title: Optimal evidence in difficult settings: improving health interventions and decision making in disasters.
abstract: Martin Gerdin and colleagues argue that disaster health interventions and decision-making can benefit from an evidence-based approach Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research on Health Care in Disasters, Health Systems and Policy, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gerdin
authors.affiliation: All-Ireland Hub for Trials Methodology Research, Centre for Public Health, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Queens University Belfast, Royal Hospitals, Belfast, United Kingdom; Evidence Aid, Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.affiliation: Evidence Aid, Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.affiliation: Evidence Aid, Centre for Global Health & School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Bonnix
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kayabu
authors.affiliation: The Lancet, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Summerskill
authors.affiliation: National University of Ireland Galway & West Northwest Hospitals Group, Ireland.
authors.forename: Declan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Devane
authors.affiliation: Centre for Global Health & School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Malcolm
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: MacLachlan
authors.affiliation: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Spiegel
authors.affiliation: Extreme Events and Health Protection, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Anjan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.affiliation: Operational Research, Médecins Sans Frontières- Brussels Operational Centre, Gasperich, Luxembourg.
authors.forename: Rony
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zachariah
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunisation, Hepatitis and Blood Safety, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Saurabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Medicine Editorial Director, PLOS, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Barbour
authors.affiliation: Extreme Events and Health Protection, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research on Health Care in Disasters, Health Systems and Policy, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: von Schreeb
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004190:Disasters; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D012196:Review Literature as Topic
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