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Journal of Disaster and Emergency Research
Volume:1 Issue: 2, May 2018

  • تاریخ انتشار: 1397/06/06
  • تعداد عناوین: 8
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  • Najmeh Maayeshi , Amin Salehi, Abargouei * Pages 51-54
  • Farzaneh Aminharati , Abbas Ali Dehghani Tafti*, Mohammad Hassan Ehrampoush , Azam Aminharaty , Ensieh Masoorian Pages 55-58
  • Adel Eftekhari , Samaneh Mirzaei , Roohangiz Norouzinia , Golrokh Atighechian * Pages 59-66
    Introduction
    Recognizing the factors affecting rail accidents plays a very important role in preventing its recurrence in the future. This study aimed to investigate the factors affecting the collision of two passenger trains near the "Haft Khan Station" between Semnan-Damghan in 2016.
    Methods
    This case study was conducted to collect data from documentation and reports available at news sites and scientific associations, incident reports, and on scene observations of the staff.
    Results
    After describing the accident and exploring the obvious causes of its occurrence, the underlying factors in the accident were identified in three groups: management, individual and environmental conditions.
    Conclusion
    The results of the study showed that there are many factors involved in accidents and controlling effective factors can prevent the occurrence of these event
    Keywords: Analysis, Incidence
  • Mohammadreza Shokouhi , Forouzan Rezapur, Shahkolai * Pages 67-74
    Introduction
    Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are important health problems in the world and particularly in the low and middle-income countries. The prevention of RTIs needs vast coordinated and comprehensive efforts. Iran has one of the highest number of deaths due to the RTIs in the world. The objective of this study was to determine the epidemiological characteristics of fatal RTIs in Hamadan Province, Iran.
    Methods
    This cross-sectional study was conducted in Hamadan province of Iran, during a 24-month period, from 21 March 2009 to 20 March 2011. The data of fatal injuries were obtained from the Forensic Medicine Department of Hamadan province. The data were analyzed by using statistical package for social sciences (version16).
    Results
    This study showed that a number of 1434 road traffic related mortality was reported during two years, including 730 in 21 March 2009 to 20 March 2010 and 704 in 21 March 2010 to 20 March 2011. The highest number of deaths occurred among men (78.66%) and in the age group of 21-40 years (38%). The highest number of deaths occurred among the illiterate and low-literate individuals (52.1%); whereas, the lowest number of deaths occurred among people with university education (9.13%). Furthermore, the most fatal crashes occurred in the summer (35.56%). The head injuries were the most common cause of fatal RTIs (50.20%). The most of the vehicles which were involved with crash related deaths were car and the most of the deaths occurred in the scenes of crashes (48.39%). This study showed that the highest number of deaths occurred among drivers (40.65%) and were on the roads outside the cities (65.13%).
    Conclusion
    The results of this study showed that RITs should be regarded as important health problems. Their characteristics, which were determined in this study, can help to develop more appropriate intervention programs
    Keywords: Injury Prevention, Road Traffic Injury, Injury Related Death, Safety Promotion
  • Sadegh Kazemi , Mohammadreza Sadeghiantafti , Samane Mirzaei , Aziz Rahimi zadeh , Azadeh Najarzadeh * Pages 75-84
    Introduction
    An earthquake with the magnitude of 7.3 Richter occurred near Azgel on the Iranian-Iraqi border in November 2017. Considering the health environment as an important factor in reducing the damages of earthquakes, this study aimed to assess the health status and the health services provided in Azgel area.
    Methods
    This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Villages with a population of 150 or more inhabitants which were supported by 5 rural and urban health centers have been selected. The data collection tools were including the standards Sphere project, for the quantitative and qualitative comparison of facilities and the WHO checklist for evaluating the facilities. The checklist included 7 categories and 14 subcategories and 37 activities which were done by the researcher group for 7 days after 18 days from the earthquake.
    Results
    In the subcategories of the household, the provision and use of design and ready-made places and hand washing, in general, the evaluated activities were in full compliance. The subcategory of the temporary accommodation area of the affected areas in all the regions had 100% relative compliance; since setting up tents was non-principled and with no monitoring by the concerned organizations. In the subcategory of personal protection and provision of disposal facilities for infants, there was a lack of conformity. Five subcategories and 2 activities of all activities are shared with other related organizations and should co-ordinate with other organizations.
    Conclusion
    Evaluating, prioritizing the level of interventions, establishing coordination in conducting common activities, and educating are suggested for providing better and more effective future services
    Keywords: Environmental Health, Kermanshah Earthquake, Natural Disasters
  • Mehdi Mojadam , Morteza Abdullatif Khafaie * Pages 85-91
    Introduction
    Accidents are one of the most important health problems that always threaten children, and inability caused by them not only affects their health but also their education and other dimensions of their life and their families. Therefore, mothers' awareness of incident prevention methods, especially choking, is very important. Therefoe, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of choking in children less than 2 years old and to assess the awareness of mothers referring to health centers in Ahvaz city.
    Methods
    In this cross-sectional study, 100 mothers with at least one under two years old child who referred to Ahvaz health centers to receive routine mother and child care were selected during 2017. Four health centers were randomly selected as clusters from all listed centers and subsequently 53 mothers from west and 47 mothers from East of Ahvaz were recruited. Mother’s awareness measured using a standardized researcher made questionnaire . The groups difference was investigated by chi-square and one-way ANOVA as appropriate. Logistic regression was also used to investigate the association between history of chocking and mother’s awareness.
    Results
    The present study showed that the prevalence of choking in children younger than 2 years old was 19%, and the mean level of awareness of mothers was 16.53 ± 3.51; corresponding for 60% of total awareness score. Despite the higher awareness score among mothers with a child with history of choking there was no significant relationship between the prevalence of choking and awareness of mothers.
    Conclusion
    Although most of mothers had awareness about choking, the frequency of choking was considerable. Therefore, it is suggested to conduct more extensive studies using qualitative method to extract important and effective factors in the occurrence of such events among mothers with child choking experience and design effective interventions for preventative measures in mothers
    Keywords: Choking, Awareness, Mothers, Children
  • Mohammad Sadegh Tavakoli sani*, Sayed Mojtaba Ahmadi , Saeed Taherian , Hassan Goodarzi , Maryam Yosofi Sigari Pages 92-107
    Introduction
    Kermanshah earthquake with magnitude of 7.3 is one of the largest earthquakes in recent decades in Iran. The incident led to discover the existing gaps in the crisis management system in the country. Studying this event based on documented scientific views might reveal the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of crisis-based organizations and provide solutions for solving future problems in similar cases.
    Methods
    In this study, the performance of Red Crescent Society of Khorasan Razavi province as the commander of rescue operations in Sarpol-e Zahab city was investigated. The information and experts' opinions were collected based on SWOT technique and using the AHP method to examine the effective indicators. The effective strategies for the future were also explained and proposed.
    Results
    The average strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and the internal factors identified in the list were presented. Based on the results of this paper, after the expert's opinion about the rescue area, 14 factors were identified as the strength points, 13 factors were considered as weaknesses, 8 factors were identified as opportunities and 15 factors as threats, and then during the process were weighted and prioritized. In the list of external agents, there was some threats. After identifying effective internal and external factors and classifying them based on the Likert spectrum, four groups of weaknesses, strengths, opportunities and threats were used to determine the weight of criteria and indicators of hierarchical analysis. For this purpose, a group of experts was used. Finally, the system growth strategies, maintaining or improving the status of the system, and the weakness of the system were determined.
    Conclusion
    Based on the results and scientific findings obtained from the previous cases, necessary plans should be made in order to carry out the necessary activities at the time of confrontation with any emergency in the country
    Keywords: Earthquakes, Crisis Management System, Red Crescent Society
  • Abbas Ali Dehghani Tafti , Mohammadreza Shokouhi * Pages 108-114
    Introduction
    In November 2017, the earthquake with the magnitudes of 7.3 Richter was occurred near Azgel, on the Iranian-Iraqi border. This study aimed to assess the health status and the health services provided in the earthquake. Because health environment is considered as a key element to reduce earthquake damages.
    Methods
    This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Villages with a population of 150 or more inhabitants which were supported by 5 rural and urban health centers have been selected. The data collection tools were including the standards Sphere project, for the quantitative and qualitative comparison of facilities and the WHO checklist for evaluating the facilities. The checklist included 7 categories and 14 subcategories and 37 activities which were done by the researcher group for 7 days after 18 days from the earthquake.
    Results
    In the subcategories of the household, the provision and use of design and ready-made places and hand washing, in general, the evaluated activities were in full compliance. The subcategory of the temporary accommodation area of the affected areas in all the regions had 100% relative compliance; since setting up tents was non-principled and with no monitoring by the concerned organizations. In the subcategory of personal protection and provision of disposal facilities for infants, there was a lack of conformity. Five subcategories and 2 activities of all activities are shared with other related organizations and should co-ordinate with other organizations.
    Conclusion
    Evaluating, prioritizing the level of interventions, establishing coordination in conducting common activities, and educating are suggested for providing better and more effective future services
    Keywords: Hospital, Preparedness, Unexpected incident