Health Workforce Development in Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management: The Need for Evidence-Based Recommendations
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Health EDRM Workforce
3. Research Needs for Health EDRM Workforce Development
4. Approach to Addressing the Evidence Gap
4.1. Participating Institutions
4.2. Literature Reviews
4.3. Case Studies
4.4. Expert Consensus Study
4.5. Strengths and Limitations of the Current Methodology
5. Importance of Evidence-Based Recommendations for Health EDRM Workforce Development
5.1. Local/Community Level
5.2. National Level
5.3. Regional/Global Level
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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University | Literature Review | Case Studies | Expert Consensus |
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China | Overall coordination and delivery of the project Leading the English and Chinese literature review | Overall coordination of case studies and the creation of 3 case studies:
| Overall coordination of the Delphi research |
Harvard University, USA |
| All participants will contribute their expertise in study design and be invited as a panellist as appropriate | |
Sichuan University, China |
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Tohoku University, Japan | Supporting the Japanese literature review |
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University of Hyogo, Japan | Leading the Japanese literature review |
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University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy |
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University of the Philippines Manila, Philippines |
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WHO India, India |
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Outputs | Literature review in 3 languages 1 peer reviewed publication 1 international conference presentation | 13 case studies 1 peer reviewed publication 1 international conference presentation | Expert consensus recommendations Policy brief |
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1: Pharmacy workforce in post-conflict sub-Saharan African countries | Make recommendations to better inform pharmacy workforce development policies in post-conflict areas | Literature review Key informant interviews |
2: Community health workers for future disasters in Nepal | Explore the roles of female community health volunteers during and following the 2015 earthquake | Literature review Key informant interviews |
3: Community disaster education initiative in rural China | Describe planning and implementation process of a Health EDRM education initiative in China | Literature review Personal experience of programme managers/implementers |
4: Health workforce demands in Lebanon | Describe how Lebanon’s health system and workforce coped with a rapid 25% population increase | Literature review Key informant interviews |
5: Earthquake response teams in Chile | Describe the training regimens and best practices from the experience of the Earthquake Response in Chile | Literature review Discussion with responders |
6. Logistic Support for Emergency Medical Teams in China | Summarise the experience, lessons and development of logistics support | Literature/policy reviews |
7. Multidisciplinary conductor type disaster health workforce development program | Review the comprehensive disaster training programme in Japan, focusing on its development and deployment | Literature review Personal Experience |
8. Competency framework of Japan DMAT and specialised assistance teams. | Identify good practice and gaps in the education programme | Literature review |
9. Disaster Relief Nursing in Japan | Describe disaster relief nurse programme in Japan focusing on training, registration, dispatch and operation | Literature review Personal experience |
10. Undergraduate medical training in Disaster Medicine | Present a disaster medicine training programme and discuss its cost-effective and reproducible solutions | Literature review Personal experience |
11. Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) Training | Highlight coordination and quality assurance mechanisms for the training programme | Literature review Personal experience |
12: Disaster nursing training and management in the Philippines | Describe a national training of trainers’ programme in disaster nursing management in the Philippines | Literature review Key informant interviews |
13. Hospital Emergency Preparedness and Planning in India | Summarise safe hospital initiatives in India | Literature/policy reviews Personal experience |
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Hung, K.K.C.; Mashino, S.; Chan, E.Y.Y.; MacDermot, M.K.; Balsari, S.; Ciottone, G.R.; Della Corte, F.; Dell’Aringa, M.F.; Egawa, S.; Evio, B.D.; et al. Health Workforce Development in Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management: The Need for Evidence-Based Recommendations. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 3382. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073382
Hung KKC, Mashino S, Chan EYY, MacDermot MK, Balsari S, Ciottone GR, Della Corte F, Dell’Aringa MF, Egawa S, Evio BD, et al. Health Workforce Development in Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management: The Need for Evidence-Based Recommendations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(7):3382. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073382
Chicago/Turabian StyleHung, Kevin K. C., Sonoe Mashino, Emily Y. Y. Chan, Makiko K. MacDermot, Satchit Balsari, Gregory R. Ciottone, Francesco Della Corte, Marcelo F. Dell’Aringa, Shinichi Egawa, Bettina D. Evio, and et al. 2021. "Health Workforce Development in Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management: The Need for Evidence-Based Recommendations" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 7: 3382. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073382