Gershon Robyn R M, Rubin Marcie S, Qureshi Kristine A, Canton Allison N, Matzner Frederick J
Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2008 Oct;2(3):142-9. doi: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e318184b48f.
Participatory action research (PAR) methodology is an effective tool in identifying and implementing risk-reduction interventions. It has been used extensively in occupational health research, but not, to our knowledge, in disaster research. A PAR framework was incorporated into the World Trade Center evacuation study, which was designed to identify the individual, organizational, and structural (environmental) factors that affected evacuation from the World Trade Center Towers 1 and 2 on September 11, 2001. PAR teams-comprising World Trade Center evacuees, study investigators, and expert consultants-worked collaboratively to develop a set of recommendations designed to facilitate evacuation from high-rise office buildings and reduce risk of injury among evacuees.
Two PAR teams worked first separately and then collectively to identify data-driven strategies for improvement of high-rise building evacuation.
The teams identified interventions targeting individual, organizational, and structural (environmental) barriers to safe and rapid evacuation.
PAR teams were effective in identifying numerous feasible and cost-effective strategies for improvement of high-rise emergency preparedness and evacuation. This approach may have utility in other workplace disaster prevention planning and response programs.
参与式行动研究（PAR）方法是识别和实施风险降低干预措施的有效工具。它已在职业健康研究中广泛应用，但据我们所知，尚未用于灾害研究。一个PAR框架被纳入世界贸易中心疏散研究，该研究旨在识别影响2001年9月11日从世界贸易中心1号楼和2号楼疏散的个人、组织和结构（环境）因素。由世界贸易中心疏散者、研究调查人员和专家顾问组成的PAR团队共同合作，制定了一套建议，旨在促进从高层办公楼疏散并降低疏散者受伤风险。
两个PAR团队首先分别开展工作，然后共同确定以数据为驱动的改善高层建筑疏散的策略。
团队确定了针对安全快速疏散的个人、组织和结构（环境）障碍的干预措施。
PAR团队有效地识别了众多可行且具有成本效益的改善高层应急准备和疏散的策略。这种方法可能在其他工作场所灾害预防规划和应对计划中具有实用性。
