Turris Sheila A, Steenkamp Malinda, Lund Adam, Hutton Alison, Ranse Jamie, Bowles Ron, Arbuthnott Katherine, Anikeeva Olga, Arbon Paul
1Department of Emergency Medicine,University of British Columbia (UBC),Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada.
3WHO Collaborating Centre on Mass Gatherings and High Consequence/High Visibility Events,Torrens Resilience Institute,Flinders University,Adelaide,South Australia,Australia.
Prehosp Disaster Med. 2016 Apr;31(2):220-3. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X1600011X. Epub 2016 Feb 4.
Mass gatherings (MGs) occur worldwide on any given day, yet mass-gathering health (MGH) is a relatively new field of scientific inquiry. As the science underpinning the study of MGH continues to develop, there will be increasing opportunities to improve health and safety of those attending events. The emerging body of MG literature demonstrates considerable variation in the collection and reporting of data. This complicates comparison across settings and limits the value and utility of these reported data. Standardization of data points and/or reporting in relation to events would aid in creating a robust evidence base from which governments, researchers, clinicians, and event planners could benefit. Moving towards international consensus on any topic is a complex undertaking. This report describes a collaborative initiative to develop consensus on key concepts and data definitions for a MGH "Minimum Data Set." This report makes transparent the process undertaken, demonstrates a pragmatic way of managing international collaboration, and proposes a number of steps for progressing international consensus. The process included correspondence through a journal, face-to-face meetings at a conference, then a four-day working meeting; virtual meetings over a two-year period supported by online project management tools; consultation with an international group of MGH researchers via an online Delphi process; and a workshop delivered at the 19thWorld Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine held in Cape Town, South Africa in April 2015. This resulted in an agreement by workshop participants that there is a need for international consensus on key concepts and data definitions.
每天世界各地都会举行大型集会（MGs），然而大型集会健康（MGH）却是一个相对较新的科学研究领域。随着支撑MGH研究的科学不断发展，改善参会人员健康与安全的机会将会越来越多。新兴的MG文献表明，在数据收集和报告方面存在相当大的差异。这使得不同环境下的比较变得复杂，并限制了这些报告数据的价值和效用。与活动相关的数据点和/或报告的标准化将有助于建立一个强大的证据基础，政府、研究人员、临床医生和活动策划者都能从中受益。就任何主题达成国际共识都是一项复杂的工作。本报告描述了一项合作倡议，旨在就MGH“最小数据集”的关键概念和数据定义达成共识。本报告公开了所采取的过程，展示了管理国际合作的务实方法，并提出了推进国际共识的若干步骤。该过程包括通过期刊进行通信、在会议上进行面对面会议，然后是为期四天的工作会议；在两年时间里通过在线项目管理工具支持的虚拟会议；通过在线德尔菲法与MGH国际研究人员小组进行磋商；以及在2015年4月于南非开普敦举行的第19届世界灾难与急诊医学大会上举办的一次研讨会。这导致研讨会参与者达成一致意见，即需要就关键概念和数据定义达成国际共识。
