Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Carter Center, Liberia Mental Health Initiative, Atlanta, GA.
Nurs Outlook. 2015 Jan-Feb;63(1):12-5. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2014.11.010. Epub 2014 Dec 1.
To effectively address the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, it must be viewed in terms of the connections between health, politics, security, the environment, and poverty. For the people in the countries involved and those responding, it is more than the viral illness. Although the medical management of the disease is far from simple, it is really only the proximal event of much greater social upheaval in the region, creating what is known as a complex humanitarian emergency (CHE). This article describes a course to introduce nursing students to CHEs and the role of nurses in the field of global response. CHEs are becoming more frequent with high death and disease rates. Nurses must become familiar with their complexity and multifaceted response. Although the planning for the course predated the current epidemic, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa served as an excellent exemplar for the health sector response in CHEs.
为了有效应对西非的埃博拉疫情，必须从卫生、政治、安全、环境和贫困之间的联系来考虑。对于相关国家的人民和应对疫情的人来说，这不仅仅是一种病毒性疾病。尽管该疾病的医疗管理远非简单，但它确实只是该地区更大社会动荡的近端事件，造成了所谓的复杂人道主义紧急情况（CHE）。本文描述了一门课程，旨在向护理学生介绍 CHE 和护士在全球应对领域中的作用。随着高死亡率和疾病率的出现， CHE 变得更加频繁。护士必须熟悉其复杂性和多方面的应对措施。尽管该课程的规划早于当前的疫情，但西非的埃博拉疫情为 CHE 中的卫生部门应对提供了一个极好的范例。
