title: [General organizational issues in disaster health response].
abstract: Recent studies show how in the 2004-2005 period there has been an increase in natural disasters of 18% worldwide. According to a renowned author planning for disaster response is as valid as the starting hypothesis. The study of an inductive mental process in disaster response planning is the key to avoiding the invention and re-invention of the wheel for each emergency. Research in this field however is hampered by different factors one of which is data collection that during disaster response requires specific training. Standardization of data collection models with limitation of the number of variables is required as is taking into account problems related to people migration and subsequent sampling problems and retrospective analysis. Moreover poor attention to the training of the volunteers employed on the field is an issue to be considered.
authors.affiliation: Croce Rossa Italiana, Ufficio Attivita di Cooperazione e Sviluppo Sanitario Internazionale; Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Universita degli Studi di Roma, La Sapienza, Italy.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Pacifici
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Riccardo
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: De Rosa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pacini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nardi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scaroni
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004190:Disasters; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D012011:Red Cross; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014480:United Nations; D014481:United States; D014489:United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration; D014838:Volunteers / Q000193:education