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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 5 of 5 Research Studies DisplayedMorris AM, Ricci KA, Griffin AR
AHRQ Author: Heslin KC
Personal and professional challenges confronted by hospital staff following hurricane sandy: a qualitative assessment of management perspectives.
This qualitative study assessed the personal and professional challenges that affected staff decisions to report to work following a natural disaster and examined the role of management in addressing staff needs and concerns. Results indicated that staff encountered several barriers in the initial post-Sandy period including transportation problems, personal property damage, and communication issues.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Morris AM, Ricci KA, Griffin AR .
Personal and professional challenges confronted by hospital staff following hurricane sandy: a qualitative assessment of management perspectives.
BMC Emerg Med 2016 May 5;16(1):18. doi: 10.1186/s12873-016-0082-5.
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Keywords: Communication, Emergency Preparedness, Workforce
Farra S, Miller ET, Gneuhs M
Evacuation performance evaluation tool.
The authors described the development and implications of a disaster evacuation performance tool that measures one portion of the very complex process of evacuation. The tool was pilot tested with an administrative, medical, and nursing leadership group and then implemented with a group of healthcare workers during a disaster exercise. The authors found that the Delphi process based on the conceptual framework of DeVellis yielded a psychometrically sound evacuation performance evaluation tool for a neonatal intensive care unit.
AHRQ-funded; HS023149.
Citation: Farra S, Miller ET, Gneuhs M .
Evacuation performance evaluation tool.
Am J Disaster Med 2016 Spring;11(2):131-36. doi: 10.5055/ajdm.2016.0232.
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Keywords: Emergency Preparedness, Hospitals, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Children/Adolescents, Training
Jenkins PC, Richardson CR, Norton EC
Trauma surge index: advancing the measurement of trauma surges and their influence on mortality.
The authors developed a new measure of hospital capacity strain corresponding to trauma admissions and examined the relationship between trauma surges and inpatient mortality. Their Trauma Surge Index (TSI) method can be implemented by hospitals and trauma systems to examine periods of high-capacity strain retrospectively, identify specific resources that might have been needed, and better direct future investments in an evidence-based manner.
AHRQ-funded; HS020672.
Citation: Jenkins PC, Richardson CR, Norton EC .
Trauma surge index: advancing the measurement of trauma surges and their influence on mortality.
J Am Coll Surg 2015 Sep;221(3):729-38.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.05.016.
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Keywords: Emergency Preparedness, Hospitals, Injuries and Wounds, Mortality, Trauma
Ricci KA, Griffin AR, Heslin KC
AHRQ Author: Heslin KC
Evacuate or shelter-in-place? The role of corporate memory and political environment in hospital-evacuation decision making.
This study was conducted to identify factors that most heavily influenced the decisions to evacuate the Manhattan Veterans Administration Medical Center before Hurricane Irene in 2011 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with 11 senior leaders on the processes and factors that influenced their evacuation decisions.
AHRQ-authored
Citation: Ricci KA, Griffin AR, Heslin KC .
Evacuate or shelter-in-place? The role of corporate memory and political environment in hospital-evacuation decision making.
Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015 Jun;30(3):233-8. doi: 10.1017/s1049023x15000229..
Keywords: Emergency Preparedness, Shared Decision Making, Hospitals
Matthews Pillemer F, Blendon RJ, Zaslavsky AM
Predicting support for non-pharmaceutical interventions during infectious outbreaks: a four region analysis.
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as quarantines and face masks are socially and economically disruptive, and usually require compliance by a significant proportion of the population to be effective. The researchers investigated the predictors of NPI support in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and the United States. They found NPI support varies widely by region, possibly because of cultural variation and prior experience.
AHRQ-funded; HS000055; HS017587.
Citation: Matthews Pillemer F, Blendon RJ, Zaslavsky AM .
Predicting support for non-pharmaceutical interventions during infectious outbreaks: a four region analysis.
Disasters 2015 Jan;39(1):125-45. doi: 10.1111/disa.12089..
Keywords: Public Health, Prevention, Infectious Diseases, Emergency Preparedness