Table 3.
Research priorities in developing Health EDRM competencies in your country for Health EDRM managers and frontline personnel (n=31)
| MANAGEMENT | Managers | Frontline | ||
| score | % | score | % | |
| Planning for health emergency and disaster risk management (across prevention, preparedness, response and recovery) | 112 | 72% | 102 | 66% |
| Organizing health emergency and disaster risk management systems and programs | 108 | 70% | 93 | 60% |
| Effective leadership | 112 | 72% | 97 | 63% |
| Applying management processes | 87 | 56% | 79 | 51% |
| Effective communication systems | 88 | 57% | 91 | 59% |
| TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES | Managers | Frontline | ||
| score | % | score | % | |
| Development of Health EDRM policies, strategies and legislation | 101 | 65% | 63 | 41% |
| Health EDRM capacity assessment | 84 | 54% | 78 | 50% |
| Human resource management | 89 | 57% | 86 | 55% |
| Managing coordination mechanisms | 92 | 59% | 82 | 53% |
| Financial resources – planning and managing budgets | 78 | 50% | 64 | 41% |
| Program management | 76 | 49% | 79 | 51% |
| Management of monitoring and evaluation systems | 87 | 56% | 79 | 51% |
| Risk assessments | 75 | 48% | 74 | 48% |
| Hazard specific knowledge | 61 | 39% | 85 | 55% |
| Understanding of community vulnerabilities | 87 | 56% | 85 | 55% |
| Managing health EDRM programs | 72 | 46% | 64 | 41% |
| Preventing emergency and disaster risk | 80 | 52% | 73 | 47% |
| Preparedness and readiness for emergencies and disasters | 79 | 51% | 85 | 55% |
| Managing emergency and disaster response | 81 | 52% | 87 | 56% |
| Managing emergency and disaster recovery | 78 | 50% | 73 | 47% |
| Surge capacity planning | 78 | 50% | 62 | 40% |
| Emergency health/medical teams | 71 | 46% | 70 | 45% |
| Emergency communications | 85 | 55% | 86 | 55% |
| Emergency operations | 80 | 52% | 80 | 52% |
| Logistics and supply systems | 77 | 50% | 67 | 43% |
| Managing information for emergency operations | 84 | 54% | 73 | 47% |
| Managing incident management systems | 74 | 48% | 77 | 50% |
| Managing emergency operations centers | 76 | 49% | 61 | 39% |
| Managing emergency simulations/exercises | 68 | 44% | 71 | 46% |
| Risk communication/communicating with the public | 91 | 59% | 84 | 54% |
| Managing information and communication systems for Health EDRM | 78 | 50% | 61 | 39% |
| Understanding community capacities, leadership and involvement | 77 | 50% | 67 | 43% |
| Cultural competencies | 69 | 45% | 79 | 51% |
| Knowledge of public health principles and practices | 71 | 46% | 80 | 52% |
| Managing health aspects of mass gatherings | 67 | 43% | 77 | 50% |
| Understanding health needs of populations | 74 | 48% | 72 | 46% |
| Understanding healthcare systems and services | 72 | 46% | 73 | 47% |
| Emergency and disaster medical systems | 77 | 50% | 84 | 54% |
| Safe healthcare facilities | 78 | 50% | 73 | 47% |
| Communicable diseases | 69 | 45% | 81 | 52% |
| Disease surveillance | 74 | 48% | 75 | 48% |
| Occupational health and safety | 73 | 47% | 76 | 49% |
| Environmental health | 65 | 42% | 71 | 46% |
| Managing displaced populations | 73 | 47% | 63 | 41% |
% calculated out of maximum score possible (155)