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Published in final edited form as: Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2017 Mar 23;11(5):552–561. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2016.198

TABLE 4.

Public Health Preparedness and Response Research Question Topics with Greatest Absolute Difference in Importance Ratings between PHEP Awardees and LHD Sample^a

Domain	RQ Topic	Percentage of RQs Rated Extremely or Very Important (>50% Respondents), %		Absolute Difference,%
Domain	RQ Topic	PHEP Awardee	LHD Sample	Absolute Difference,%
Biosurveillance	Processes and protocols for guiding inter-state and inter-jurisdictional epidemiological investigation	39	74	35
Surge Management	Practices/procedures for engaging, registering, and tracking public health volunteers	37	63	26
Cross-Cutting Topics	Collaboration with other entities during an emergency	33	58	25
Cross-Cutting Topics	Important MOU components for disaster response	28	53	25
Incident Management	Effective communication methods for response	47	69	22
Incident Management	E-mail communications during an event or incident	28	49	22
Cross-Cutting Topics	Pediatric support and expertise across PHPR topic areas	65	44	21
Cross-Cutting Topics	Administrative processes to facilitate acquisition of assets	43	64	21

Abbreviations: LHD, local health department; MOU, memorandum of understanding; PHEP, Public Health Emergency Preparedness; PHPR, public health emergency preparedness and response; RQ, research question.