TY - JOUR
T1 - Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Workforce Development Strategies
T2 - Delphi Consensus Study
AU - Hung, Kevin K.C.
AU - MacDermot, Makiko K.
AU - Chan, Emily Y.Y.
AU - Mashino, Sonoe
AU - Balsari, Satchit
AU - Ciottone, Gregory R.
AU - Della Corte, Francesco
AU - Dell'aringa, Marcelo F.
AU - Egawa, Shinichi
AU - Evio, Bettina D.
AU - Hart, Alexander
AU - Ishii, Tadashi
AU - Ragazzoni, Luca
AU - Sasaki, Hiroyuki
AU - Walline, Joseph Harold
AU - Wong, Chi S.
AU - Dalal, Saurabh
AU - Kayano, Ryoma
AU - Abrahams, Jonathan
AU - Huda, Qudsia
AU - Graham, Colin A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/12/3
Y1 - 2022/12/3
N2 - Introduction: Health workforce development is essential for achieving the goals of an effective health system, as well as establishing national Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health EDRM). Study Objective: The objective of this Delphi consensus study was to identify strategic recommendations for strengthening the workforce for Health EDRM in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) and high-income countries (HIC). Methods: A total of 31 international experts were asked to rate the level of importance (one being strongly unimportant to seven being strongly important) for 46 statements that contain recommendations for strengthening the workforce for Health EDRM. The experts were divided into a LMIC group and an HIC group. There were three rounds of rating, and statements that did not reach consensus (SD ≥ 1.0) proceeded to the next round for further ranking. Results: In total, 44 statements from the LMIC group and 34 statements from the HIC group attained consensus and achieved high mean scores for importance (higher than five out of seven). The components of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health EDRM Framework with the highest number of recommendations were Human Resources (n = 15), Planning and Coordination (n = 7), and Community Capacities for Health EDRM (n = 6) in the LMIC group. Policies, Strategies, and Legislation (n = 7) and Human Resources (n = 7) were the components with the most recommendations for the HIC group. Conclusion: The expert panel provided a comprehensive list of important and actionable strategic recommendations on workforce development for Health EDRM.
AB - Introduction: Health workforce development is essential for achieving the goals of an effective health system, as well as establishing national Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health EDRM). Study Objective: The objective of this Delphi consensus study was to identify strategic recommendations for strengthening the workforce for Health EDRM in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) and high-income countries (HIC). Methods: A total of 31 international experts were asked to rate the level of importance (one being strongly unimportant to seven being strongly important) for 46 statements that contain recommendations for strengthening the workforce for Health EDRM. The experts were divided into a LMIC group and an HIC group. There were three rounds of rating, and statements that did not reach consensus (SD ≥ 1.0) proceeded to the next round for further ranking. Results: In total, 44 statements from the LMIC group and 34 statements from the HIC group attained consensus and achieved high mean scores for importance (higher than five out of seven). The components of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health EDRM Framework with the highest number of recommendations were Human Resources (n = 15), Planning and Coordination (n = 7), and Community Capacities for Health EDRM (n = 6) in the LMIC group. Policies, Strategies, and Legislation (n = 7) and Human Resources (n = 7) were the components with the most recommendations for the HIC group. Conclusion: The expert panel provided a comprehensive list of important and actionable strategic recommendations on workforce development for Health EDRM.
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U2 - 10.1017/S1049023X22001467
DO - 10.1017/S1049023X22001467
M3 - Article
C2 - 36326090
AN - SCOPUS:85143552077
SN - 1049-023X
VL - 37
SP - 735
EP - 748
JO - Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
JF - Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
IS - 6
ER -