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Identifying and Explaining the Components Affecting for Design Preparedness Exercises of the Health System in Emergencies and Disasters: A Quality Content Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2022

Hojjat Sheikhbardsiri ,
Fatemeh Aliakbari ,
Hamid Jafari ,
Gholamreza Khademipour  and
Ali Sahebi
Hojjat Sheikhbardsiri
Affiliation:
Student Research Committee, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Fatemeh Aliakbari
Affiliation:
Community-Oriented Nursing Midwifery Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
Hamid Jafari
Affiliation:
Health, Work and Environment Research Center, Sirjan School of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Gholamreza Khademipour
Affiliation:
Health in Disasters and Emergencies Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Ali Sahebi*
Affiliation:
Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
*
Corresponding author: Ali Sahebi, E-mail: ali.sahebi.phd@gmail.com.
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Abstract

Objective:

Running exercise courses in different sectors of the health system is one of the important steps to prepare and deploy disaster risk management programs. The present study aimed to identify and explain the components affecting the design of preparedness exercises of the health system in disasters.

Methods:

This 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 disasters who had experience in designing, implementing, and evaluating an exercise. The data were analyzed using the content analysis method.

Results:

The data analysis resulted in the production of 50 initial codes, 12 subcategories, 4 main categories of “Coordination, Command, and Guidance of Exercise,” “Hardware and Software Requirements of Exercise,” “Organizational Exercise Resources,” and “Communication and Exercise Public Information” with the original theme of “Exercise Design.”

Conclusion:

This study provides a clear picture and rich, constructive information on the concept of designing health system preparedness exercises in disasters. The findings of this study can greatly increase the attention of senior managers in all areas of health, especially managers of prehospitals and hospitals who are in the front line of the response to disasters to design standard and scientific preparedness exercises.

Keywords

designdisasteremergencyexercisehealth systempreparedness
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 17 , 2023 , e148
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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