Claver Maria, Friedman Darya, Dobalian Aram, Ricci Karen, Horn Mallers Melanie
Veterans Health Administration Emergency Management Evaluation Center and VAGLAHS HSR&D Center of Excellence for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, California State University, Sepulveda, California, USA.
California State University, Fullerton, California, USA.
PLoS Curr. 2012 Dec 12;4:e198d344bc40a75f927c9bc5024279815. doi: 10.1371/198d344bc40a75f927c9bc5024279815.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a key player in emergency management for both veterans and civilians. Unfortunately, limited evidence-based research findings exist regarding the role and experience of VA during disasters. The present study is a systematic literature review of 41 published, peer-reviewed articles regarding VA and emergency management. Trained researchers utilized a data abstraction tool and conducted a qualitative content analysis. A description of article characteristics include methodology, phase of emergency management addressed in the research, and study design. Five topic categories emerged from the review including effects of disaster on mental health status and services use, effects of disaster on general health services use, patient tracking, evacuation, and disaster planning/preparation. Findings were used to generate suggestions for future research.
美国退伍军人事务部（VA）在退伍军人和平民的应急管理中扮演着关键角色。不幸的是，关于VA在灾难期间的作用和经验，现有的循证研究结果有限。本研究是对41篇已发表的、经过同行评审的关于VA与应急管理的文章进行的系统文献综述。训练有素的研究人员使用了数据提取工具并进行了定性内容分析。文章特征描述包括研究方法、研究中涉及的应急管理阶段以及研究设计。综述中出现了五个主题类别，包括灾难对心理健康状况和服务使用的影响、灾难对一般健康服务使用的影响、患者追踪、疏散以及灾难规划/准备。研究结果被用于为未来研究提出建议。
