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Learning lessons from the 2011 Van Earthquake to enhance healthcare surge capacity in Turkey

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posted on 2016-05-24, 10:34 authored by Nebil Achour, Federica Pascale, Andrew Price, Francesco Polverino, Kurtulus Aciksari, Masakatsu Miyajima, Dogac Niyazi Ozucelik, Masaho Yoshida
Historically, Turkey has adopted a reactive approach to natural hazards which resulted in significant losses. However, following the 1999 Kocaeli Earthquake, a more proactive approach has been adopted. This study aims to explore the way this new approach operates on the ground. A multinational and multidisciplinary team conducted a field investigation following the 2011 Van Earthquake to identify lessons to inform healthcare emergency planning in Turkey and elsewhere. The team interviewed selected stakeholders including, healthcare emergency responders, search and rescue services, ambulance services, and health authority representatives, in addition to conducting a focus group. Data were analysed according to an open coding process and SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat) analysis. The findings suggest that the approach succeeded in developing a single vision by consolidating official efforts in a more structured way, mobilising many governmental and non-governmental organisations, securing significant amounts of resources including physical and human, and increasing the resilience and flexibility of infrastructure to expand its capacity. However, more attention is required to the development of stronger management procedures and acquisition of further resources.

History

School

  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Published in

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Volume

15

Issue

1

Pages

74 - 94 (21)

Citation

ACHOUR, N. ...et al., 2016. Learning lessons from the 2011 Van Earthquake to enhance healthcare surge capacity in Turkey. Environmental Hazards-Human and Policy Dimensions, 15(1), pp. 74-94.

Publisher

© Taylor & Francis

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2016-02-10

Notes

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Environmental Hazards-Human and Policy Dimensions on 10 Feb 2016, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17477891.2016.1139539

ISSN

1747-7891

Language

  • en