Glossary
A
Adopting: In this module, adopting means deciding to use Inclusive JITT principles in an agency's training program.
Aligning: In this module, aligning means modifying training materials to adhere to Inclusive JITT principles.
B
Behavioral need: The desire of an emergency responder to do, or practice, a specific task in an emergency response.
Best practice: A technique, method, process, or activity that is believed to be more effective at delivering a particular outcome than any other technique, method, process, or activity when applied to a particular circumstance.
C
Cultural context: The individual, group, or organizational characteristics influencing the emergency response environment.
D
Didactic: Involving lecture and textbook instruction rather than demonstration or laboratory study.
E
Emotional need: The desire of an emergency responder to feel comfortable and confident when doing a specific task in an emergency response.
I
Inclusive Just-In-Time Training (JITT): Inclusive JITT is a deliberate integration of learning principles, learning styles, and cultural context into a surge response training environment.
Intellectual need: The desire of an emergency responder to know certain information during an emergency response.
J
Job Action Sheet: A resource that outlines specific job duties in an emergency response role.
K
Kinesthetic: A learning style where the student learns by carrying out a physical activity, rather than listening to a lecture or merely watching a demonstration.
L
Learning styles: The different ways people learn, such as auditory (lectures), visual (diagrams), and hands-on (practice).
M
Mass prophylaxis: High throughput operations to dispense medications or adminster vaccines during a public health emergency. This procedure is also known as Points of Dispensing, or PODs.
N
National Incident Management System (NIMS): National system guiding and coordinating the efforts of all organizations that prepare for, respond to, and recover from incidents of any cause, size, or complexity.
P
Public health investigation: Determining the cause of a naturally occuring outbreak, food-borne related illness, or chemical threat and its impact in an effort to guide public health interventions.
R
Responders: Staff and volunteers from local health departments and partner organizations who take part in emergency response operations.
Response organization: People organized under a management structure that delegates roles, responsibilities, and authority to carry out defined tasks to achieve objectives and mitigate adverse impacts during an emergency.
S
Sense of duty: Feeling personally and professionally motivated and obligated to contribute to public health emergency response efforts.
Surge: Rapidly expanding the existing local health department's capacity to provide public health services to the affected community.
T
Tailoring: In this module, tailoring means changing Inclusive JITT training materials to fit an organization's emergency response needs.