COVID-19 Vulnerability Mapping of Asian Countries

Sarkar, Showmitra Kumar; Morshed, Md. Manjur; Chakraborty, Tanmoy

doi:10.1017/dmp.2022.139

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“…11 During the COVID-19 pandemic, government effectiveness, along with vaccination rate, and socioeconomic development, were found to be protective. 12 Citizen's Corps and Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) are groups of community-based volunteers. The volunteers respond to natural disasters such as tornados, storms, fires, and pandemics.…”

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Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers’ Characteristics Affect Disaster Survival

Brannen,

Howell,

Bidigare

et al. 2023

Disaster med. public health prep.

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Objective: Medical Reserve Corps’ volunteers underwent stop-the-bleed, triage, and disaster preparedness training to improve victim survival of a mass casualty event. Methods: Volunteer responses to 16 disaster vignettes were recorded as ‘survived’ if correct, or ‘died’ if incorrect. Volunteers’ characteristics were evaluated based on the health outcomes of the vignette victims via logistic regression. Results: Overall, 69 volunteers evaluated 1104 vignette victims. STB training significantly improved survival from 77.2% to 93.2% (P < 0.001). The training did not improve disaster preparedness (75.5% to 73%) nor triage (33.5% to 35.1%). Volunteer first care provider training in psychological first aid improved victim survival from 10.32 (9.6 - 10.9, 95% CI) to 11.9 (11.28 - 12.5, 95% CI). The odds of survival increased when disaster victims received first care from a volunteer who had a positive perception of the public authority’s truthfulness (1.50, range 1.07 - 2.10); stated a willingness to volunteer (1.65, range 1.2 - 2.26); completed psychological first aid training (1.557, range 1.08 - 2.22); or had 4-or-more years of post-secondary education (1.30, range 1.00 - 1.701). Conclusion: Psychological first aid training should be a basic requirement for disaster volunteers. Trust in public authority to provide protective public health recommendations increases disaster survival.

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“…11 During the COVID-19 pandemic, government effectiveness, along with vaccination rate, and socioeconomic development, were found to be protective. 12…”

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Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers’ Characteristics Affect Disaster Survival

Brannen,

Howell,

Bidigare

et al. 2023

Disaster med. public health prep.

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Development of a Multi-Criteria Model for Sustainable Reorganization of a Healthcare System in an Emergency Situation Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Healthcare systems worldwide are facing problems in providing health care to patients in a pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19). The pandemic causes an extreme disease to spread with fluctuating needs among patients, which significantly affect the capacity and overall performance of healthcare systems. In addition, its impact on the sustainability of the entire economic and social system is enormous and certain sustainable management strategies need to be selected. To meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure sustainable performance, national healthcare systems must adapt to new circumstances. This paper proposes an original multi-criteria methodology for the sustainable selection of strategic guidelines for the reorganization of a healthcare system under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The selection of an appropriate strategic guideline is made on the basis of defined criteria and depending on infection capacity and pandemic spread risk. The criteria for the evaluation of strategic guidelines were defined on the basis of a survey in which the medical personnel engaged in the crisis response team during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Serbia participated. The Level-Based Weight Assessment (LBWA) model and Measuring Attractiveness by a Categorical-Based Evaluation Technique (MACBETH) method were used to determine the weight coefficient criteria, while a novel fuzzy Ranking of Alternatives through Functional Mapping of Criterion Subintervals into a Single Interval (RAFSI) model was used to evaluate the strategic guidelines. The proposed multi-criteria methodology was tested in a case study in the Republic of Serbia. The validity of the proposed methodology is shown through the simulation of changes in input parameters of Bonferroni aggregation functions and through a comparison with other multi-criteria methodologies.

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COVID-19 Vulnerability Mapping of Asian Countries

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Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers’ Characteristics Affect Disaster Survival

Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers’ Characteristics Affect Disaster Survival

Development of a Multi-Criteria Model for Sustainable Reorganization of a Healthcare System in an Emergency Situation Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic

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