Table 2 Percentage of respondents with management and technical competencies required by their institutions and the coverage from the training curricula provided for Health EDRM managers and frontline personnel
MANAGEMENT | Competency models (n=21) | Curricula (n=20) | ||
Managers | Frontline | Managers | Frontline | |
Planning for health emergency and disaster risk management (across prevention, preparedness, response and recovery) | 100% | 71% | 100% | 70% |
Organizing health emergency and disaster risk management systems and programs | 100% | 57% | 95% | 45% |
Effective leadership | 100% | 67% | 100% | 65% |
Applying management processes | 95% | 67% | 100% | 60% |
Effective communication systems | 100% | 90% | 100% | 85% |
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES | Competency model | Curricula | ||
Managers | Frontline | Managers | Frontline | |
Development of Health EDRM policies, strategies and legislation | 95% | 24% | 80% | 25% |
Health EDRM capacity assessment | 100% | 71% | 90% | 60% |
Human resource management | 100% | 57% | 100% | 55% |
Managing coordination mechanisms | 95% | 67% | 100% | 70% |
Financial resources – planning and managing budgets | 95% | 24% | 85% | 30% |
Program management | 95% | 38% | 85% | 35% |
Management of Monitoring and Evaluation systems | 95% | 43% | 90% | 45% |
Risk assessments | 90% | 90% | 100% | 85% |
Hazard specific knowledge | 86% | 95% | 95% | 90% |
Understanding of community vulnerabilities | 86% | 90% | 85% | 85% |
Managing Health EDRM programs | 95% | 62% | 85% | 55% |
Preventing emergency and disaster risk | 95% | 90% | 85% | 80% |
Preparedness and readiness for emergencies and disasters | 90% | 86% | 100% | 80% |
Managing emergency and disaster response | 95% | 86% | 95% | 75% |
Managing emergency and disaster recovery | 95% | 76% | 80% | 60% |
Surge capacity planning | 95% | 43% | 95% | 45% |
Emergency health/medical teams | 86% | 81% | 85% | 75% |
Emergency communications | 86% | 90% | 85% | 80% |
Emergency operations | 90% | 81% | 90% | 75% |
Logistics and supply systems | 90% | 67% | 85% | 65% |
Managing information for emergency operations | 90% | 76% | 85% | 65% |
Managing incident management systems | 90% | 76% | 95% | 60% |
Managing emergency operations centers | 95% | 52% | 95% | 50% |
Managing emergency simulations/exercises | 95% | 67% | 95% | 70% |
Risk communication/communicating with the public | 90% | 86% | 90% | 80% |
Managing information and communication systems for Health EDRM | 90% | 71% | 80% | 55% |
Understanding community capacities, leadership and involvement | 90% | 76% | 75% | 55% |
Cultural competencies | 90% | 90% | 75% | 70% |
Knowledge of public health principles and practices | 90% | 81% | 90% | 80% |
Managing health aspects of mass gatherings | 90% | 86% | 95% | 75% |
Understanding health needs of populations | 95% | 81% | 85% | 65% |
Understanding healthcare systems and services | 90% | 76% | 90% | 65% |
Emergency and disaster medical systems | 86% | 76% | 90% | 70% |
Safe healthcare facilities | 90% | 62% | 95% | 50% |
Communicable diseases | 81% | 90% | 90% | 85% |
Disease surveillance | 90% | 76% | 95% | 70% |
Occupational health and safety | 81% | 76% | 85% | 75% |
Environmental health | 86% | 76% | 80% | 60% |
Managing displaced populations | 81% | 62% | 80% | 50% |