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: Received: 26 October 2024 / Approved: 26 October 2024 / Online: 28 October 2024 (13:39:04 CET)
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Al qaf'an, E.; Alford, S.; Mack, H. A.; Sekhon, R.; Gray, S.; Song, K.; Willson, K.; Kelly, G.; Lim, D. A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Rural Primary Healthcare Professionals’ Capacity for Disaster Health Management Pre- and During-COVID-19. Preprints2024, 2024102085. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2085.v1
Al qaf'an, E.; Alford, S.; Mack, H. A.; Sekhon, R.; Gray, S.; Song, K.; Willson, K.; Kelly, G.; Lim, D. A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Rural Primary Healthcare Professionals’ Capacity for Disaster Health Management Pre- and During-COVID-19. Preprints 2024, 2024102085. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2085.v1
Al qaf'an, E.; Alford, S.; Mack, H. A.; Sekhon, R.; Gray, S.; Song, K.; Willson, K.; Kelly, G.; Lim, D. A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Rural Primary Healthcare Professionals’ Capacity for Disaster Health Management Pre- and During-COVID-19. Preprints2024, 2024102085. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2085.v1
APA Style
Al qaf'an, E., Alford, S., Mack, H. A., Sekhon, R., Gray, S., Song, K., Willson, K., Kelly, G., & Lim, D. (2024). A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Rural Primary Healthcare Professionals’ Capacity for Disaster Health Management Pre- and During-COVID-19. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2085.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Al qaf'an, E., Glynn Kelly and David Lim. 2024 "A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Rural Primary Healthcare Professionals’ Capacity for Disaster Health Management Pre- and During-COVID-19" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2085.v1
Abstract
Introduction: Rural areas face additional challenges in preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters. This study aimed to understand how rural General Practitioners PHCPs perceive their roles, involvement, and capacity in disaster health management. Methods: For this qualitative descriptive research, semi-structured interviews were carried out with convenience and purposive samples of rural PHCPs before and during the COVID pandemic. Open, axial, and selective coding were employed to analyse the data inductively. Results: five interviews were conducted pre-COVID and ten interviews during the second and third waves of COVID. Identified themes were similar between the two periods. Rural PHCPs were underutilised due to a lack of awareness of their capacity and a lack of infrastructure and support for greater involvement. Conclusion: Rural PHCPs can be better integrated and supported in readiness for a whole of system response to future disasters.
Keywords
Disaster Health Management; Rural Health; General Practitioners; COVID-19; Primary Healthcare
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
Copyright:
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