...Muhajir Mussa Kwikima Purpose To examine household- and hospital-level disaster preparedness in Dodoma Municipality, Tanzania, and to identify factors associated with readiness to respond to acute and slow-onset hazards. Design/methodology/approach This research utilized a cross-sectional...

... medical protocols for mass gathering events. This study sought to close that gap by creating a disaster preparedness program for the Boston Marathon, including bleeding control training and bleeding control kits for all medical tents. Design/methodology/approach All medical volunteers at the Boston...

...Prinka Singh; Sujan Sapkota; Arbin Kc; Lakshmeshwar Mahara; Nebil Achour; Luca Ragazzoni; Hamdi Lamine Purpose This study aims to evaluate the disaster preparedness levels of public hospitals in Nepal using the hospital safety index tool. Design/methodology/approach A descriptive cross...

... support model to assess organizational disaster preparedness using both subjective and objective disaster preparedness criteria in a multi-criteria decision-making context. Design/methodology/approach The statistical variance method is integrated with the proximity value index (PVI) technique...

... CBRNe Disaster preparedness Emergency care Emergency management Accident and emergency department Primary care We conducted a qualitative descriptive study using semi-structured individual interviews based on vignettes. Vignettes are short stories, hypothetical scenarios or descriptions...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Humanitarian logistics Disaster management Emergency management Disaster preparedness Humanitarian supply chain This paper identifies the issues and challenges in humanitarian logistics and developed a framework for effectively managing...

..., there is no clear evidence that assumptions about how to behave, such as the one demonstrated in the current paradigm, are remotely close to the lived experience of crises. We dismantle this below beginning with preparedness. Disaster response Disaster preparedness Modernity Co-autoethnography Hurricane...

...Merja Rapeli; Helena Mussalo-Rauhamaa Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the level of disaster preparedness of institutional care and sheltered housing services provided by the private sector in Finland. Design/methodology/approach A web-based questionnaire was completed...