Factors related to the disaster preparedness of patients on haemodialysis from Sichuan, China, during COVID‐19: A cross‐sectional study
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DOI: 10.1002/nop2.70005
Abstract: This study aimed to investigate personal preparedness among patients on haemodialysis (HD) and to examine the relationship among sociodemographic characteristics, attitudes toward disaster preparedness and personal preparedness behaviours during natural disaster incidents. read more here.
Keywords: disaster; patients haemodialysis; disaster preparedness; factors related ... See more keywords
Associations of death-preparedness states with bereavement outcomes for family caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients.
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DOI: 10.1002/pon.5827
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Death preparedness involves cognitive prognostic awareness and emotional acceptance of a relative's death. Effects of retrospectively assessed cognitive prognostic awareness and emotional preparedness for patient death have been individually investigated among bereaved family caregivers.… read more here.
Keywords: death; preparedness state; bereavement outcomes; preparedness states ... See more keywords
Factors associated with cancer patients' distinct death-preparedness states.
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DOI: 10.1002/pon.6146
Abstract: BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE Facilitating death preparedness is important for improving cancer patients' quality of death and dying. We aimed to identify factors associated with the four death-preparedness states (no-preparedness, cognitive-only, emotional-only, and sufficient-preparedness) focusing on modifiable factors.… read more here.
Keywords: death preparedness; factors associated; cancer patients; death ... See more keywords
A national study of in-hospital preparedness for Mass Casualty Incidents and disasters
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DOI: 10.1007/s00068-024-02685-7
Abstract: The current geopolitical situation and climate changes accentuate the importance of health preparedness. The aim was to examine the in-hospital preparedness for Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI) and Major Incidents (MI) on a national level. A… read more here.
Keywords: hospital; preparedness mass; hospital preparedness; preparedness ... See more keywords
A telehealth intervention to increase patient preparedness for surgery: a randomized trial
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DOI: 10.1007/s00192-021-04831-w
Abstract: Methods to increase surgical preparedness in urogynecology are lacking. Our objective was to evaluate the impact of a preoperative provider-initiated telehealth call on surgical preparedness. This was a multicenter randomized controlled trial. Women undergoing surgery… read more here.
Keywords: surgery; preparedness; telehealth call; telehealth ... See more keywords
Understanding the culture of natural disaster preparedness: exploring the effect of experience and sociodemographic predictors
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DOI: 10.1007/s11069-020-04060-2
Abstract: Understanding the culture of preparedness is essential to improve public policies and programs aimed to promote population preparedness to cope with natural hazards. The present study seeks to explore the influence of experience and sociodemographic… read more here.
Keywords: natural disaster; understanding culture; level; experience sociodemographic ... See more keywords
Learning from African entrepreneurship—on the psychological function of entrepreneurial preparedness
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DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00960-w
Abstract: Psychological preparedness for entrepreneurial actions helps to connect macro-institutional support for entrepreneurs to actions of entrepreneurs. Action knowledge and personal initiative are part of entrepreneurial preparedness, and there are two training concepts that have been… read more here.
Keywords: entrepreneurship; training; entrepreneurial preparedness; personal initiative ... See more keywords
Schools’ Flood Emergency Preparedness in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
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DOI: 10.1007/s13753-018-0175-8
Abstract: Pakistan is highly exposed to climate-induced disasters, especially floods. Flooding history shows that educational establishments have been disproportionately hard-hit by flooding events. In Pakistan, school safety and preparedness is still a choice, rather than a… read more here.
Keywords: pakistan; disaster; school; emergency ... See more keywords
The Role of the Federal Government in Supporting Domestic Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
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DOI: 10.1007/s40746-019-00162-7
Abstract: Purpose of reviewA series of serious domestic catastrophes in the new millennium brought attention to many of the specific vulnerabilities of children in disaster. Both on its own initiative and steered by advisory bodies, since… read more here.
Keywords: preparedness; federal government; preparedness response; disaster ... See more keywords
Implementing a High-Consequence Infectious Disease Preparedness Program at an Urban Community Hospital
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.06.050
Abstract: Background Despite lessons learned following healthcare worker (HCW) acquisition of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) during the 2014-2016 outbreak, a 2018 facility assessment revealed multiple gaps in preparedness. This project utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to prepare… read more here.
Keywords: high consequence; urban community; disease; consequence infectious ... See more keywords
Reimagining health preparedness in the aftermath of COVID-19.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.08.020
Abstract: Efficiency is an essential part of sustainable healthcare, especially in emergency and acute care (including surgical) settings. Waste minimisation, streamlined processes, and lean principles are all important for responsible stewardship of finite health resources. However,… read more here.
Keywords: reimagining health; health preparedness; aftermath covid; preparedness aftermath ... See more keywords