Progress and challenges of disaster health management in China: a scoping review
Background: Despite the importance of an effective health system response to various disasters, relevant research is still in its infancy, especially in middle- and low-income countries. Objective: This paper provides an overview of the status of disaster health management in China, with its aim to...
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| description | Background: Despite the importance of an effective health system response to various disasters, relevant research is still in its infancy, especially in middle- and low-income countries. Objective: This paper provides an overview of the status of disaster health management in China, with its aim to promote the effectiveness of the health response for reducing disaster-related mortality and morbidity. Design: A scoping review method was used to address the recent progress of and challenges to disaster health management in China. Major health electronic databases were searched to identify English and Chinese literature that were relevant to the research aims. Results: The review found that since 2003 considerable progress has been achieved in the health disaster response system in China. However, there remain challenges that hinder effective health disaster responses, including low standards of disaster-resistant infrastructure safety, the lack of specific disaster plans, poor emergency coordination between hospitals, lack of portable diagnostic equipment and underdeveloped triage skills, surge capacity, and psychological interventions. Additional challenges include the fragmentation of the emergency health service system, a lack of specific legislation for emergencies, disparities in the distribution of funding, and inadequate cost-effective considerations for disaster rescue. Conclusions: One solution identified to address these challenges appears to be through corresponding policy strategies at multiple levels (e.g. community, hospital, and healthcare system level). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bcedb72a75b541e8bf117f43a00f5b042022-12-21T18:20:49ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGlobal Health Action1654-98802014-09-01701910.3402/gha.v7.2498624986Progress and challenges of disaster health management in China: a scoping reviewShuang Zhong0Michele Clark1Xiang-Yu Hou2Yuli Zang3Gerard FitzGerald4 Center for Emergency and Disaster Management, School of Public Health and Social Work, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Center for Emergency and Disaster Management, School of Public Health and Social Work, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Center for Emergency and Disaster Management, School of Public Health and Social Work, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia School of Nursing, Shandong University, Jinan, China Center for Emergency and Disaster Management, School of Public Health and Social Work, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AustraliaBackground: Despite the importance of an effective health system response to various disasters, relevant research is still in its infancy, especially in middle- and low-income countries. Objective: This paper provides an overview of the status of disaster health management in China, with its aim to promote the effectiveness of the health response for reducing disaster-related mortality and morbidity. Design: A scoping review method was used to address the recent progress of and challenges to disaster health management in China. Major health electronic databases were searched to identify English and Chinese literature that were relevant to the research aims. Results: The review found that since 2003 considerable progress has been achieved in the health disaster response system in China. However, there remain challenges that hinder effective health disaster responses, including low standards of disaster-resistant infrastructure safety, the lack of specific disaster plans, poor emergency coordination between hospitals, lack of portable diagnostic equipment and underdeveloped triage skills, surge capacity, and psychological interventions. Additional challenges include the fragmentation of the emergency health service system, a lack of specific legislation for emergencies, disparities in the distribution of funding, and inadequate cost-effective considerations for disaster rescue. Conclusions: One solution identified to address these challenges appears to be through corresponding policy strategies at multiple levels (e.g. community, hospital, and healthcare system level).http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/download/24986/pdf_1Chinadisaster managementdisaster responsehealth systemhealth policy |
| spellingShingle | Shuang Zhong Michele Clark Xiang-Yu Hou Yuli Zang Gerard FitzGerald Progress and challenges of disaster health management in China: a scoping review Global Health Action China disaster management disaster response health system health policy |
| title | Progress and challenges of disaster health management in China: a scoping review |
| title_full | Progress and challenges of disaster health management in China: a scoping review |
| title_fullStr | Progress and challenges of disaster health management in China: a scoping review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Progress and challenges of disaster health management in China: a scoping review |
| title_short | Progress and challenges of disaster health management in China: a scoping review |
| title_sort | progress and challenges of disaster health management in china a scoping review |
| topic | China disaster management disaster response health system health policy |
| url | http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/download/24986/pdf_1 |
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