Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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 ... Read More

Disaster risk management challenges in military hospitals: A qualitative study

. Somayeh Azarmi; . Amir Hosein Pishgooie; . Simintaj Sharififar; . Hamid Reza Khankeh; . Hejrypour Seyyed Ziya

Volume 12, Issue 5 , June 2022, , Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND: Disaster can pose significant challenges to the health infrastructure in thecommunity. Hospitals are the central unit for providing health services in the disaster responseplan. ... Read More

Introducing practical tools for fit to drive assessment of the elderly: A step toward improving the health of the elderly

. Saiedeh Bahrampouri; . Hamid Reza Khankeh; . Seyed Ali Hosseini; . Mohammadreza Mehmandar; . Abbas Ebadi

Volume 11, Issue 11 , December 2021, , Pages 1-10

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Today, as age increases, the demand for independent living has increased. Since driving is oneof the safest and preferred ways for the elderly to travel, paying close attention to the ... Read More

Psychological distress Management in Iranian emergency prehospital providers: A Qualitative study

. Maryam Azizi; . Reza Bidaki; . Abbas Ebadi; . Abbas Ostadtaghizadeh; . Abbasali Dehghani Tafti; . Ahmad Hajebi; . Azizeh Alizadeh; . Hamid Reza Khankeh

Volume 11, Issue 10 , November 2021, , Pages 1-10

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INTRODUCTION: Emergency prehospital providers (EPHP) who are constantly providing medicalcare in threatening conditions are more at risk of displaying psychological distress presentations ... Read More

Disaster preparedness in emergency medical service agencies: A systematic review

. Mehdi Beyramijam; . Mehrdad Farrokhi; . Abbas Ebadi; . Gholamreza Masoumi; . Hamid Reza Khankeh

Volume 11, Issue 6 , July 2021, , Pages 1-10

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The Emergency Medical Services (EMSs) are in the frontline between the health-care systems andpeople in emergencies and disasters. With the increase in the frequency of natural or man-madedisasters ... Read More

Evaluating the disaster preparedness of emergency medical service agencies in the world: A systematic literature review protocol

. Mehdi Beyramijam; . Hamid Reza Khankeh; . Mehrdad Farrokhi; . Abbas Ebadi; . Gholamreza Masoumi; . Hassan Nouri-Sari

Volume 10, Issue 12 , December 2020, , Pages 1-5

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INTRODUCTION: Disasters occur almost everywhere in the world, and preparation is essential.Preparedness is an effective approach for disaster management, and it is crucial for the healthsystems, ... Read More

Psychological aspects of climate change risk perception: A content analysis in Iranian context

. Mehrdad Farrokhi; . Hamid Reza Khankeh; . Nasir Amanat; . Mohammad Kamali; . Mohammad Fathi

Volume 10, Issue 12 , December 2020, , Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: Risk perception is an important predictor to mitigate climate change effects whichcan produce mental health consequences such as anxiety and depression. For developing policiesof ... Read More

Early warning system‑related challenges in health sector: A qualitative content analysis study in Iran

. Seyed Hossein Hosseini; . Hamid Reza Khankeh; . Mehrdad Farrokhi; . Mohammad Ali Hosseini; . Pirhossein Koolivand; . Mohammad Raeiszadeh

Volume 10, Issue 2 , February 2020, , Pages 1-7

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CONTEXT: Iran’s health system has always faced many challenges in the field of disaster riskmanagement. The establishment of early warning systems in countries has been identified ... Read More

Hospital management preparedness tools in biological events: A scoping review

. Mohsen Aminizadeh; . Mehrdad Farrokhi; . Abbas Ebadi; . Gholam Reza Masoumi; . Pirhossein Kolivand; . Hamid Reza Khankeh

Volume 9, Issue 11 , November 2019, , Pages 1-13

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INTRODUCTION: The objective of the present study was to systematically review the current researchknowledge on hospital preparedness tools used in biological events and factors affecting ... Read More INTRODUCTION: The objective of the present study was to systematically review the current researchknowledge on hospital preparedness tools used in biological events and factors affecting hospitalpreparedness in such incidents in using a scoping review methodology.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The review process was conducted in accordance with the PreferredReporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta‑Analyses extension for Scoping Reviewsguideline. Online databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar) were used toidentify papers published that evaluated instruments or tools for hospital preparedness in biologicaldisasters (such as influenza, Ebola, and bioterrorism events). The search, article selection, and dataextraction were carried out by two researchers independently.RESULTS: A total of 3440 articles were screened, with 20 articles identified for final analysis. Themajority of research studies identified were conducted in the United States (45%) and were focusedon CBRN incident (20%), Ebola, infectious disease and bioterrorism events (15%), mass casualtyincidents and influenza pandemic (10%), public health emergency, SARS, and biological events (5%).Factors that were identified in the study to hospitals preparedness in biological events classified inseven areas including planning, surge capacity, communication, training and education, medicalmanagement, surveillance and standard operation process.CONCLUSIONS: Published evidences of hospital preparedness on biological events as well as theoverall quality of the psychometric properties of most studies were limited. The results of the currentscoping review could be used as a basis for designing and developing a standard assessmenttool for hospital preparedness in biological events, and it can also be used as a clear vision for thehealthcare managers and policymakers in their future plans to confront the challenges identified byhealthcare institutes in biologic events.

Emergency health evaluation of affected population during disasters: Are there new approaches?

. Seyed Ahmad Bathaei; . Hasan Abolghasem‑Gorji; . Bahram Delgoshaei; . Hamid Reza Khankeh

Volume 9, Issue 1 , January 2019, , Pages 1-9

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INTRODUCTION: Disasters are inescapable phenomena. Once they occur, reliable and objectiveinformation becomes vital in sound decision‑making to respond. Emergency health evaluation ... Read More

Meta-evaluation of published studies on evaluation of health disaster preparedness exercises through a systematic review

. Hojjat Sheikhbardsiri; . Mohammad H Yarmohammadian; . Hamid Reza Khankeh; . Mahmoud Nekoei-Moghadam; . Ahmad Reza Raeisi

Volume 8, Issue 1 , January 2018, , Pages 1-10

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OBJECTIVE: Exercise evaluation is one of the most important steps and sometimes neglected indesigning and taking exercises, in this stage of exercise, it systematically identifying, ... Read More OBJECTIVE: Exercise evaluation is one of the most important steps and sometimes neglected indesigning and taking exercises, in this stage of exercise, it systematically identifying, gathering, andinterpreting related information to indicate how an exercise has fulfilled its objectives. The presentstudy aimed to assess the most important evaluation techniques applied in evaluating health exercisesfor emergencies and disasters.METHODS: This was meta-evaluation study through a systematic review. In this research, wesearched papers based on specific and relevant keywords in research databases including ISI webof science, PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, Ovid, ProQuest, Wiley, Google Scholar, and Persiandatabase such as ISC and SID. The search keywords and strategies are followed; “simulation,”“practice,” “drill,” “exercise,” “instrument,” “tool,” “questionnaire,” “ measurement,” “checklist,” “scale,”“test,” “inventory,” “battery,” “evaluation,” “assessment,” “appraisal,” “emergency,” “disaster,” “cricise,”“hazard,” “catastrophe,: “hospital”, “prehospital,” “health centers,” “treatment centers,” were used incombination with Boolean operators OR and AND.RESULTS: The research findings indicate that there are different techniques and methods for datacollection to evaluate performance exercises of health centers and affiliated organizations in disastersand emergencies including debriefing inventories, self‑report, questionnaire, interview, observation,shooting video, and photographing, electronic equipment which can be individually or collectivelyused depending on exercise objectives or purposes.CONCLUSION: Taking exercise in the health sector is one of the important steps in preparation andimplementation of disaster risk management programs. This study can be thus utilized to improvepreparedness of different sectors of health system according to the latest available evaluationtechniques and methods for better implementation of disaster exercise evaluation stages.

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Disaster planning approaches in Iran’s health system: A mixed‑methods study

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Disaster risk management challenges in military hospitals: A qualitative study

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Introducing practical tools for fit to drive assessment of the elderly: A step toward improving the health of the elderly

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Psychological distress Management in Iranian emergency prehospital providers: A Qualitative study

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Disaster preparedness in emergency medical service agencies: A systematic review

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Evaluating the disaster preparedness of emergency medical service agencies in the world: A systematic literature review protocol

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Psychological aspects of climate change risk perception: A content analysis in Iranian context

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Early warning system‑related challenges in health sector: A qualitative content analysis study in Iran

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Hospital management preparedness tools in biological events: A scoping review

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Emergency health evaluation of affected population during disasters: Are there new approaches?

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Meta-evaluation of published studies on evaluation of health disaster preparedness exercises through a systematic review

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