Developing a Performance Assessment Framework and Indicators for Communicable Disease Management in Natural Disasters

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javad Babaie ◽  
Ali Ardalan ◽  
Hasan Vatandoost ◽  
Mohammad Mehdi Goya ◽  
Ali Akbarisari
Keyword(s):  
Disease Management ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Publication Type ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
A Performance

AbstractIntroductionCommunicable disease management (CDM) is an important component of disaster public health response operations. However, there is a lack of any performance assessment (PA) framework and related indicators for the PA. This study aimed to develop a PA framework and indicators in CDM in disasters.MethodsIn this study, a series of methods were used. First, a systematic literature review (SLR) was performed in order to extract the existing PA frameworks and indicators. Then, using a qualitative approach, some interviews with purposively selected experts were conducted and used in developing the PA framework and indicators. Finally, the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) was used for weighting of the developed indicators.ResultsThe input, process, products, and outcomes (IPPO) framework was found to be an appropriate framework for CDM PA. Seven main functions were revealed to CDM during disasters. Forty PA indicators were developed for the four categories.ConclusionThere is a lack of any existing PA framework in CDM in disasters. Thus, in this study, a PA framework (IPPO framework) was developed for the PA of CDM in disasters through a series of methods. It can be an appropriate framework and its indicators could measure the performance of CDM in disasters.BabaieJ, ArdalanA, VatandoostH, GoyaMM, AkbarisariA. Developing a performance assessment framework and indicators for communicable disease management in natural disasters. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2016;31(1):27–35.

Health Protection

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Health Protection ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Environmental Public Health ◽  
Health Response

This book is an accessible and practical core text on the three domains of health protection: Communicable Disease Control, Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR), and protection of the public from environmental hazards (Environmental Public Health). The editors have attempted to develop an “all hazards approach” to dealing with health protection situations. Most health protection books confine themselves to one of the three domains, whereas this book presents a practical and all hazards approach, with some account of the overarching principles of health protection on which day-to-day practice rests. The target audience is health protection practitioners, students, doctors, nurses and other non-medical professionals who may encounter health protection issues in their daily practice. From a clear introduction to the essential principles of health protection work, the book guides readers through how to manage real health protection incidents using a combination of case studies and quick reference action checklists. Each case study provides a common health protection scenario which develops in stages, in the same way as a real-life case or incident. As the story unfolds, the reader will learn about the nature and significance of the specific threat to population health, the practical steps and issues involved in an effective public health response and the health protection principles underpinning that response. Other chapters outline the general principles of health protection, providing a deeper understanding of key tools and mechanisms, as well as insights into new and emerging health protection issues. A series of individual checklists dealing with a broad range of commonly-faced diseases, hazards and incidents complete the book. These give concise and practically-focused information that can be used even by non-specialists in time-pressured situations. In particular, the variety of chapters covered throughout the book, on Communicable Diseases, Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response, and Environmental Public Health, offer a unique perspective borne out of practical experience, not easily accessible elsewhere.

SARS — a response from a health protection unit

2003 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 12-15
Author(s):  
L Lighton
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Health Protection ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Laboratory Services ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Control Situations ◽  
Control Procedures ◽  
The Media ◽  
Ongoing Surveillance

On 17 March 2003 a 64-year-old man was admitted to hospital in Greater Manchester with a diagnosis of probable SARS. The Greater Manchester Health Protection Unit coordinated the public health response. Issues that needed to be addressed included: clarifying the diagnosis, management of contacts, infection control procedures, laboratory services, ongoing surveillance and managing the media response. The principles used for the management of this incident are applicable to many other communicable disease and infection control situations.

scholarly journals A Performance Assessment Framework for Measuring Online Student Learning Outcomes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petronella James-Okeke ◽  
Craig Scott ◽  
Yacob Astatke ◽  
Jumoke Ladeji-Osias ◽  
LaDawn Partlow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Online Student ◽  
A Performance

scholarly journals Natural disasters, population displacement and health emergencies: multiple public health threats in Mozambique

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. e006778
Author(s):  
Vánio A Mugabe ◽  
Eduardo S Gudo ◽  
Osvaldo F Inlamea ◽  
Uriel Kitron ◽  
Guilherme S Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Synergistic Effects ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Population Displacement ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Displaced People ◽  
Vulnerable Households ◽  
Real Test

In early 2019, following the 2015–2016 severe drought, the provinces of Sofala and Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, were hit by Cyclones Idai and Kenneth, respectively. These were the deadliest and most destructive cyclones in the country’s history. Currently, these two provinces host tens of thousands of vulnerable households due to the climatic catastrophes and the massive influx of displaced people associated with violent terrorist attacks plaguing Cabo Delgado. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic added a new challenge to this already critical scenario, serving as a real test for Mozambique’s public health preparedness. On the planetary level, Mozambique can be viewed as a ‘canary in the coal mine’, harbingering to the world the synergistic effects of co-occurring anthropogenic and natural disasters. Herein, we discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated the need for an effective and comprehensive public health response in a country already deeply impacted by health problems associated with natural disasters and population displacement.

scholarly journals When Natural Disasters Cross the Path of COVID-19

Eos ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Padma
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Response

Natural hazards are intersecting with the coronavirus pandemic in India, and researchers will need to model both to inform the public health response.

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