Disaster risk governance in Iran: Document analysis
نویسندگان
1 Department of Health in Disasters and Emergencies, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Health Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences
2 Department of Health in Disasters and Emergencies, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Health in Disasters and Emergencies, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, International Campus (IUMS‑IC), Iran University of Medical Sciences School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: Disaster risk is a product of a combination of hazard, exposure, and vulnerability.Governance in the health system is a multifaceted sphere, with political, economic, and legaldimensions. Disaster risk governance is an analytical framework employed for assessing thecapacity of institutional governance. This study has been conducted to investigate the currentstatus of national strategy documents concerned with disaster risk governance in Iran throughdocument analysis.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The investigated documents were collected through requests fromthe secretariat and the archives. 102 documents were analyzed. Twelve documents in the domainof accountability, 7 in participation, 9 in state and nonstate actor, 14 in knowledge sharing, 21 insustainable developments, and 19 documents in integrated risk management were analyzed. Theprocess of analysis included selecting documents and evaluating and analyzing them by contentanalysis method.RESULTS: Documents coded according to the main areas of policymaking in disaster risk governancewere analyzed, and sub‑component and related topics were deduced in each domain. The acquiredthemes include unity of command, trustee, commitment, capacity prosperity, align strategy, informationsynergy, knowledge enhancement, sustainable security, justice clarity, land use planning, climatechange adaptation, environment reform, wisdom, environment, diplomacy, capacity and coherence.CONCLUSIONS: Disaster good governance is strengthened by the trustee, commitment, capacityprosperity, align strategy, and organize. Information synergy and knowledge enhancement areeffective in the culture of prevention. Collective wisdom, diplomacy, and capacity coherence raisethe alignment of public organizations and the government in the risk management process.
