iran's health system is expanding the disaster and emergency higher education programs over the country to enhance the capacity of human resources for effective and efficient disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. in this article we present an overview about the initiatives and progress of disaster and emergency health higher education in iran. following the bam earthquake, i...

There is a great deal of literature in the areas of: (1) medical demography; (2) the effect of disasters on first responders; (3) measuring the immediate demographic and social effects of a disaster; and (4) the short and long term economic and financial effects of disasters. However, there is very little if anything about the demographic effects of large scale disasters on medical providers on...

Information technology (IT) has become strongly established as a supporting tool for many professional tasks in recent years. A knowledge management system can undertake intelligent tasks in a specific domain that is normally performed by highly skilled people. Typically, the success of such a system relies on the ability to represent the knowledge for a particular subject. Post-disaster recons...

Iran's health system is expanding the disaster and emergency higher education programs over the country to enhance the capacity of human resources for effective and efficient disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. In this article we present an overview about the initiatives and progress of disaster and emergency health higher education in Iran. Following the Bam earthquake, i...

This study aims to see how the post-disaster management carried out by BPBD of West Aceh Regency in handling. uses a qualitative method with case approach. The theory used about disaster management, there are 3 stages indicators rehabilitation and reconstruction coverage, namely (1) Pre-Disaster, (2) During Event, (3) Post-Disaster. results indicate that Disaster Management District Post-Disast...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Growing evidence is indicating that some of disaster affected people face challenges to resume normal life several months after an earthquake. However, there is no sufficient in-depth understanding of complex process of resuming normal life after an earthquake in Iran, as one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, and in rural areas as a particular setting. ...

1Department of Nursing, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2Sina Trauma and Surgical Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Department of Health in Emergency and Disaster , School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 4Department of Nursing, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan Branch, ...

Abstract Information is a crucial aspect in disaster management. A reliable information systems play an important role every stages of activities: pre-disaster, response, and post-disaster. This study aims to develop post-disaster system related rehabilitation reconstruction activities. Development the adopt System Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology: requirement, analysis, design, implementation. wa...