Guidelines for Evaluation and Research of Health Disaster Management in the Utstein Style — Background and Prinicples

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (S2) ◽  
pp. S1-S2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Knut Ole Sundnes
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Utstein Style

Health Disaster Management: Guidelines for Evaluation and Research in the Utstein Style: Executive Summary

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Knut Ole Sundnes
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Executive Summary ◽  
Management Guidelines ◽  
Utstein Style

Disasters always have been a part of life, whether caused by unavoidable natural events or by avoidable, man-made events. Being rendered helpless by such events has caused fear and concern in all periods of history. To some extent, a disaster is expected, but there are varying degrees of uncertainty as to how and when it will occur. The occurrence of a disaster creates varying degrees of chaos combined with a mismatch between resources and needs. Therefore, in order to restore an affected society back to its pre-event status requires extraordinary efforts.

Principles of Disaster Management Lesson 14. Criteria for Assessing a Program

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 303-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred C. Cuny
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Disaster Medicine ◽  
Program Execution ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Management Guidelines ◽  
World Association ◽  
Goals And Objectives ◽  
Utstein Style

AbstractThis lesson examines mechanisms that can be used for the evaluation of a program or project. The principal concern raised is whether the project has met its stated goals and objectives and whether the project has resulted in producing benefits to the affected society. Short-term (immediate) and long-term (developmental) contributions are discussed. The importance of projects contributing to increasing the absorbing capacity of the affected community for the next event is stressed. Twelve problems commonly encountered in program execution are defined. Optimal management attempts to identify potential pitfalls in advance, designing and implementing mechanisms to avoid them, and to deal with them if they should become manifest. Simply meeting the goals and objectives of the sponsoring organization is inadequate, as all responses must be coordinated and approved by the national coordinating agency. Thus, not only is the effectiveness of the project in meeting the defined goals and objectives important, but the project must be assessed in terms of the overall impact of the project on the society. Reference is made to using the structure provided by the Health Disaster Management: Guidelines for Evaluation and Research in the Utstein Style as promulgated by the Task Force on Quality Control of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine and the Nordic Society of Disaster Medicine.

Military Involvement in Disaster Preparedness, Organisation, and Disaster Relief — Civilian Military Co-Operation (CIMIC)

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (S2) ◽  
pp. S25
Author(s):  
Rannveig Bremer Fjær ◽  
Knut Ole Sundnes
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Humanitarian Emergencies ◽  
Military Involvement ◽  
Military Forces

In frequent humanitarian emergencies during the last decades, military forces increasingly have been engaged through provision of equipment and humanitarian assistance, and through peace-support operations. The objective of this study was to evaluate how military resources could be used in disaster preparedness as well as in disaster management and relief.

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