scholarly journals Factors Associated With Relief Overdemanding in The Disaster Response Phase: A Qualitative Content Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Ahmad Bathaei ◽  
Hamid Reza Khankeh
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Medical Emergency ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Response Phase ◽  
Management Organization ◽  
Fear And Anxiety

Abstract Demand for relief increases after disasters. Some research suggests that the number of relief supplies required to satisfy the relief demanding after disasters is significantly higher than preliminary estimates, especially in low and lower-middle-income countries. So, this study was aimed to explore the reasons for relief overdemanding in the disaster response phase. In this qualitative content analysis study the managers of the National Disaster Management Organization (NDMO), the Iranian Medical Emergency and Accident Management Center, Tehran Disaster Mitigation and Management Organization (TDMMO) and the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) were purposively sampled and invited to interview. The unstructured face-to-face interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using "constant comparison" and "microanalysis" methods. 21 agreed to participate and were interviewed. The interviews uncovered affected people-level factors such as the react to fear and anxiety and the unsatisfied demand due to improper distribution of facilities and crisis managers-level issues (e.g. facing people's dissatisfaction, incorrect or insufficient information and considering disaster as the opportunity to raise resources) as well as officials-level determinants (e.g. advertising and excitement, the partisanship of officials and low confidence on accident managers). Several factors influencing the relief overdemanding exist in disaster management in Iran. Strengthening local management when responding to disasters and conducting efficient disaster need assessment can reduce relief overdemanding and vastly prevent wasting surplus resources in the affected area.

scholarly journals Wrong Belief of Emergency Delay: A Qualitative Content Analysis in Iranian Context

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 199-206
Author(s):  
Elham Sepahvand ◽  
◽  
Hamidreza Khankeh ◽  
Mohammadali Hosseini ◽  
Behnam Akhbari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Medical Emergency ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cord Injury

Background: During traffic accidents, professional staff provide care to the patient at the scene of the accident and then transport the victim to the hospital by ambulance. But sometimes this transition is carried out by relatives and laypeople. The purpose of this study was to explore the factors affecting people’s involvement and transmission of the victims of the traffic accident. Materials and Methods: This study was done with a qualitative content analysis method in 2018. The study participants were 16 people. In this study, a purposeful sampling method with maximum diversity was used. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data using guiding questions. To observe the research ethics, the researcher, after obtaining permission from the University Ethics Committee, conducted interviews (IR.USWR.REC.1395.399). Results: In total, 15 spinal cord injury victims and their relatives or laypeople and medical emergency technicians were interviewed. The class of wrong belief of delay was the main class in all interviews. Concepts such as past experiences, the pressure time, the lack of emergency time, cultural beliefs, and the tension explaining the wrong belief concept. Conclusion: Wrong belief of delay was a concept that was extracted from the present study. It is recommended that the scene of the accident be examined in-depth and how to create a spinal cord injury in the injured with a grounded theory approach.

Dentistry Website Analysis: An Overview of the Content of Formulated Questions and Answers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peivand Bastani ◽  
Fatemeh Niknam ◽  
Mahboobeh Rezazadeh ◽  
Giampiero Rossi Fedele ◽  
Sisira Edirippulige ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
International Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Communication Styles ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Questions And Answers ◽  
Classification Of Diseases

Abstract Background: Analyzing the online medical questions and answer can be considered as a valuable tool for better comprehending mutual contractions between the patients and the caregivers in an online environment. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the content of questions and answers posted on dentistry websites.Methods: A mixed-method study was conducted in 2020. A total of 1182 related questions and answers were included. The data was analyzed quantitatively according to the classification of the questions, main complaints of the subjects and length of the questions and answers using Excel2013. A qualitative content analysis was carried out also for data robustness and triangulation. Results: Of the 1354 questions, 866 of them were categorized into 38 categories according to the main sub-classes of the International Classification of Diseases to Dentistry and Stomatology. Furthermore, the inquiries were allocated to 3 communication styles to present the users` main complaints that included contextual (52.33%), emotional (6.79%) and focal (40.89%) strategies. Results of the qualitative content analysis have led to 6 main themes: seeking the related recommendations of any actions, treatment seeking, information seeking, seeking for causes and reasons, seeking for oral and dental health recommendations and seeking for the dentists’ diagnosis or comments.Conclusions: The present study can be used for designing specific customized websites of dentistry and help the website managers for better optimization of the websites. All these interventions can pave the way for developing teleconsulting in dentistry for middle-income countries.

scholarly journals Medical Emergency and Public Health Response in Disaster Settings: A Case Series of Pidie Jaya, Lombok and Palu Earthquakes

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-267
Author(s):  
Safrizal Rahman ◽  
Muhammad Bayu Zohari Hutagalung
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Medical Emergency ◽  
Severe Injury ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Recent Earthquakes

Indonesia is one of the most disaster-prone countries, often regarded as a “world disaster laboratory.” Natural disasters cause destruction and human suffering, especially in low- and middle-income countries Objective: This paper presents the overview of a medical emergency and public health response towards several recent earthquakes in Pidie Jaya, Lombok, and Palu of Indonesia. Case Series: The authors examine the appropriateness and effectiveness of the organized disaster response of the Pidie Jaya, Lombok, and Palu earthquakes in medical emergency response. Pidie Jaya Earthquake: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck off Pidie Jaya Regency, province of Aceh in Sumatra Island, Indonesia, resulting in 104 people died and others 395 injured. Lombok Earthquake: A series of moderate and strong earthquakes have rocked cities and regencies in Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) causing 436 people died, 783 people with severe injury and 570 people with a mild injury. Palu Earthquake: The 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Donggala district and also affected Palu city and Parigi Mountong regency causing 2657 people died, 4471 people with severe injury and 87,835 people with a mild injury. Important Findings: Though Indonesia has made outstanding progress in disaster management, the country still has many challenges and problems to overcome. The integration of data and information about health needs the progress of relief work, and about various other problems related to health is one of the most urgent and vital for better improving the medical emergency response and public health-related support in disaster settings.

The Response Phase of the Disaster Management Life Cycle Revisited Within the Context of “Disasters Out of the Box”

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans De Smet ◽  
Bert Schreurs ◽  
Jan Leysen
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Disaster Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Response Phase

AbstractSince the second half of the latest century the disaster landscape has experienced important changes. Disasters are not only increasing in quantity, they are also qualitatively different and seem to distress humanity to a considerably higher degree than in the past. This evolution does not only deeply affect modern societies; it might also have a disruptive impact on the intervening units of emergency management organizations. Recent disaster research mainly focuses on mitigation efforts, risk reduction and resilient societies. Though, despite good mitigation efforts and up-to-date preparation initiatives, still millions of people are affected and thousands killed annually by some kind of disaster. As a consequence, disaster response remains a vital aspect of disaster management and will even become more important in the future taking into consideration the changing disaster landscape. On that account, our study aims to remodel the response phase of the disaster management life cycle, focusing on a new and fresh approach. We consider the response phase as an unfolding global process and its ensuing sub-processes rather than just an enumeration of potential activities.

Informational capital and disaster resilience: the case of Jalin Merapi

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justyna Tasic ◽  
Sulfikar Amir
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Disaster Resilience ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Grassroots Groups ◽  
Community Disaster Resilience

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a concept of informational capital to explain the interplay between social capital and information technology in community-based disaster management. It aims to discuss the role and formation of informational capital in community disaster resilience. Design/methodology/approach – Based on an exploratory case study focusing on the 2010 eruption of Merapi volcano in Central Java, Indonesia, the paper seeks to analyse the emergence of disaster response fully organized by grassroots groups in Yogyakarta. In advancing the concept of informational capital, this paper analyses how the grassroots groups were able to mobilize resources for disaster mitigation, through which social capital became the foundation of community-based disaster response and recovery. Furthermore, the mobilization of social capital was significantly enhanced by mutual interactions facilitated by the use of information technology. This is evident in the role of Jalin Merapi, a web-based organization formed to respond to the crisis after the volcano eruption. Findings – The concept of informational capital revolves around the ways in which social capital and information act as crucial assets when a disaster strikes. Through informational capital, strong community bonds and ties are transformed into organized information that effectively facilitates collective action to face the emergency crisis. Originality/value – This paper presents a new concept of informational capital and highlights its key role in facilitating disaster management processes and contribution to community disaster resilience.

scholarly journals Unravelling ‘low-resource settings’: a systematic scoping review with qualitative content analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. e005190
Author(s):  
Chanel van Zyl ◽  
Marelise Badenhorst ◽  
Susan Hanekom ◽  
Martin Heine
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Low Resource Settings ◽  
Low Resource ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Resource Setting ◽  
Low Resource Setting ◽  
Low Middle Income Countries

IntroductionThe effects of healthcare-related inequalities are most evident in low-resource settings. Such settings are often not explicitly defined, and umbrella terms which are easier to operationalise, such as ‘low-to-middle-income countries’ or ‘developing countries’, are often used. Without a deeper understanding of context, such proxies are pregnant with assumptions, insinuate homogeneity that is unsupported and hamper knowledge translation between settings.MethodsA systematic scoping review was undertaken to start unravelling the term ‘low-resource setting’. PubMed, Africa-Wide, Web of Science and Scopus were searched (24 June 2019), dating back ≤5 years, using terms related to ‘low-resource setting’ and ‘rehabilitation’. Rehabilitation was chosen as a methodological vehicle due to its holistic nature (eg, multidisciplinary, relevance across burden of disease, and throughout continuum of care) and expertise within the research team. Qualitative content analysis through an inductive approach was used.ResultsA total of 410 codes were derived from 48 unique articles within the field of rehabilitation, grouped into 63 content categories, and identified nine major themes relating to the term ‘low-resource setting’. Themes that emerged relate to (1) financial pressure, (2) suboptimal healthcare service delivery, (3) underdeveloped infrastructure, (4) paucity of knowledge, (5) research challenges and considerations, (6) restricted social resources, (7) geographical and environmental factors, (8) human resource limitations and (9) the influence of beliefs and practices.ConclusionThe emerging themes may assist with (1) the groundwork needed to unravel ‘low-resource settings’ in health-related research, (2) moving away from assumptive umbrella terms like ‘low-to-middle-income countries’ or ‘low/middle-income countries’ and (3) promoting effective knowledge transfer between settings.

scholarly journals Manajemen Mitigasi Bencana dengan Kelembagaan Masyarakat di Daerah Rawan Bencana Kabupaten Garut Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Rd. Ahmad Buchari
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Community Capacity Building ◽  
Village Level ◽  
Village Government ◽  
The Village

Secara demografis Kabupaten Garut sangat rentan terjadinya Bencana tanah longsor, banjir, angin puting beliung dan kebakaran dikarenakan wilayah didominasi pegunungan. Mitigasi bencana merupakan langkah awal dalam pencegahan menghadapi bencana. Undang-undang nomor 24 tahun 2007 tentang Penanggulangan Bencana dan diatur tentang teknis dan kewenangan oleh Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana yang diatur dalam Peraturan Presiden Nomor 8 tahun 2008. Mitigasi bencana yang dilakukan di Kabupaten Garut yakni dengan membentuk desa tanggap bencana dengan menggunakan tiga aspek yakni perencanaan, kelembagaan ditingkat Desa dan penguatan kapasitas masyarakat sebagai sebuah upaya membangun masyarakat tahan dan tanggap pada bencana. Melalui perencanaan ditingkat desa dengan melibatkan berbagai unsur pengambil kepentingan serta dukungan kebijakan kegiatan mitigasi bencana sangat bermamfaat bagi warga desa yang rentan dengan bencana. Kelembagaan yang dibentuk di Desa berguna untuk mengorganisir warga untuk semakin meningkatkan kepedulian dan rasa sosial yang tinggi. sedangkan pengembangan kapasitas adalah bentuk melatih sumberdaya desa untuk menjadi relawan yang bergerak dan fokus pada tugas kerelawanan dan kebencanaan.Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa pelatihan tanggap bencana belum optimal diberikan kesemua warga, dan masih sebatas kepada relawan yang dibentuk di masing-masing RT/RW, hal tersebut dikarenakan keterbatasan dukungan anggaran dari lembaga kebencanaan maupun dari pemerintah Desa dalam melakukan pemberdayaan dan pendampingan masyarakat. selain itu lemahnya komunikasi antar pemerintah Desa yang menjadi Desa tangguh bencana. Sarannya, Pemerintah Desa harus meningkatkan peran serta warga melalui pelatihan disemua kelompok melalui perencanaan dan memaksimalkan desa tangguh bencana dengan kelembagaan dan pengembangan kapasitas baik relawan kebencanaan maupun warga desa guna mengurangi resiko kerugian kebencanaan dan mendorong warga desa untuk giat melakukan kegiatan penghijauan dan menjaga lingkungan agar tetap asri.  Secara demografis Kabupaten Garut sangat rentan terjadinya Bencana tanah longsor, banjir, angin puting beliung dan kebakaran dikarenakan wilayah didominasi pegunungan. Mitigasi bencana merupakan langkah awal dalam pencegahan menghadapi bencana. Undang-undang nomor 24 tahun 2007 tentang Penanggulangan Bencana dan diatur tentang teknis dan kewenangan oleh Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana yang diatur dalam Peraturan Presiden Nomor 8 tahun 2008. Mitigasi bencana yang dilakukan di Kabupaten Garut yakni dengan membentuk desa tanggap bencana dengan menggunakan tiga aspek yakni perencanaan, kelembagaan ditingkat Desa dan penguatan kapasitas masyarakat sebagai sebuah upaya membangun masyarakat tahan dan tanggap pada bencana. Melalui perencanaan ditingkat desa dengan melibatkan berbagai unsur pengambil kepentingan serta dukungan kebijakan kegiatan mitigasi bencana sangat bermamfaat bagi warga desa yang rentan dengan bencana. Kelembagaan yang dibentuk di Desa berguna untuk mengorganisir warga untuk semakin meningkatkan kepedulian dan rasa sosial yang tinggi. sedangkan pengembangan kapasitas adalah bentuk melatih sumberdaya desa untuk menjadi relawan yang bergerak dan fokus pada tugas kerelawanan dan kebencanaan.Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa pelatihan tanggap bencana belum optimal diberikan kesemua warga, dan masih sebatas kepada relawan yang dibentuk di masing-masing RT/RW, hal tersebut dikarenakan keterbatasan dukungan anggaran dari lembaga kebencanaan maupun dari pemerintah Desa dalam melakukan pemberdayaan dan pendampingan masyarakat. selain itu lemahnya komunikasi antar pemerintah Desa yang menjadi Desa tangguh bencana. Sarannya, Pemerintah Desa harus meningkatkan peran serta warga melalui pelatihan disemua kelompok melalui perencanaan dan memaksimalkan desa tangguh bencana dengan kelembagaan dan pengembangan kapasitas baik relawan kebencanaan maupun warga desa guna mengurangi resiko kerugian kebencanaan dan mendorong warga desa untuk giat melakukan kegiatan penghijauan dan menjaga lingkungan agar tetap asri.  Demographically Garut Regency is very vulnerable to landslides, floods, whirlwinds, and fires due to mountainous dominated areas. Disaster mitigation is the first step in preventing disaster. Law number 24 of 2007 concerning Disaster Management and regulated technical and authority by the National Disaster Management Agency as stipulated in Presidential Regulation No. 8 of 2008. Disaster mitigation carried out in Garut Regency is by forming disaster response villages using three aspects namely planning-, institutions at the village level and community capacity building as an effort to build a community resilient and responsive to disasters. Through planning at the village level, involving various elements of stakeholders and policy support for disaster mitigation activities is very beneficial for villagers who are vulnerable to disasters. The institution formed in the village is useful for organizing citizens to further increase awareness and high social sense. whereas capacity building is a form of training village resources to become volunteers who move and focus on volunteerism and disaster tasks. The results of this study indicate that disaster response training has not been optimally provided by all residents, and is still limited to volunteers formed in each RT / RW, this is due to the limited budget support from disaster agencies and the village government in carrying out community empowerment and assistance. in addition to that the weak communication between the village governments which became disaster-resilient villages. The suggestion is that the village government should increase the participation of citizens through training in all groups through planning and maximizing disaster-resilient villages with institutions and capacity building for both disaster volunteers and villagers to reduce the risk of disaster losses and encourage villagers to actively engage in greening activities and preserve the environment beautiful. 

scholarly journals General Dental Practitioners as Potential Responders to Disaster Scenario in a Highly Disaster-prone Area: An Explorative Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 1144-1152
Author(s):  
Gururaghavendran Rajesh ◽  
Almas Binnal ◽  
Mithun BH Pai ◽  
Vijayendranath Nayak ◽  
Ashwini Rao
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Perceived Effectiveness ◽  
Explorative Study ◽  
Management Scenario ◽  
Dental Practitioners ◽  
Attitude Behavior ◽  
Disaster Scenario

ABSTRACT Aim The aim of this study is to obtain insights pertaining to disaster management among Indian general dental practitioners (GDPs). Materials and methods All GDPs in Mangaluru city, Karnataka, India, were included in the present study. Their willingness to participate in disaster management and their objective knowledge, attitude, behavior, and perceived effectiveness related to disaster management were assessed by a structured, pretested, self-administered questionnaire. Demographic information was also collected. Results Overall, 101 GDPs volunteered for the study, and 96.04% of respondents were willing to participate in disaster management. Mean knowledge, attitude, behavior, and perceived effectiveness scores were 52.65, 79.60, 41.55, and 64.20% respectively. Religion (odds ratio [OR] = –0.194, p = 0.022), marital status (OR = –0.222, p = 0.040), attachment to college (OR = –0.256, p = 0.037), familiarity with standard operating procedures (SOP; OR = –0.502, p = 0.000), and knowledge (OR = 0.265, p = 0.003) were significant predictors of behavior. Conclusion The GDPs reported knowledge and behavior scores which were low, while their attitude and willingness to participate were high. Demographic determinants might be critical indicators in disaster management scenario among GDPs. Clinical significance The present study has crucial implications for policymakers and curriculum changes to integrate dentists effectively into disaster response teams. As responsible members of the society, the dental fraternity has critical contributions to make toward disaster mitigation. Integration of GDPs in a multidisciplinary team managing disasters might be crucial, especially in highly disaster-prone areas, such as India, with a definite paucity of resources. How to cite this article Rajesh G, Binnal A, Pai MBH, Nayak V, Shenoy R, Rao A. General Dental Practitioners as Potential Responders to Disaster Scenario in a Highly Disasterprone Area: An Explorative Study. J Contemp Dent Pract 2017;18(12):1144-1152.

Systematization and Sharing of Disaster Management Literacy by DMLH

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reo Kimura ◽  
◽  
Haruo Hayashi ◽  
Shingo Suzuki ◽  
Kosuke Kobayashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
General Public ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
The United States ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Disaster Victims ◽  
Incident Command

The concept we propose for a disaster management literacy hub (DMLH) involves systemizing and generalizing disaster management literacy (DML) and discussing how to design such a DMLH where the general public and disaster responders share materials on DML. In the early 21stcentury, measures against large-scale earthquakes should essentially include both hardware disaster mitigation measures like the construction of appropriate structures and software measures like disaster preparedness among people and organizations such as the general public, disaster responders and related organizations. We define knowledge about disaster response management and competency as DML. Our analysis of documents on the incident command system (ICS), an emergency response system under the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), found 56 positions of disaster responders in ICS defined by 35 actions required for four types of disaster response competency. The above analysis led us to propose that DML consist of three elements: knowledge for learning about disaster management and mitigation, skills required for effective disaster response, and basic competency and attitudes for coping with disasters. For conceptual DMLH design based on the Instructional Design (ID), we propose three types of learning:1 The general public and disaster responders learn audiovisually using training videos and materials and review tests on learn from videos.2 People who want to provide education and training at schools or in regions or municipalities with school teacher guidance/teaching plans learn how to do so.3 People learn DML by posting or searching for (collecting and arranging) materials.We discuss how to publish such learning programs, taking as a specific example a life reconstruction support system (to put disaster victims’ lives back in order) based on victims’ master database.

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