Exploring the health challenges of affected people in the 2023 Khoy earthquake: a content analysis

Exploring the health challenges of affected people in the 2023 Khoy earthquake: a content analysis

An earthquake has significant effects on health and livelihood of people. It is important to identify health needs and challenges of earthquake victims and use them to prepare for other possible earthquakes. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explain the challenges and health needs of earthquake victims in Iran.

The results show two main categories. The main categories “Management as a missing link in unexpected events” includes 9 subcategories: “The challenge of access to emergency resources and health facilities”, “Feeling of abandonment in medical personnel”, “Weakness in the structural safety and infrastructure of the health system”, “Logistical challenges”, “Risk management training”, “Crisis response management challenges”, “Weakness in the intelligent relief system”, “Management of secondary incidents”, and “Need to provide medical services and disease prevention”. Also, the main categories “Emotional actions of people in crisis” consist of 5 subcategories: “Overexcitement”, “Psychological vulnerability of children”, “Physical complaints caused by stress”, “Confusion caused by the lack of reliable information sources” and “Negative effects of living together with several families”.

Masumeh Akbarbegloo, Ahad Heydari, Mahnaz Sanaeefar & Saeed Fallah-Aliabadi

https://bmcemergmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12873-024-01114-7

BMC Emergency Medicine

28 oktober 2024

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