake scenario
Purpose: APHT NLE earthquake scenario CASPER

2010 – Health Impact Assessment (HIA): Coal gasification

Type: Other
Event: Health Impact Assessment (HIA)
Location: Green River District
Purpose: HIA of three planned coal gasification plants that were being considered in the Green River District. The HIA’s goal was to project the health benefits and consequences of these plants, identify how they are influenced by public policy, and make recommendations to decision-makers. As part of the HIA, a CASPER was conducted to assess perceived health benefits/risks of the coal gasification plants as well as health status of the community.

2009 – Kentucky Ice Storms

Type: Response
Event: Ice storm
Location: Mclean, Webster, and Union Counties
Purpose: Assess damage, health status, utilities, CO exposure, and warning info in response to severe ice storms that caused 36 deaths and left 770,000 people without power across the state for more than two weeks.

2009 – Kentucky Ice Storms

Type: Response
Event: Ice storm
Location: Caldwell, Crittendon, Lyon, and Livingston Counties
Purpose: Assess damage, health status, utilities, CO exposure, and warning info in response to severe ice storms that caused 36 deaths and left 770,000 people without power across the state for more than two weeks.

2009 –Kentucky Ice Storms

Type: Response
Event: Ice storm
Location: Hopkins and Muhlenberg Counties;
Purpose: Assess damage, health status, utilities, CO exposure, and warning info in response to severe ice storms that caused 36 deaths and left 770,000 people without power across the state for more than two weeks.

2009 – Kentucky Ice Storms

Type: Response
Event: Ice storm
Location: Christian County
Purpose: Assess damage, health status, utilities, CO exposure, and warning info in response to severe ice storms that caused 36 deaths and left 770,000 people without power across the state for more than two weeks.