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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1338839
This article is part of the Research Topic Learning Interventions and Training: Providing Support during Health Emergencies View all articles

Composition and influencing factorsof professionals' capacity in public health emergency rescues: A qualitative study

Provisionally accepted
Fangfang Zhong Fangfang Zhong Yin Lin Yin Lin *Ying Chen Ying Chen *Gao Yazhuo Gao Yazhuo Xuahua Zhu Xuahua Zhu *
  • Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China

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    Objectives: To explore the composition and influencing factors of professionals' capacity in public health emergency rescues. Methods: The study adopted a descriptive qualitative method. The researchers recruited medical workers, managers and members of the emergency rescue team in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, to participate through a purposive sampling method. This study collected the data using semi-structured interviews and analyzed it through a conventional content analysis method. Results: 2 themes and 13 sub-themes emerged from the analysis: ability composition (knowledge reserve, early warning assessment, information reporting, emergency response, public health response, personal ability, coordination and cooperation, health education) and influencing factors (educational background, region, experience, hospital level, human resources and financial investment).The study on the composition and influencing factors of professionals' capacity in public health emergency rescues can provide the basis for the construction of relevant indicator system, and provide a reference for relevant departments to further optimize the emergency education and training mode, strengthen emergency drills, and improve the actual combat ability. At the same time, it is necessary to pay attention to the construction of emergency rescue team, adjust the ratio of personnel, improve the remuneration, and mobilize the work enthusiasm, to improve the emergency rescue ability.

    Keywords: professional, Public health emergencies, Emergency rescue, Ability composition, influencing factor, qualitative research

    Received: 15 Nov 2023; Accepted: 22 Apr 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Zhong, Lin, Chen, Yazhuo and Zhu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Yin Lin, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
    Ying Chen, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
    Xuahua Zhu, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China

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