Researchers at Kerman University of Medical Sciences Report Findings in Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Response (Qualitative Study of Health System Preparedness for Successful Implementation of Disaster Exercises in the Iranian Context)

2020 OCT 19 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Fresh data on Disaster Preparedness - Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Response are presented in a new report. According to news reporting from Kerman, Iran, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Implementing disaster exercises in different parts of the health system is one of the important steps in providing and developing disaster risk management plans. Considering the importance of promoting health system preparedness through exercise, the present study aimed to identify and explain necessary and original components for successful implementation of preparedness exercises of the health-care system in disaster.”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the Kerman University of Medical Sciences, “The study was a qualitative content analysis. Data were collected by purposeful sampling through in-depth and semi-structured individual interviews with 25 health professionals in disaster. Directed content analysis was used to analyze the data, which extracted the initial codes after performing the recorded interviews on paper and immersing them in the data analysis. The data analysis resulted in the production of 100 initial codes, 14 subcategories, 6 main categories of ‘coordination and information management,’ ‘standards and indicators,’ ‘conduction and control of the process,’ ‘logistic management and supplies,’ ‘management of treatment operation,’ and ‘management of health operation,’ under the original theme of ‘implementation of exercise.’ The findings of this study can greatly increase the attention of senior managers to preparedness in all areas of the health system, especially managers of prehospitals and hospitals who are the forefront of the response to the disaster.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The findings of this study can be considered as a guideline for the implementation of principle and standardized health system preparedness exercises.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Qualitative Study of Health System Preparedness for Successful Implementation of Disaster Exercises in the Iranian Context. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 2020;():1-10.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Mohammad Mahdi Doustmohammadi, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Additional authors for this research include Hojjat Sheikhbardsiri, Syed Hossein Mousavi and Hamidreza Khankeh.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2020.257. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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