Disaster safety assessment of primary healthcare facilities: a cross-sectional study in Kurdistan province of Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Kurdistan province of Iran is among disaster prone areas of the country. The Primary Health Care facilities in Iran deliver health services at all levels nationwide. Resiliency and flexibility of such facilities is important when a disaster occurs. Thus, evaluating functional, structural, and non-structural aspects of safety of such facilities is essential.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, the instrument used to evaluate four sections of functional, structural, non-structural, and total safety of 805 healthcare facilities in Kurdistan Province was the safety evaluation checklist of primary healthcare centers, provided by the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education. Each section scored from 0 to 100 points, and each section of the safety was classifi

SUBMITTER: Yari A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7903750 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature