Publications by authors named "Marcelo F Dell'Aringa"
Article Synopsis
- Health workforce development is crucial for effective health systems and managing health emergencies, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) and high-income countries (HIC).
- A Delphi consensus study with 31 international experts assessed 46 recommendations for strengthening Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health EDRM), resulting in 44 statements from the LMIC group and 34 from the HIC group reaching consensus.
- Key areas needing attention included Human Resources, Planning and Coordination, and Community Capacities in LMIC, while Policies, Strategies, and Human Resources were focal points in HIC, leading to actionable recommendations for workforce improvement in Health EDRM.
Objective: Disasters may have major impacts to mental health and to the utilization of mental health services (MHS). Moreover, these effects may be worsened by the preclusion of access to basic services following the event. The aim of this study is to evaluate the utilization of public MHS by the population that suffered water supply interruption following the Mariana Dam Failure in Brazil, 2015.
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- * The 2019 Health EDRM Framework outlines essential functions for managing disasters through stages like prevention and recovery to enhance community health resilience.
- * A project launched in June 2020 is conducting literature reviews and expert studies to identify competencies for Health EDRM training and create strategies for workforce development across different countries.
Introduction: Italy is prone to major earthquakes and has experienced several devastating earthquakes in the far and recent past. The objectives of this study were to assess the level of Italian households' preparedness for earthquakes and to measure the public's perception of the risk and its impact on preparedness behavior.
Hypothesis: Italian households' preparedness for earthquakes is insufficient and is influenced by different threat perception components that were assessed.