Analyzing International Military Medical Services: Developing a Methodology for Information Acquisition from Open Source Data

Homan, Zenobia S.; Bricknell, Martin; Leone, Ryan; Lelong, Antonin

doi:10.1080/08850607.2020.1807781

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“…This is further compounded by the fact that academic databases are inherently characterised by a time lag in information acquisition, with a great deal of potential data loss in the process. 44 However, recent methodological literature suggests that open-source grey literature is a good alternative source for obtaining military health information. This is due to its ability to give access to an array of data sources not readily available in traditional academic sources, including, for example, news media, governmental or institutional reports.…”

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Civil–military cooperation in the early response to the COVID-19 pandemic in six European countries

Gad¹,

Kazibwe

Quirk

et al. 2021

BMJ Mil Health

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BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has presented many countries with significant health system and economic challenges. The role of civil–military cooperation in a health crisis of the magnitude presented by COVID-19 remains virtually unexplored. This review aims to detect and identify typologies, if any, of associations between security or military systems and the national response measures during the COVID-19, as adopted by six European countries during the early phase of the outbreak (January to March 2020).MethodsWe designed a structured qualitative literature review (qualitative evidence synthesis), primarily targeting open-source grey literature using a customised Google web search. Our target countries were UK, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Sweden. We employed a ‘best fit’ framework synthesis approach in qualitative analysis of the result records.ResultsA total of 277 result records were included in our qualitative synthesis, with an overall search relevance yield of 46%. We identified 19 distinct descriptive categories of civil–military cooperation extending across seven analytical themes. Most prominent themes included how military support was incorporated in the national COVID-19 response, including support to national health systems, military repatriation and evacuation, and support to wider public systems.ConclusionFindings of this review show the significance of military systems in supporting an expansive response during the COVID-19 pandemic, and our proposed methodological approach for capturing military health data in a reproducible manner and providing a comparative view on common types of interventions provided by civil–military cooperation to inform lessons from the use of military capacities during current COVID-19 outbreak.

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“…This is due to its ability to give access to an array of data sources not readily available in traditional academic sources, including, for example, news media, governmental or institutional reports. 44 45 In addition, grey literature helps in reducing publication bias and facilitates a more balanced view of available evidence. 46 47…”

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confidence: 99%