Table 1.

Strategic planning phases of disaster recovery, adapted from the NAM report [10].

Phase	Characteristics
Visioning	Community engages stakeholders via a “broad-based”, inclusive process to develop a vision of a healthy community that can be incorporated into disaster-related planning and implementation [10] Vision aims to bolster community health, resilience, and sustainability Vision aims to reduce health inequities
Assessment	Assessment provides insight into the community’s “current status and desired state” in terms of health, hazard vulnerability, and other resilience-related factors Assessment results are shared widely across community stakeholders Assessments inform disaster recovery priorities, plans, and activities through a “continuous feedback loop” of assessment, planning, and implementation
Planning	Diverse sectors and community stakeholders work together to incorporate health considerations into planning activities Actors from the public health sector participate purposefully in recovery planning Actors from the public health sector articulate to other sectors the “potential health impacts of recovery decisions” and activities
Implementation	Community stakeholders and actors employ a “collaborative approach” to recovery that is anchored in the vision of a healthy community Implementation promotes the sharing of resources, information, and data Recovery activities aim to improve long-term health and build resilience Assessments of implementation inform subsequent recovery activities and decisions