Establishment and application of public health risk assessment indexes for flood disaster.

Author: Jiabing WU ¹ ; Lei GONG ¹ ; Fang CHEN ¹ ; Dandan SONG ¹ ; Wanwan MA ¹ ; Sai HOU ¹
Author Information

1. Department of Health Emergency Management and Acute Infectious Disease Prevention, Anhui Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hefei 230601, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: Disasters; Floods; Risk Assessment
From: Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences 2018;47(2):118-123
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo establish a public health risk assessment indexes for flood disaster.
METHODSDelphi method and expert consultation were used to establish the public health risk assessment index system and scoring criteria, and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method was used to obtain the weight of the indexes. Then, the established index system was applied to evaluate the public health risk of the flood disaster in Anhui province, 2016.
RESULTSA public health risk assessment system consisting of 5 categories and 17 indexes was constructed. The assessment result of the flood disaster in Anhui province of 2016 showed that the public health risk score was 0.26, suggesting that "the health emergency measures were effective, and the public health risks were effectively controlled".
CONCLUSIONSThe established indexes can effectively assess the health risk of flood disaster and also can provide the reference for other disaster assessment.