Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26541
Title: Disaster Preparedness in Hospitals in the Middle East: An Integrative Literature Review
Contributor(s): Alruwaili, Abdullah (author); Islam, Shahidul  (author)orcid ; Usher, Kim  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2019-08
Early Online Version: 2019-02-11
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2018.138
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26541
Abstract: Disasters occur rarely but have significant adverse consequences when they do. Recent statistics suggest that millions of lives and billions of US dollars have been lost in the last decade due to disaster events globally. It is crucial that hospitals are well prepared for disasters to minimize their effects. This integrative review study evaluates the preparedness level of hospitals in the Middle East for disasters using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The key terms include disaster preparedness OR disaster management OR emergency response AND Middle East AND hospitals. The study reviews articles published between January 2005 and December 2015, which focused on the hospitals’ preparedness for disasters in the Middle East nations. Based on their meeting 5 eligibility criteria, 19 articles were included in the review. Twelve of the articles focused on both natural and man-made disasters, whereas 6 of them were based on mass casualty events and 1 on earthquake. Thirteen of the reviewed articles ranked the level of preparedness of hospitals for disasters to be generally “very poor,” “poor,” or “moderate,” whereas 6 reported that hospitals were “well” or “very well prepared” for disasters. Factors affecting preparedness level were identified as a lack of contingency plans and insufficient availability of resources, among others. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2019; page 1 of 11).
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 13(4), p. 806-816
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 1938-744X
1935-7893
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 111705 Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 520302 Clinical psychology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 920405 Environmental Health
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 200499 Public health (excl. specific population health) not elsewhere classified
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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