Factors associated with healthcare workers willingness to participate in disasters: a cross-sectional study in Sana’a, Yemen

ObjectivesWillingness to participate in disasters is usually overlooked and not addressed in disaster preparedness training courses to ensure health service coverage. This will lead to issues during the disaster’s response. This study, therefore, aims to assess healthcare workers willingness to part...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ open 2019-10, Vol.9 (10), p.e030547-e030547
Hauptverfasser: Al-Hunaishi, Weiam, Hoe, Victor CW, Chinna, Karuthan
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:ObjectivesWillingness to participate in disasters is usually overlooked and not addressed in disaster preparedness training courses to ensure health service coverage. This will lead to issues during the disaster’s response. This study, therefore, aims to assess healthcare workers willingness to participate in biological and natural disasters, and to identify its associated factors.DesignThis is a cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed to 1093 healthcare workers. The data were analysed using multiple logistic regression with significance level p
ISSN:2044-6055
2044-6055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030547