Progress and challenges of disaster health management in China: a scoping review
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Article Title | Progress and challenges of disaster health management in China: a scoping review |
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ERA Journal ID | 200558 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Zhong, Shuang (Author), Clark, Michele (Author), Hou, Xiang-Yu (Author), Zang, Yuli (Author) and FitzGerald, Gerard (Author) |
Journal Title | Global Health Action |
Journal Citation | 7, pp. 1-9 |
Article Number | 24986 |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2014 |
Place of Publication | Milton Park, United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1654-9880 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v7.24986 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.3402/gha.v7.24986?needAccess=true |
Abstract | Background Despite the importance of an effective health system response to various disasters, relevant research is still in its infancy, especially in middle- and low-income countries. Objective This paper provides an overview of the status of disaster health management in China, with its aim to promote the effectiveness of the health response for reducing disaster-related mortality and morbidity. Design A scoping review method was used to address the recent progress of and challenges to disaster health management in China. Major health electronic databases were searched to identify English and Chinese literature that were relevant to the research aims. Results The review found that since 2003 considerable progress has been achieved in the health disaster response system in China. However, there remain challenges that hinder effective health disaster responses, including low standards of disaster-resistant infrastructure safety, the lack of specific disaster plans, poor emergency coordination between hospitals, lack of portable diagnostic equipment and underdeveloped triage skills, surge capacity, and psychological interventions. Additional challenges include the fragmentation of the emergency health service system, a lack of specific legislation for emergencies, disparities in the distribution of funding, and inadequate cost-effective considerations for disaster rescue. Conclusions One solution identified to address these challenges appears to be through corresponding policy strategies at multiple levels (e.g. community, hospital, and healthcare system level). |
Keywords | China; disaster management; disaster resilience; health policy; health system |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 320207. Emergency medicine |
420306. Health care administration | |
Public Notes | Global Health Action 2014. c. 2014 Shuang Zhong et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license. |
Byline Affiliations | Queensland University of Technology |
Shandong University, China | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q66q1/progress-and-challenges-of-disaster-health-management-in-china-a-scoping-review
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