Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Workforce Development Strategies: Delphi Consensus Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Health workforce development is essential for achieving the goals of an effective health system, as well as establishing national Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health EDRM).

Study objective

The objective of this Delphi consensus study was to identify strategic recommendations for strengthening the workforce for Health EDRM in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) and high-income countries (HIC).

Methods

A total of 31 international experts were asked to rate the level of importance (one being strongly unimportant to seven being strongly important) for 46 statements that contain recommendations for strengthening the workforce for Health EDRM. The experts were divided into a LMIC group and an HIC group. There were three rounds of rating, a

SUBMITTER: Hung KKC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9726469 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature