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Mixed‐Methods Pilot Study
Author(s) -
Goodhue Catherine J.,
Demeter Natalie E.,
Burke Rita V.,
Toor Khadija T.,
Upperman Jeffrey S.,
Merritt Russell J.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/0884533615605828
Subject(s) - medicine , focus group , preparedness , disaster preparedness , emergency management , population , family medicine , scale (ratio) , medical emergency , descriptive statistics , health care , rehabilitation , needs assessment , nursing , environmental health , physical therapy , physics , mathematics , economics , law , statistics , marketing , quantum mechanics , political science , business , economic growth , social science , sociology
Background: Children with special healthcare needs are a vulnerable population in disasters. Special‐needs families tend to be less prepared for a disaster than the general public. The purpose of this pilot project was to examine the disaster preparedness levels of families in an intestinal rehabilitation (IR) clinic. Materials and Methods: We administered an anonymous survey to a convenience sample of IR clinic families and conducted 2 focus groups. Descriptive analyses were used for survey data; Atlas.ti was used to analyze focus group data. Results: Survey findings revealed that 69% of families lacked an emergency supply kit, and 93% did not have a clinician‐completed emergency information form. On a scale of 1–10, the mean confidence in their family's disaster preparations was 4.9. The overarching theme from focus group discussions was challenges and/or barriers to disaster preparedness. Conclusion: IR clinic families are generally unprepared for a disaster. These findings are highly relevant to our goal of developing a disaster survival toolkit for the IR families. Toolkits are being distributed in the IR clinic.