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Ebola outbreak preparedness planning: a qualitative study of clinicians' experiences
OBJECTIVES: The 2014–15 Ebola outbreak in West Africa highlighted the challenges many hospitals face when preparing for the potential emergence of highly contagious diseases. This study examined the experiences of frontline health care professionals in an Australian hospital during the outbreak, wit...
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The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7118746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28159021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2016.11.008 |
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description | OBJECTIVES: The 2014–15 Ebola outbreak in West Africa highlighted the challenges many hospitals face when preparing for the potential emergence of highly contagious diseases. This study examined the experiences of frontline health care professionals in an Australian hospital during the outbreak, with a focus on participant views on information, training and preparedness, to inform future outbreak preparedness planning. STUDY DESIGN: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 healthcare professionals involved in Ebola preparedness planning, at a hospital in Australia. METHODS: The data were systematically coded to discover key themes in participants' accounts of Ebola preparedness. RESULTS: Three key themes identified were: 1) the impact of high volumes of—often inconsistent—information, which shaped participants' trust in authority; 2) barriers to engagement in training, including the perceived relative risk Ebola presented; and finally, 3) practical and environmental impediments to preparedness. CONCLUSIONS: These clinicians' accounts of Ebola preparedness reveal a range of important factors which may influence the relative success of outbreak preparedness and provide guidance for future responses. In particular, they illustrate the critical importance of clear communication and guidelines for staff engagement with, and implementation of training. An important outcome of this study was how individual assessments of risk and trust are produced via, and overlap with, the dynamics of communication, training and environmental logistics. Consideration of the dynamic ways in which these issues intersect is crucial for fostering an environment that is suitable for managing an infectious threat such as Ebola. |
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spelling | pubmed-71187462020-04-03 Ebola outbreak preparedness planning: a qualitative study of clinicians' experiences Broom, J. Broom, A. Bowden, V. Public Health Article OBJECTIVES: The 2014–15 Ebola outbreak in West Africa highlighted the challenges many hospitals face when preparing for the potential emergence of highly contagious diseases. This study examined the experiences of frontline health care professionals in an Australian hospital during the outbreak, with a focus on participant views on information, training and preparedness, to inform future outbreak preparedness planning. STUDY DESIGN: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 healthcare professionals involved in Ebola preparedness planning, at a hospital in Australia. METHODS: The data were systematically coded to discover key themes in participants' accounts of Ebola preparedness. RESULTS: Three key themes identified were: 1) the impact of high volumes of—often inconsistent—information, which shaped participants' trust in authority; 2) barriers to engagement in training, including the perceived relative risk Ebola presented; and finally, 3) practical and environmental impediments to preparedness. CONCLUSIONS: These clinicians' accounts of Ebola preparedness reveal a range of important factors which may influence the relative success of outbreak preparedness and provide guidance for future responses. In particular, they illustrate the critical importance of clear communication and guidelines for staff engagement with, and implementation of training. An important outcome of this study was how individual assessments of risk and trust are produced via, and overlap with, the dynamics of communication, training and environmental logistics. Consideration of the dynamic ways in which these issues intersect is crucial for fostering an environment that is suitable for managing an infectious threat such as Ebola. The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2017-02 2016-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7118746/ /pubmed/28159021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2016.11.008 Text en © 2016 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
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title | Ebola outbreak preparedness planning: a qualitative study of clinicians' experiences |
title_full | Ebola outbreak preparedness planning: a qualitative study of clinicians' experiences |
title_fullStr | Ebola outbreak preparedness planning: a qualitative study of clinicians' experiences |
title_full_unstemmed | Ebola outbreak preparedness planning: a qualitative study of clinicians' experiences |
title_short | Ebola outbreak preparedness planning: a qualitative study of clinicians' experiences |
title_sort | ebola outbreak preparedness planning: a qualitative study of clinicians' experiences |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7118746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28159021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2016.11.008 |
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