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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

The Reliability and Feasibility of the HESPER Web to Assess Perceived Needs in a Population Affected by a Humanitarian Emergency.

Karin Hugelius, Charles Nandain, Maya Semrau, Marie Holmefur

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Karin HugeliusFaculty of Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, Örebro University, 701 82 Örebro, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-0534-4593
Charles NandainSchool of Education and Social Sciences, International Leadership University, Nairobi 00200, Kenya.
Maya SemrauCentre for Global Health Research, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton BN1 9PX, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0366-1093
Marie HolmefurFaculty of Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, Örebro University, 701 82 Örebro, Sweden.

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Abstract

Needs assessment is essential in the humanitarian response, and perceived needs can be associated with the levels of health in populations affected by humanitarian emergencies. This study aimed to evaluate the reliability and feasibility of The Humanitarian Emergency Settings Perceived Needs Web (HESPER Web) in a humanitarian context and to compare perceived needs of a random walk study sample with a self-selected study sample recruited though social media. The study context was the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. An alternate forms reliability evaluation and a feasibility evaluation was conducted. In total, 308 refugees participated in the study. HESPER Web was found to be reliable and usable for assessing needs, with an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of 0.88, Cohen's κ between 0.43 and 1.0 and a first priority need rating match of 81%. The HESPER Web was positively experienced, and the self-recruited study sample reported similar levels of needs and similar demographics as the randomized sample. The participants reported several unmet needs. HESPER Web offers a reliable tool for needs assessment in humanitarian emergencies where web-based surveys are considered as practical and suitable. It offers new possibilities for conducting remote assessments and research studies that include humanitarian populations that are rarely included in such evaluations.

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EmergenciesRelief WorkFeasibility StudiesHumansInternetKenyaReproducibility of Resultsdisaster healthhumanitarian emergenciesmental healthneeds assessmentrefugee health

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PMID33546304
PMCPMC7913532

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