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Assessing public health capabilities during emergency preparedness tabletop exercises: reliability and validity of a measurement tool.
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- Malaria Elimination in China: Improving County-Level Malaria Personnel Knowledge of the 1-3-7 Strategy through Tabletop Exercises.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
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- Meta-evaluation of published studies on evaluation of health disaster preparedness exercises through a systematic review.Journal of education and health promotion · 2018Article
- The evidence base of primary research in public health emergency preparedness: a scoping review and stakeholder consultation.BMC public health · 2015Article
- Incorporating research and evaluation into pandemic influenza vaccination preparedness and response.Emerging infectious diseases · 2014Article
- Emergency management in health: key issues and challenges in the UK.BMC public health · 2012Article
- Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats tabletop exercise: foodborne toxoplasmosis outbreak on college campuses.Biosecurity and bioterrorism : biodefense strategy, practice, and science · 2012Article
- Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) performance in Iran; decision making during disasters.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2012Article
- Public health emergency preparedness exercises: lessons learned.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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objectivesImproving the ability of local public health agencies to respond to large-scale emergencies is an ongoing challenge. Tabletop exercises can provide an opportunity for individuals and groups to practice coordination of emergency response and evaluate performance. The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable self-assessment performance measurement tool for tabletop exercise participants.
methodsThe study population comprised 179 public officials who attended three tabletop exercises in Massachusetts and Maine between September 2005 and November 2006. A 42-item questionnaire was developed to assess five public health functional capabilities: (1) leadership and management, (2) mass casualty care, (3) communication, (4) disease control and prevention, and (5) surveillance and epidemiology. Analyses were undertaken to examine internal consistency, associations among scales, the empirical structure of the items, and inter-rater agreement.
resultsThirty-seven questions were retained in the final questionnaire and grouped according to the original five domains. Alpha coefficients were 0.81 or higher for all scales. The five-factor solution from the principal components analysis accounted for 60% of the total variance, and the factor structure was consistent with the five domains of the original conceptual model. Inter-rater agreement ranged from good to excellent.
conclusionsThe resulting 37-item performance measurement tool was found to reliably measure public health functional capabilities in a tabletop exercise setting, with preliminary evidence of a factor structure consistent with the original conceptualization and of criterion-related validity.
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