functional, structural and non-structural preparedness of ahvaz health centers against disasters in 2014 – 2015

Authors

hossein hatami md, mph, professor of infectious diseases and public health, director of mph department, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran

abdolkazem neisi environmental health department, environmental technologies research center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran

mohsen kooti msc, environmental heath engineering, mph, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran; risk reduction and disaster management officer, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran; environmental heath engineering, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran

abstract

conclusions according to the results, the iranian public health centers preparedness against disasters before, during and after accidents were in safety level 4 from 10, which was undesirable. results risk rate, functional, non-structural and structural preparedness and final safety level were 58.62%, 51.48%, 54.82%, 33.97%, and 43.72%, respectively. background ahvaz metropolitan as an industrial pole and special geopolitical location is vulnerable to miscellaneous disasters. public health centers are one of the most important units that should have necessary preparedness against disasters and crisis. objectives the current study aimed to determine functional, structural and non-structural preparedness of public health centers against natural and manmade disasters at all levels, rural health houses, rural and urban health centers and the iranian health centers. materials and methods the current descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out on about 47 rural health houses, rural and urban health centers and iranian health centers of ahvaz city (western and eastern regions). a checklist of iran ministry of health, field observation and interview methods were used for data collection. functional preparedness included crisis management framework, planning, insurance coverage, event management system, public services, education and manure. non-structural preparedness was assessed in three levels as desirable, mid desirable and undesirable. structural preparedness included instruments, structures and facilities of the health centers. all calculations were performed by excel software.

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