@article{ref1,
title="Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that impact disaster health research",
journal="American journal of disaster medicine",
year="2020",
author="Kirsch, Thomas D. and Reed, Paul and Strauss-Riggs, Kandra and Sauer, Lauren",
volume="15",
number="3",
pages="169-185",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To characterize the strengths and weaknesses of the current status of  disaster research evidence; and to identify potential interventions specific to the  disciplines of medicine, public health, and social sciences. <br><br>DESIGN: A mixed method  study using nominal group technique and a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and  threats (SWOT) analysis. PARTICIPANTS: Subject matter experts (SMEs) in the fields  of medicine, public health, and social sciences who are engaged in disaster  research. <br><br>RESULTS: The nominal group technique achieved 100 percent response rate. After coding and analysis, ten distinct disaster research evidence themes were  identified: awareness; evidence quality; funding; human resources; interdisciplinary  studies; politics; research process; research topics; sectoral collaboration; and  &quot;other.&quot; Strengths in each area were limited but focused on quality and workforce  pipeline. Weaknesses were limited funding and low research quality. Opportunities  included improving methods and increased interdisciplinary collaboration. The  threats most consistently identified were limited funding and political influences  on disaster research funding. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Disaster research experts from three  disciplines identified a number of barriers and facilitators to improving  disaster-related research. The limited, inconsistent, and episodic funding and the  politics related to it were the greatest and most common barriers. This weakness  needs to be strategically addressed to significantly advance the field of disaster  research.   Keywords: Social Transition; Pipeline transportation<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1932-149X",
doi="10.5055/ajdm.2020.0366",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/ajdm.2020.0366"
}