Trial objectives

Major topical areas covered in the interview guide included:the establishment and history of the coalitionstrengths and weaknesses of the HCC structurespecific challenges encountered in improving health care systems

The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current disasters.

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capabilities‘‘promising practices’’ to be shared with other coalition leaders. Questions

Thirty-seven participants completed simulation testing in a randomized study design with two visual display conditions (static and dynamic display).

 The reliability of the Johns Hopkins/AHRQ drill performance

Process of estimating the effectiveness, efficiency, utility and relevance of a service or facility.

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A device, equipment or piece of software used to carry out a particular process or procedure.

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was evaluated by applying it to multiple hospitals in Los Angeles County, CA, participating in the November 2005 California statewide

Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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drill.

The aim of the survey was to explore the practice of nurses’ basic care skills when they were deployed as part of first responder teams to the

Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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site; identify their

Activities designed to facilitate the learning and development of knowledge, skills, and abilities, and to improve the performance of specific tasks or roles.

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needs; give information for Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current disasters.

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and

Actions taken during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.

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Activities designed to facilitate the learning and development of knowledge, skills, and abilities, and to improve the performance of specific tasks or roles.

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.

RaDES concept: a theoretical method for forming,

Activities designed to facilitate the learning and development of knowledge, skills, and abilities, and to improve the performance of specific tasks or roles.

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, and using quickly deployable field teams to provide initial rapid post-

Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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assessments.

tudy designed to assess and evaluate how the law shapes the public health system’s

The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current disasters.

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activitiesMultiple-site qualitative case-study to determine both how state and local public health and

Sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or event requiring immediate action.
Note 1 to entry: An emergency is usually a disruption or condition that can often be anticipated or prepared for, but seldom exactly foreseen.

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management agencies are responding to emerging infectious disease threats, bioterrorism, and other public health preparedness challenges and how federal and state laws are shaping those processes.

Survey purpose was to assess basic knowledge of the hospital

Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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plan and its procedures. All the three questionnaires (pre-test, immediate post-test, follow-up test) included the same questions with a different order each time.

The questionnaire included socio-economic and demographic characteristics of respondents, their knowledge, experiences and

Activities designed to facilitate the learning and development of knowledge, skills, and abilities, and to improve the performance of specific tasks or roles.

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needs about

Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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early warning,

The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current disasters.

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and

Actions taken during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.

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. The questions particularly focused on common disasters including drought, flood, epidemic diseases and fire and traffic accidents.

This paper proposes a socio-physical approach that considers jointly the interaction and integration of the social and physical views of a system to improve

Sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or event requiring immediate action.
Note 1 to entry: An emergency is usually a disruption or condition that can often be anticipated or prepared for, but seldom exactly foreseen.

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Actions taken during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.

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and

The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current disasters.

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University case study: analyzing the merit of the socio-physical view in relation to the social and physical views in isolation.Case: Incident in the steam plant at a university in southwestern Ontario, Canada, resulted in the closure of the university for half-a-day.

The simulation system was developed based on the Multi-agent System (MAS) concept. Simulation of a maritime bulk yard consisting a resource network of 2000 nodes in a grid.