Chapter 1.1 Introduction
Chapter 1.1 introduces the rationale, context, and structure of the WHO Guidance on Research Methods for Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management.
What is this chapter about?
Reducing the impact of emergencies and disasters on the millions of people worldwide whose health is affected annually by them requires reliable evidence from robust research. The use of high-quality methods in health emergency and disaster risk management (Health EDRM) research can help generate new evidence to help decision-makers better manage risks and consequences of such events and help them adopt evidence-based approaches to assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.
This chapter outlines the unique collection of chapters in the book, which aim to provide straightforward, practical guidance on how to plan, do and report a wide variety of types of research that can answer quantitative and qualitative questions in different settings, with an emphasis on health-related disasters. It also describes the current state of Health EDRM research and existing WHO frameworks.
Authors: Abrahams J, Kayano R, Clarke M, Chan EYY, Murray V.
