Iranian's healthcare system challenges during natural disasters: the qualitative case study of Kermanshah earthquake.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In order to the significance of lessons learned from the natural disasters for health care systems particularly in developing and under-developed countries, the main purpose of this study was to identify challenges and limitations in light of the earthquake experience in Kermanshah Province.

Methods

The present study was conducted in 2019 as a qualitative research using content analysis method. In this regard, 19 key informants were selected using snowball sampling. To enhance the accuracy of the study, the four validation criteria for qualitative studies in data coding developed by Guba and Lincoln including credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability were used. Data was analyzed applying Graneheim and Lundman (2004) approach for analyzing the

SUBMITTER: Mohammadpour M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7517634 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature