Web-Based Solutions for Communication and Knowledge Management in Disaster Situations

Barth, Benjamin; Kabbinahithilu, Govinda Chaithanya; Marchal, Juan; Cola, Tomaso de; Friedemann, Monika; Muna, Joseph

doi:10.1109/mic.2022.3210758

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“…Disaster management collaboration is essential to improve response effectiveness and efficiency, involving various organizations and stakeholders. It facilitates the exchange of information, resource pooling, and improved decision-making, which is crucial for dealing with complex disaster scenarios ( 35 ). Collaboration leads to more comprehensive management strategies like integrated problem-solving competence and community engagement.…”

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Assessing the role of sustainability competencies in enhancing psychological first aid effectiveness for disaster responders in Fiji

Nair,

Meirmanov

2024

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundPsychological first aid (PFA) is essential for mental health and wellbeing after traumatic events. Integrating competency-based outcomes is crucial with the increasing demand for effective psychological first-aid interventions. This study examines the correlation between sustainability competencies and PFA principles within Fiji's disaster responder's context.MethodThe research was guided by a theoretical framework based on a comprehensive review of sustainability competencies and PFA principles. A cross-sectional survey assessed the importance of sustainability competencies in disaster responders to deliver PFA effectively. The survey used a stratified random sampling method to get diverse PFA-trained participants (66%) and non-PFA trained (34%), aiming to understand how these competencies can impact PFA success in various disaster situations. The survey, encompassing various domains of disaster response and a diverse range of respondents age, gender, and years of experience, employed the Likert scale to assess the importance of competencies such as integrated problem-solving, strategic, systems thinking, self-awareness, normative, collaboration, anticipatory, and critical thinking.ResultsThe study involved 49 PFA-trained participants (55% female, 45% male) and 15 non-PFA-trained participants (53% female, 46% male), excluding 10 responses from the latter group due to ambiguous answers to critical questions. The correlation between age, experience, and the valuation of professional competencies among disaster responders indicates that disaster responders, with extensive experience and PFA training, rated competencies as “important,” reflecting a perspective shaped by long-term career development and practical experiences. Equally, younger and early career responders emphasize competencies as “very important,” indicating an initial recognition of their significance. The appraisal patterns across different age groups, especially among those with PFA training, suggest a tendency to moderate assessments of competency importance with increasing experience. Statistical analysis, including mean, median, standard deviation, and variance, provided a detailed understanding of the data, underscoring competencies like self-awareness in both data sets and integrated problem-solving and collaboration within PFA-trained responders as the key for effective PFA interventions.ConclusionThe study underlines the critical need to integrate sustainability competencies into the PFA curriculum in Fiji's unique sociocultural context. This interplay between age, experience, and competency assessment stresses the diverse factors influencing perceptions in the disaster response field beyond experience alone. The results show that sustainability competencies are the ultimate to the effectiveness of PFA measurement and interventions. The research lays the foundation for future studies to develop validated tools for assessing sustainable competencies in different cultural contexts, thereby improving the effectiveness of PFA in disaster management. Integrating these competencies into PFA training could significantly strengthen PFA intervention and competency-based evaluation.

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Assessing the role of sustainability competencies in enhancing psychological first aid effectiveness for disaster responders in Fiji

Nair,

Meirmanov

2024

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“…The introduction of a standardization strategy can transform scattered disaster information data into a meaningful dataset for further processing [29,30]. Shared platforms and standard data protocols further achieve interoperability [31,32] and improve decision-making efficiency [33]. GIS-based visualizations with novel map interfaces and dashboards have tremendously improved the presentation and assessment of disaster information [34].…”

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Integration of Heterogeneous Sensor Systems for Disaster Responses in Smart Cities: Flooding as an Example

Hong

Shi

2023

IJGI

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Smart cities represent a new perspective on modern urban development. They involve an information infrastructure environment with application intelligence to improve operational efficiency and welfare effectively. However, understanding how to overcome the barriers of data fragmentation and heterogeneity to exploit the strengths of existing resources and create integration effects remains a key challenge in smart city development. This research focuses on the effective management of heterogeneous sensor systems across different domains to improve quick disaster responses. Metadata serve as the core of this proposed framework, which is designed to not only describe the common and unique characteristics of various IoT-based devices and services, but also to provide necessary information to support the searching, requesting, and updating of required sensors and observation, as well as responding to the upcoming disaster. A workflow consisting of four list types was proposed and used to guide the response procedure. This research specifically aims to enable heterogeneous sensor systems available to all public or private stakeholders to be integrated in a collaborative fashion. While a flooding response was chosen for demonstration in this research, the proposed standard-based framework can be further promoted for other types of smart city applications, not limited to disaster response. The study’s results and implications underscore the importance of effective management of heterogeneous sensor systems and the role of metadata in enabling disaster responses in smart cities.

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“…Disaster management collaboration is essential to improve response effectiveness and efficiency, involving various organizations and stakeholders. It facilitates the exchange of information, resource pooling, and improved decision-making, which is crucial for dealing with complex disaster scenarios (35). Collaboration leads to more comprehensive management strategies like integrated problemsolving competence and community engagement.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Web-Based Solutions for Communication and Knowledge Management in Disaster Situations

Cited by 8 publications

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Assessing the role of sustainability competencies in enhancing psychological first aid effectiveness for disaster responders in Fiji

Assessing the role of sustainability competencies in enhancing psychological first aid effectiveness for disaster responders in Fiji

Integration of Heterogeneous Sensor Systems for Disaster Responses in Smart Cities: Flooding as an Example

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