Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-dlnhk Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-01T11:38:21.639Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Resilience of Public Healthcare Systems for ‘Build Back Better’: An Evaluation Analysis Using a Scorecard Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2024

Ismail Tayfur
Affiliation:
University of Health Science, Sancaktepe Şehit Prof. Dr. İlhan Varank Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Mayumi Kako
Affiliation:
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
Abdülkadir Gündüz
Affiliation:
Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
Md Moshiur Rahman
Affiliation:
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
Benjamin Ryan
Affiliation:
Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Perihan Şimşek
Affiliation:
Trabzon University, Trabzon, Turkey
Shelby Garner
Affiliation:
Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Burcu Bayramoğlu
Affiliation:
University of Health Science, Sancaktepe Şehit Prof. Dr. İlhan Varank Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Tuğçe Öztürk
Affiliation:
University of Health Science, Sancaktepe Şehit Prof. Dr. İlhan Varank Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Chie Teramoto
Affiliation:
Hiroshima university, Hiroshima, Japan
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Objective

This study aims to assess the public healthcare system by implementing a scorecard in Hatay and Kahramanmaras provinces in Türkiye after the Kahmaranmaras earthquake.

Method

The methodology employing in this study, action research, informs the active interaction between participants who have been involved in disaster risk reduction in the variety of capacities, such as affected local government, emergency medicine department, nursing and care association.

Results

The scorecard application was carried out with 18 participants in Maraş and 22 in Hatay. The scorecard application shows that the items with the lowest scores in Hatay were related to the resilience of public health infrastructure and key health facilities, and the fulfilment of society’s role in disasters. In Maraş, on the other hand, coping with patient surge in disaster, fulfilment of society’s role in disasters, and mental health services in the context of disasters.

Conclusions

With the participation in scorecard workshop, communications between these stakeholders for community public healthcare system can discuss the best way to prepare and collaborate to promote further community disaster risk reduction planning during post-disaster recovery phase.

Type
Abstract
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc
Supplementary material: File

Tayfur et al. supplementary material

Tayfur et al. supplementary material
Download Tayfur et al. supplementary material(File)
File 2.2 MB