ReviewDisaster medicine and public health preparedness2021
Tools for Assessment of Country Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies: A Critical Review.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Bridging public health emergency and pharmaceutical supply chain preparedness: a scoping review and framework synthesis.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- A national study of in-hospital preparedness for Mass Casualty Incidents and disasters.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025Article
- Development of health emergency response capability evaluation framework for primary health institutions in metropolis: based on Delphi method and analytic hierarchy process.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Evaluation of prehospital preparedness for major incidents on a national level, with focus on mass casualty incidents.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2024Article
- Preparing for the next outbreak: A review of indices measuring outbreak preparedness, vulnerability, and resilience.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Review
- Assessing health governance across countries: a scoping review protocol on indices and assessment tools applied globally.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Global mapping of epidemic risk assessment toolkits: A scoping review for COVID-19 and future epidemics preparedness implications.PloS one · 2022Article
- Modeling epidemic recovery: An expert elicitation on issues and approaches.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
- Towards defining core principles of public health emergency preparedness: scoping review and Delphi consultation among European Union country experts.BMC public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Recent international communicable disease crises have highlighted the need for countries to assure their preparedness to respond effectively to public health emergencies. The objective of this study was to critically review existing tools to support a country's assessment of its health emergency preparedness. We developed a framework to analyze the expected effectiveness and utility of these tools. Through mixed search strategies, we identified 12 tools with relevance to public health emergencies. There was considerable consensus concerning the critical preparedness system elements to be assessed, although their relative emphasis and means of assessment and measurement varied considerably. Several tools identified appeared to have reporting requirements as their primary aim, rather than primary utility for system self-assessment of the countries and states using the tool. Few tools attempted to give an account of their underlying evidence base. Only some tools were available in a user-friendly electronic modality or included quantitative measures to support the monitoring of system preparedness over time. We conclude there is still a need for improvement in tools available for assessment of country preparedness for public health emergencies, and for applied research to increase identification of system measures that are valid indicators of system response capability.
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