LIHU‘E — The state Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office will conduct a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey to assess the community’s perception of Kaua‘i’s COVID-19-response efforts and current emergency-preparedness level.
LIHU‘E — The state Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office will conduct a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey to assess the community’s perception of Kaua‘i’s COVID-19-response efforts and current emergency-preparedness level.
“The responses will help us understand the community’s perception of our COVID-19 response efforts over the past two years and build upon prior CASPER surveys,” said Lauren Guest, DOH KDHO deputy district health officer.
Survey teams will go door-to-door Tuesday through Friday, July 26 to 29, to 30 census tracts that are weighted towards more-populated areas. Seven houses within each tract will be selected to survey. Survey teams are comprised of DOH staff with support from the Kaua‘i Medical Reserve Corps and the American Red Cross.
The survey takes about 10 minutes. Selected households will be asked about the ongoing impacts of the pandemic, their perception of Kaua‘i’s COVID-19-response efforts, their emergency-preparedness-supply levels and evacuation plans following a disaster. All survey responses are confidential, and survey teams will not collect names or addresses.
Participating households may also complete the survey by phone.
The CASPER survey methodology was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to rapidly assess the health and other resource needs of a community after a disaster.
This will be the DOH’s fifth CASPER survey conducted on Kaua‘i. View prior CASPER survey reports at health.hawaii.gov/kauai/.
