TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Perceptions of the utility and acceptability of an emergency child minding service for health staff
JO  - Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
A1  - Lawlor, Jenine
A1  - Franklin, Richard Charles
A1  - Aitken, Peter
A1  - Hooke, Bethany
A1  - Furyk, Jeremy
A1  - Johnson, Andrew
SP  - 485
EP  - 488
VL  - 8
IS  - 6
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Tropical Cyclone Yasi in North Queensland activated the disaster management plans at The Townsville Hospital, including the establishment of an emergency child minding service to facilitate the return of staff to work. <br><br>METHODS: This report describes the establishment of this service and the results of brief electronic surveys that were distributed in the 2 weeks following the cyclone to gather feedback from staff who had placed their children in the care of the service (consumers), staff who had manned the service (staff), and allied health managers whose staff had manned the service (managers). <br><br>RESULTS: Overall, approximately 94 episodes of care were provided by the child minding service. All consumers responded "'yes'" in answer to the question of whether the emergency child minding service facilitated their return to work in the immediate post-disaster period. The survey also identified that a lack of effective advertising may have prevented further uptake of the child minding service. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The provision of an emergency child minding service facilitated the return to work of health care staff immediately after Tropical Cyclone Yasi. More research is needed to understand the effect disaster type has on the uptake of a child minding service. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2014;8:485-488).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1935-7893
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2014.118
ID  - ref1
ER  -