Open AccessRapid Health Needs Assessment Experience in 11 August 2012 East Azerbaijan Earthquakes: A Qualitative Study
Author(s) -
Javad Babaie,
Shandiz Moslehi,
Ali Ardalan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
plos currents
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 2157-3999
DOI - 10.1371/currents.dis.308f6140d54f78fd1680e2b9e6460ae3
Subject(s) - preparedness , qualitative research , grounded theory , health care , data collection , process (computing) , medicine , nursing , environmental health , psychology , political science , sociology , computer science , social science , law , operating system
In disasters, health care providers need to find out the essential needs of the affected populations through Rapid Health Needs Assessment (RHNA). In East Azerbaijan earthquakes, a rapid assessment was performed by the provincial health system. The main purpose of this study was to explore the RHNA challenges.