Respond to the following prompts in two to three paragraphs.
What should be the responsibility or role of public health (local, state or federal agencies) in providing services to individuals impacted by a mass casualty event or disaster? What about individuals impacted by personal disasters such as a house fire? Should the response be the same or different? Why?
Health equality means everyone has equal treatment. Health equity means that everyone has what they need to reach a target goal, and what they need may vary for different groups of people. Should public health use health equality or health equity as a guiding principle for their response following disasters? Why?
