Scoping the field of disaster exercise evaluation - A literature overview and analysis

Beerens, Ralf Josef Johanna; Tehler, Henrik

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2016.09.001

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“…To answer this question, this study firstly explored the quality of the evaluation methodology of evaluation reports used in the Netherlands, adopting the methodology applied by Beerens and Tehler. 20 Secondly, this study assumed that the learning behavior in individuals, teams, or organizations participating in the exercises is accompanied by a decrease in the number of items for improvement in exercise evaluations over time. This decrease is considered an indication for learning behavior and, as such, the change in number of items for improvement over time when comparing the reports from two moments in time was calculated as a proxy for learning.…”

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Disaster Exercises to Prepare Hospitals for Mass-Casualty Incidents: Does it Contribute to Preparedness or is it Ritualism?

Verheul

Dückers

Visser

et al. 2018

Prehosp. Disaster med.

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The evaluation reports do not support the ideal-typical disaster exercise process. The authors could not establish that team members participating in MCI exercises in the Netherlands learn from their participation. More time and effort must be spent on the development of a validated evaluation system for these simulations, and more research into the role of the evaluator is needed.Verheul MLMI, Dückers MLA, Visser BB, Beerens RJJ, Bierens JJLM. Disaster exercises to prepare hospitals for mass-casualty incidents: does it contribute to preparedness or is it ritualism? Prehosp Disaster Med. 2018;33(4):387-393.

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Disaster Exercises to Prepare Hospitals for Mass-Casualty Incidents: Does it Contribute to Preparedness or is it Ritualism?

Verheul

Dückers

Visser

et al. 2018

Prehosp. Disaster med.

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“…Researchers have concluded evaluation of disaster preparedness efforts is usually not scientifically rigorous (Hsu, et al, 2004;Jose & Dufrene, 2014;Williams, Nocera, & Casteel, 2008). Methods used for evaluation are heterogeneous and often not well-described (Beerens & Tehler, 2016). Most studies reviewed in Beerens and Tehler's (2016) scoping review, for example, did not provide an explanation of why their training format made sense or why they selected a specific evaluation method over others.…”

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“…Methods used for evaluation are heterogeneous and often not well-described (Beerens & Tehler, 2016). Most studies reviewed in Beerens and Tehler's (2016) scoping review, for example, did not provide an explanation of why their training format made sense or why they selected a specific evaluation method over others. Few standardized assessment tools exist (Gallardo, et al, 2015), and control groups are rarely used (Williams, Nocera, & Casteel, 2008).…”

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A Systematic Review of Literature on Effectiveness of Training in Emergency Risk Communication

Miller

Sellnow

Neuberger

et al. 2017

Journal of Health Communication

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Although disaster preparedness training is regularly conducted for a range of health-related professions, little evidence-based guidance is available about how best to actually develop capacity in staff for conducting emergency risk communication. This article presents results of a systematic review undertaken to inform the development of World Health Organization guidelines for risk communication during public health and humanitarian emergencies. A total of 6,720 articles were screened, with 24 articles identified for final analysis. The majority of research studies identified were conducted in the United States, were either disaster general or focused on infectious disease outbreak, involved in-service training, and used uncontrolled quantitative or mixed method research designs. Synthesized findings suggest that risk communication training should include a focus on collaboration across agencies, training in working with media, and emphasis on designing messages for specific audience needs. However, certainty of findings was at best moderate due to lack of methodological rigor in most studies.

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“…Breakages are the most common accident faced by tailings dams [1]. The consequences of tailings dam failures are often catastrophic [2]; they can cause huge environmental and human losses, are a serious threat to the life and property of downstream residents and are a major source of environmental pollution that cause secondary disasters [3,4]. Therefore, it is necessary to research the early warning signs of tailings dam failure to improve safety conditions.…”

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Real‐Time Warning and Risk Assessment of Tailings Dam Disaster Status Based on Dynamic Hierarchy‐Grey Relation Analysis

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The consequences of tailings dam breaks are disastrous; although various factors can often result in tailings dam damage, the main cause is poor management. To reduce human supervision errors and ensure that real-time early warnings alerts are sent for any risks, 22 evaluation indexes that affect dam breaks were set up based on inherent and frequency risk. To efficiently predict an early dam break signal for a tailings dam, 12 key evaluation indexes of a dynamic early warning system were screened and a comprehensive consideration of the risk trend was undertaken. The current and future states of the 12 indexes were analyzed based on a borda count and dynamic analytic hierarchy process (AHP) methods and early warning grades for tailings dam damage were evaluated using the dynamic grey relation analysis method. The dynamic AHP method, which avoids the tedious testing and risks of static early warning states, was compared to the traditional method. This research provides a useful basis upon which mining enterprises can select reasonable and effective prediction indexes for risk assessment, fully implement and promote intelligent management of major risks, and conduct accurate and authentic supervision at all levels.

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Scoping the field of disaster exercise evaluation - A literature overview and analysis

Cited by 43 publications

References 121 publications

Disaster Exercises to Prepare Hospitals for Mass-Casualty Incidents: Does it Contribute to Preparedness or is it Ritualism?

Disaster Exercises to Prepare Hospitals for Mass-Casualty Incidents: Does it Contribute to Preparedness or is it Ritualism?

A Systematic Review of Literature on Effectiveness of Training in Emergency Risk Communication

Real‐Time Warning and Risk Assessment of Tailings Dam Disaster Status Based on Dynamic Hierarchy‐Grey Relation Analysis

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