. Ali Mohajervatan; . Golrokh Atighechian; . Hamid Reza Khankeh; . Ahmad Reza Raeisi; . Nahid Tavakoli
Volume 12, Issue 8 , September 2022, , Pages 1-6
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Disaster planning and management pose a serious challenge to most countries.These challenges point to insufficient planning to deal with these events. Therefore, it is necessaryto ...
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BACKGROUND: Disaster planning and management pose a serious challenge to most countries.These challenges point to insufficient planning to deal with these events. Therefore, it is necessaryto pay attention to the methods and characteristics of the decision‑making approaches in theseevents. In this study, we tried to identify most appropriate approaches for the Iranian health systemby studying disaster planning approaches.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was conducted using mixed methods in 2020–2021in two phases: qualitative and quantitative. First, we reviewed at the research literature. Our goalwas to identify studies that suggested approaches to disaster planning. The next step in this studywas a qualitative study using semi‑structured interviews. Participants in qualitative phase includedmanagers and employees from different parts of the Iranian health system from the provinces ofGolestan, Fars, Khuzestan, Lorestan, Kerman, Sistan, and Baluchestan.RESULTS: By combining approaches taken from literature reviews and qualitative study, four mainapproaches were identified. The results of our study have shown that disaster response planningapproaches include function, risk assessment, capability, and futuristic base.CONCLUSION: This study provides complete overview of disaster planning approaches that enablehealth professionals to use them to develop response plans. Our findings indicate that in complexand large‑scale events such as floods and pandemics, it is necessary to combine the introducedmethods for operational planning.
