Vulnerability assessment tools for infectious threats and antimicrobial resistance: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This protocol will guide and explain the working process of a systematic scoping review on vulnerability assessment tools in the field of infectious disease outbreaks and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crises. The scoping review will appraise existing tools or methodologies to identify local level vulnerabilities in the context of infectious disease outbreaks and AMR. Due to this focus on infectious threats and AMR, the review also considers articles using a 'One Health' approach to assess the vulnerability of individuals, groups and practices in human-animal-environment interactions. Given the broad nature of vulnerability, we aim to allocate studies discerning the process of identifying vulnerable or at-risk groups during a crisis, instead of studies taking vulnerabi

SUBMITTER: Jeleff M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6886976 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature