بررسی وضعیت خطرات ناشی از بلایا در تسهیلات بهداشتی

Title

Assessing the readiness of health facilities to cope with the risks of natural disasters

English Abstract

Introduction: Study the disasters threat in health network is one of the principal and fundamental acts for active facing with disasters through collecting information about facing threats, vulnerability and capacity of health service centers. Present study was conducted with the aim of study the non-structural vulnerability in health services centers according to PHC system in order to improving readiness of health system to facing with disasters. Material and Methods: in the present study which was descriptive-cross sectional type, non-structural safety status in 387 health center and facility was evaluated on winter, 2013. Codified national checklists completed by 14 evaluation team. Collected information analyzed using Excel 2010 software. Results: results of evaluation of natural threats recognition showed that earthquake, dust, flood and land slide had highest frequency, respectively. In section for evaluation of functional readiness of health system, highest readiness obtained in country health centers staff (58%) and lowest readiness was related to insurance cover (without readiness). In non-structural vulnerability section, health houses and health centers staff had highest and lowest vulnerability, respectively. Conclusion: considering to natural disasters in the province, low functional readiness percent and high non-structural vulnerability of health facilities, paying attention to non-structural safety of health centers and insurance cover of these centers against disasters, according priority, is essential so that in case of crisis, providing health services to damaged people would not be affected by the event.

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