@article{ref1,
title="Disaster management in low- and middle-income countries: scoping review of the evidence base",
journal="Emergency medicine journal",
year="2014",
author="Lee, Andrew Chee Keng and Booth, Andrew and Challen, Kirsty and Gardois, Paolo and Goodacre, Steve",
volume="31",
number="e1",
pages="e78-e83",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Globally, there has been an increase in the prevalence and scale of disasters with low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) tending to be more affected. Consequently, disaster risk reduction has been advocated as a global priority. However, the evidence base for disaster management in these settings is unclear. METHODS: This study is a scoping review of the evidence base for disaster management in LMIC. Potentially relevant articles between 1990 and 2011 were searched for, assessed for relevance and subsequently categorised using a thematic coding framework based on the US Integrated Emergency Management System model. RESULTS: Out of 1545 articles identified, only 178 were from LMIC settings. Most were of less robust design such as event reports and commentaries, and 66% pertained to natural disasters. There was a paucity of articles on disaster mitigation or recovery, and more were written on disaster response and preparedness issues. DISCUSSION: Considerably more articles were published from high-income country settings that may reflect a publication bias. Current grey literature on disaster management tends not to be peer reviewed, is not well organised and not easy to access. The paucity of peer-reviewed publications compromises evidence review initiatives that seek to provide an evidence-base for disaster management in LMIC. As such, there is an urgent need for greater research and publication of findings on disaster management issues from these settings.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1472-0205",
doi="10.1136/emermed-2013-203298",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2013-203298"
}