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A Psychosocial Risk Assessment and Management Framework to Enhance Response to CBRN Terrorism Threats and Attacks. Evidence in the disaster mental health literature indicates that psychosocial consequences of terrorism are a critical component of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) events, both at the clinical level and the normal behavioral and emotional levels. Planning for…

Leadership During a Crisis. Bombings In London And Madrid, The Tsunami In  Southeast Asia, Sars -All Are Horrific  Reminders  That No Leader  Can Afford To Be Unprepared. In Times Of Crisis, People Look To The Public Sector For Leadership.  Government Executives Become The Focal Point At The Centre Of The Storm – A Cluster Of…

Abstracts – 14th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine. The objectives of this presentation are to: (1) familiarize participants with the INCMCE; and (2)demonstrate a representative module of the INCMCE curriculum. The first completed module, called “The Tipping Point”, is designed to help nurses identify possible changes in care that occur when mass casualties…

Ready, aye ready? Support mechanisms for healthcare workers in emergency planning: A critical gap analysis of three hospital emergency plans. Background: In response to the 2003 global out­break of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARSJ, and the threat of pandemic influenza, Canadian hospitals have been actively developing and revising their emer­gency plans. Healthcare workers are a…

Public Perception of Population Health Risks in Canada: Health Hazards and Sources of Information. A national survey of health risk perception among 1,503 Canadians was conducted in 2004. The current survey follows-up a previous national survey conducted in 1992 and documents changes in risk perception since that time and investigates new risk issues not previously…

Looking inside the black box: a theory-based process evaluation alongside a randomised controlled trial of printed educational materials (the Ontario printed educational message, OPEM) to improve referral and prescribing practices in primary care in Ontario, Canada. Background: Randomised controlled trials of implementation strategies tell us whether (or not) an intervention results in changes in professional…

Organizational learning among senior public-service executives: An empirical investigation of culture, decisional latitude and supportive communication. Abstract: For several years, organizational learning has been a concept of interest in the search for efficiency, innovation, and knowledge management in both the private and public sectors. In general, three determinants of organizational learning are identified in the…

Lien Entre Les Stresseurs Organisationnels Et L’état De Santé:  Vérification Du Rôle Médiateur Du Stress Psychologique. Cette étude cherche à vérifier les effets directs des stresseurs organisationnels sur l’état de santé ainsi que leurs effets indirects, c’està-dire médiatisés par le stress psychologique. À partir d’un échantillon de 1 730 gestionnaires, les résultats confirment, dans un…

Le superviseur : un facteur déterminant de l’engagement organisationnel. L’engagement affectif envers une organization (commitment) est considéré comme un determinant majeur de multiples comportements organisationnels tels que l’absentéisme, le roulement du personnel et le rendement au travail (Mathieu et Zajac, 1990). Plusieurs caractéristiques intrinsèques d’emploi prédisent l’engagement envers l’organisation comme l’autonomie, le défi, les variables…

If Schools Are Closed, Who Will Watch Our Kids? Family Caregiving and Other Sources of Role Conflict among Nurses during Large Scale Outbreaks. Objectives: The global impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) brought attention to the role of healthcare professionals as “first receivers” during infectious disease outbreaks, a collateral aspect to their role as…