Challenges in Public Health Rapid Response Team Management
Autor: | Lisa Moorhouse, Ashley L. Greiner, Cyrus Shahpar, Tasha Stehling-Ariza, John C Neatherlin, Adela Hoffman, Coralie Giese, Dante Bugli |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science) Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject 030231 tropical medicine Management Monitoring Policy and Law urologic and male genital diseases Global Health International Health Regulations Article Disease Outbreaks 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Global health medicine Humans Operations management 030212 general & internal medicine Health Workforce Rapid response team Function (engineering) media_common Standardized approach Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Identification (information) Emergency response Emergency Medicine Business Public Health Safety Research Public Health Administration |
Zdroj: | Health Secur |
ISSN: | 2326-5108 |
Popis: | The International Health Regulations (2005) dictate the need for states parties to establish capacity to respond promptly and effectively to public health risks. Public health rapid response teams (RRTs) can fulfill this need as a component of a larger public health emergency response infrastructure. However, lack of a standardized approach to establishing and managing RRTs can lead to substantial delays in effective response measures. As part of the Global Health Security Agenda, national governments have sought to develop and more formally institute their RRTs. RRT challenges were identified from 21 countries spanning 4 continents from 2016 to 2018 through direct observation of RRTs deployed during public health emergencies, discussions with RRT managers involved in outbreak response, and during formal RRT management training workshops. One major challenge identified is the development and maintenance of an RRT roster to ensure deployable surge staff identification, selection, and availability. Another challenge is ensuring that RRT members are trained and have the relevant competencies to be effective in the field. Finally, the lack of defined RRT standard operating procedures covering both nonemergency maintenance measures and the multistage emergency response processes required for RRT function can delay the RRT's response time and effectiveness. These findings highlight the importance of planning to preemptively address these challenges to ensure rapid and effective response measures, ultimately strengthening global health security. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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