Managerial Evaluation of Defending Natural Disastersmaneuver (A Case Study of Tabriz Maneuver in October 2013)



Nouri MFAB¹ ; Mousayi E² ; Jelodar ZK³ ; Mohammadi M⁴ ; Ghozhikali MG^{5, 7} ; Babaie J⁶ ; Alizadeh BM^{5, 7} ; Asl YP⁸
Source: International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology Published:2015

Abstract

Natural disasters and unexpected incidents happen regardless of borders and we could say that in most cases they happen in an improper time. what’s more we can confidently say that no individual or country in all over the word isn’t safe from them and their consequences. Present study is executed aiming to evaluate the management of maneuvers to defeat natural disasters in Tabriz City to plan and response management toward natural disasters. Method: Present research is descriptive and of measurement nature which studied all participants in the maneuver including doctors, pharmacists, technicians and environmental health expertise, disease group experts, general health and laboratory experts as statistical society of this research. the tool to gather data was a 20 question questionnaire which was made in 6 arises and the extracted data were analyzed by means of SPSS software version 18. Findings: Findings show that the maximum level of response was related to the mission dimension (69%) which clarified the general goal to some extent, the maximum level in mission designing dimension was 62.1 percent based on state’s reality and 72.6 percent consider the planning, executable and 4.9 percent of individuals show the process of communication and information exchange in teams and finally 55.2 percent believe that individual’s presence in educational sessions before the maneuver is essential. Conclusion: Operational teams’ experience and knowledge, especially members of environmental health experts among teams taking part in the maneuver, are very important and effective in relation to the existence of complete planning of the maneuver, mentioning members expecting activities, existence of a proper plan to achieve the goals, the process of communication with maneuver’s leading team and exchanging information, process of communication and exchanging information with other teams involved in the maneuver, presenting educational and justification sessions before the maneuver and presenting education about full information to do the presented tasks. © 2015, International Journal Of Pharmacy and Technology. All rights reserved.