Rapid Health Assessment Protocols for Emergencies
Selected further reading
Amartya Sen. Poverty and famines: an essay on entitlement and
deprivation. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1981.
APELL: Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at Local
Level: a process for responding to technological accidents. Paris, United
Nations Environment Programme, Industry and Environment Programme Activity
Centre, 1988.
Assessing needs in the health sector after floods and
hurricanes. Washington, DC, Pan American Health Organization, 1987 (PAHO
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Bailey KV, Ferro-Luzzi A. Use of body mass index of adults in
assessing individual and community nutritional status. Bulletin of the World
Health Organization, 1995, 73(5):673-680.
Baltazar JC. The potential of the case-control method for rapid
epidemiological assessment. World health statistics quarterly, 1991,
44(3):140-144.
Bennett S et al. A computer simulation of household sampling
schemes for health surveys in developing countries. International journal of
epidemiology, 1994, 23(6):1282-1291.
Brogan D et al. Increasing the accuracy of the Expanded
Programme on Immunization’s cluster survey design. Annals of
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Control of epidemic meningococcal disease: WHO practical
guidelines. Lyon, Fondation Marcel Mérieux, 1995.
Coping with stress in crisis situations. Geneva, United
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Devianayagam N, Nedunchelian K. Rapid epidemiologic assessment
(editorial). Indian pediatrics, 1991, 28(5):459-462.
De Ville de Goyet C, Seaman J, Geijer U. The management of
nutritional emergencies in large populations. Geneva, World Health
Organization, 1978.
Disaster assessment: the weak link in international relief
efforts. Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization, 1985,
19(1):97-99.
Field guide on rapid nutritional assessment in
emergencies. Alexandria, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean,
1995.
Guha-Sapir D. Rapid assessment of health needs in mass
emergencies: review of current concepts and methods. World health statistics
quarterly, 1991, 44(3):171-181.
Guidelines for cholera control. Geneva, World Health
Organization, 1993.
Guidelines for evaluation and care of victims of trauma and
violence. Geneva, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1993.
Guidelines for the control of epidemics due to Shigella
dysenteriae type 01. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1995 (unpublished
document WHO/CDR/95.4; available on request from Division of Child Health and
Development, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland).
Guidelines on security incidents. Geneva, United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees, 1992.
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Harrison GA, ed. Famine. Oxford, Oxford University Press,
1988 (Biosocial Society Series, No. 1).
Health aspects of chemical accidents. Geneva, United
Nations Environment Programme, 1994 (UNEP IE/PAC Technical Report No. 19).
Hlady WG et al. Use of a modified cluster sampling method to
perform rapid needs assessment after Hurricane Andrew. Annals of emergency
medicine, 1994, 23(4):719-725.
Lee HW, Dalrymple JM, eds. Manual of hemorrhagic fever with
renal syndrome. Seoul, WHO Collaborating Centre for Virus Reference and
Research, 1989.
Lillibridge SR, Noji EK, Burkle FM Jr. Disaster assessment: the
emergency health evaluation of a population affected by a disaster. Annals of
emergency medicine, 1993, 22(11):1715-1720.
Management of severe malnutrition: a manual for physicians
and other senior health workers. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1998.
Mason JB et al. Nutritional surveillance. Geneva, World
Health Organization, 1984.
Mental health of refugees. Geneva, World Health
Organization, 1996.
Nutrition guidelines. Paris, Médecins Sans Frontières,
1995.
Nutrition in times of disaster. Report of an international
conference, Geneva, September 27-30, 1988. Washington, DC, United States
Agency for International Development, 1989.
Pearson R. Rapid assessment procedures are changing the way
UNICEF evaluates its projects. Hygie, 1989, 8(4):23-25.
Physical status: the use and interpretation of
anthropometry. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1995 (WHO Technical Report
Series, No. 854).
Prevention and control of yellow fever in Africa. Geneva,
World Health Organization, 1986.
Psychosocial consequences of disasters: prevention and
management. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1992 (unpublished document
WHO/MNH/PSF/91.3; available on request from Division of Mental Health and
Prevention of Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27,
Switzerland).
Public health action in emergencies caused by epidemics.
Geneva, World Health Organization, 1986.
Recommendations on the transport of dangerous goods, 7th
ed. New York, United Nations, 1991.
Sexual violence against refugees: guidelines on prevention
and response. Geneva, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1995.
Smith GS. Development of rapid epidemiologic assessment methods
to evaluate health status and delivery of health services. International
journal of epidemiology, 1989, 18:S2-15.
Storage of hazardous materials. Paris, United Nations
Environment Programme, Industry and Environment Programme Activity Centre, 1990
(UNEP IE/PAC Technical Report Series, No. 3).
Tessier SF, Durandin F. Use and limits of anthropometric
indicators in emergency assessment of famine situations: an example from
northern Uganda (letter). Journal of tropical pediatrics, 1989,
35(5):267-269.
The management and prevention of diarrhoea: practical
guidelines. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1993.
The management of bloody diarrhoea in young children.
Geneva, World Health Organization, 1994 (unpublished document WHO/CDD/94.49;
available on request from Division of Child Health and Development, World Health
Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland).
The public health consequences of disasters. Atlanta, GA,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1989.
The treatment of diarrhoea: a manual for physicians and,
other senior health workers. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1995
(unpublished document WHO/CDR/95.3; available on request from Division of Child
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Uligaszek SJ, Welsby SM. A rapid appraisal of the nutritional
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United Nations Disaster Management Training Programme. An
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Wisconsin, 1992.
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nutritional status. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1986,
64(6):929-941.
Working Group on Viral Haemorrhagic Fever and Viral Neurological
Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 24-26 August 1987 (report). Manila, WHO
Regional Office for the Western Pacific,
1988.
