International Injury Research Unit, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Suite E-8132, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2010 Oct 6;10:57. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-10-57.
Internet social networking tools and the emerging web 2.0 technologies are providing a new way for web users and health workers in information sharing and knowledge dissemination. Based on the characters of immediate, two-way and large scale of impact, the internet social networking tools have been utilized as a solution in emergency response during disasters. This paper highlights the use of internet social networking in disaster emergency response and public health management of disasters by focusing on a case study of the typhoon Morakot disaster in Taiwan.
In the case of typhoon disaster in Taiwan, internet social networking and mobile technology were found to be helpful for community residents, professional emergency rescuers, and government agencies in gathering and disseminating real-time information, regarding volunteer recruitment and relief supplies allocation. We noted that if internet tools are to be integrated in the development of emergency response system, the accessibility, accuracy, validity, feasibility, privacy and the scalability of itself should be carefully considered especially in the effort of applying it in resource poor settings.
This paper seeks to promote an internet-based emergency response system by integrating internet social networking and information communication technology into central government disaster management system. Web-based networking provides two-way communication which establishes a reliable and accessible tunnel for proximal and distal users in disaster preparedness and management.
互联网社交网络工具和新兴的 Web 2.0 技术为网络用户和卫生工作者提供了一种新的信息共享和知识传播方式。基于即时、双向和大规模影响的特点，互联网社交网络工具已被用作灾害应急响应的一种解决方案。本文通过关注台湾莫拉克台风灾害的案例研究，强调了互联网社交网络在灾害应急响应和灾害公共卫生管理中的应用。
在台湾台风灾害的情况下，互联网社交网络和移动技术被发现有助于社区居民、专业应急救援人员和政府机构收集和传播实时信息，包括志愿者招募和救灾物资分配。我们注意到，如果要将互联网工具集成到应急响应系统的开发中，应仔细考虑其可访问性、准确性、有效性、可行性、隐私性和可扩展性，尤其是在资源匮乏的环境中应用时。
本文旨在通过将互联网社交网络和信息通信技术整合到中央政府灾害管理系统中，推动基于互联网的应急响应系统。基于网络的社交网络提供了双向通信，为灾害准备和管理中的近端和远端用户建立了可靠和可访问的通道。
