Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Low and Middle Income Countries

Ovid Medline strategy for low and middle income countries


1. Afghanistan*.mp.
2. Albania*.mp.
3. Algeria*.mp.
4. American Samoa*.mp.
5. Angola*.mp.
6. Antigua*.mp.
7. Argentin*.mp.
8. Armenia*.mp.
9. Azerbaijan*.mp.
10. Bangladesh*.mp.
11. Barbuda*.mp.
12. Belarus*.mp.
13. Belize*.mp.
14. Benin*.mp.
15. Bhutan*.mp.
16. Bolivia*.mp.
17. Bosnia*.mp.
18. Botswan*.mp.
19. Brazil*.mp.
20. Bulgaria*.mp.
21. Burkina*.mp.
22. Burundi*.mp.
23. Byelarus*.mp.
24. Cambodia*.mp.
25. Cameroon*.mp.
26. Cape Verde*.mp.
27. Central African Republic.mp.
28. Chad*.mp.
29. Chile*.mp.
30. China*.mp.
31. Chinese*.mp.
32. Colombia*.mp.
33. Comoros*.mp.
34. Congo*.mp.
35. Costa Rica*.mp.
36. Cote d?Ivoir*.mp.
37. Cuba*.mp.
38. Democratic People's Republic of Korea.mp.
39. Democratic Republic of Congo.mp.
40. developing countr*.mp.
41. Developing Countries/
42. developing nation*.mp.
43. Djibouti*.mp.
44. Dominica*.mp.
45. Ecuador*.mp.
46. Egypt*.mp.
47. El Salvador*.mp.
48. Eritrea*.mp.
49. Ethiopia*.mp.
50. Fiji*.mp.
51. Gabon*.mp.
52. Gambia*.mp.
53. Gaza*.mp.
54. Georgia*.mp.
55. Ghana*.mp.
56. Grenad*.mp.
57. Guatemala*.mp.
58. Guinea*.mp.
59. Guyana*.mp.
60. Haiti*.mp.
61. Herzegovina*.mp.
62. Hondura*.mp.
63. India*.mp.
64. Indonesia*.mp.
65. Iran*.mp.
66. Iraq*.mp.
67. Ivory Coast*.mp.
68. Jamaica*.mp.
69. Jordan*.mp.
70. Kazakhstan*.mp.
71. Kenya*.mp.
72. Kiribati*.mp.
73. Kosov*.mp.
74. Kyrgyz*.mp.
75. Lao*.mp.
76. Latvia*.mp.
77. Leban*.mp.
78. Lesoth*.mp.
79. less developed countr*.mp.
80. less developed nation*.mp.
81. Liberia*.mp.
82. Libya*.mp.
83. Lithuania*.mp.
84. low income countr*.mp.
85. low income nation*.mp.
86. Macedonia*.mp.
87. Madagasca*.mp.
88. Malawi*.mp.
89. Malaysia*.mp.
90. Maldiv*.mp.
91. Mali.mp.
92. Marshall Island*.mp.
93. Mauritania*.mp.
94. Mauriti*.mp.
95. Mexic*.mp.
96. Micronesia*.mp.
97. middle income countr*.mp.
98. middle income nation*.mp.
99. Moldov*.mp.
100. Mongolia*.mp.
101. Montenegr*.mp.
102. Morocc*.mp.
103. Mozambiqu*.mp.
104. Myanmar*.mp.
105. Namibia*.mp.
106. Nepal*.mp.
107. Nicaragua*.mp.
108. Niger*.mp.
109. North Korea*.mp.
110. Pakistan*.mp.
111. Palau*.mp.
112. Panama*.mp.
113. Papua New Guinea*.mp.
114. Paragua*.mp.
115. Peru*.mp.
116. Philippin*.mp.
117. Principe*.mp.
118. Romania*.mp.
119. Russia*.mp.
120. Rwanda*.mp.
121. Samoa*.mp.
122. Sao Tome*.mp.
123. Senegal*.mp.
124. Serbia*.mp.
125. Seychelle*.mp.
126. Sierra Leone*.mp.
127. Solomon Island*.mp.
128. Somalia*.mp.
129. South Africa*.mp.
130. Sri Lanka*.mp.
131. St Lucia*.mp.
132. St Vincent*.mp.
133. Sudan*.mp.
134. Suriname*.mp.
135. Swaziland*.mp.
136. Syria*.mp.
137. Tajikistan*.mp.
138. Tanzania*.mp.
139. Thai*.mp.
140. third world*.mp.
141. Timor Leste*.mp.
142. Togo*.mp.
143. Tonga*.mp.
144. Tunisia*.mp.
145. Turk*.mp.
146. Turkmenistan*.mp.
147. Tuvalu*.mp.
148. Uganda*.mp.
149. Ukrain*.mp.
150. under developed countr*.mp.
151. under developed nation*.mp.
152. underdeveloped countr*.mp.
153. underdeveloped nation*.mp.
154. Urugua*.mp.
155. Uzbekistan*.mp.
156. Vanuatu*.mp.
157. Venezuela*.mp.
158. Vietnam*.mp.
159. West Bank*.mp.
160. Yemen*.mp.
161. Zair*.mp.
162. Zambia*.mp.
163. Zimbabwe*.mp.
164. or/1-163

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Recent article of interest in PLOS Currents Disasters:

Chan JL, Burkle FM. A Framework and Methodology for Navigating Disaster and Global Health in Crisis Literature. PLOS Currents Disasters. 2013 Apr 4 [last modified: 2013 Apr 11]. Edition 1. doi: 10.1371/currents.dis.9af6948e381dafdd3e877c441527cba0.

https://currents.plos.org/disasters/article/a-framework-and-methodology-for-navigating-disaster-and-global-health-in-crisis-literature/

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Ovid Medline Filter for Human Research Subjects
Note: when searching for studies on disasters, a lot of material is retrieved on soil erosion, damage to historical buildings, animal migration patterns, etc. The following filter was designed to limit results to human research.

1. adolescen*.tw.
2. adult*.tw.
3. aid worker*.tw.
4. amputee*.tw.
5. assistant*.tw.
6. aunt*.tw.
7. brother*.tw.
8. care giver*.tw.
9. caregiver*.tw.
10. carer*.tw.
11. exp child/
12. child*.tw.
13. clinician*.tw.
14. community member*.tw.
15. community network*.tw.
16. companion*.tw.
17. coroner*.tw.
18. cousin*.tw.
19. daughter*.tw.
20. dentist*.tw.
21. displaced.tw.
22. doctor*.tw.
23. donor*.tw.
24. exp family/
25. families.tw.
26. family.tw.
27. father*.tw.
28. female*.tw.
29. fire fighter*.tw.
30. firefighter*.tw.
31. focus group*.tw.
32. exp focus groups/
33. Foreign professional personnel/
34. friend.tw.
35. friends.tw.
36. grand father*.tw.
37. grand mother*.tw.
38. grand parent*.tw.
39. grandfather*.tw.
40. grandmother*.tw.
41. grandparent*.tw.
42. guardian*.tw.
43. Homeless Persons/
44. homeless*.tw.
45. human*.tw.
46. (humanitarian adj2 worker*).tw.
47. Humans/
48. husband*.tw.
49. individual*.tw.
50. infant*.tw.
51. inpatient*.tw.
52. inspector*.tw.
53. interview*.tw.
54. investigator*.tw.
55. male*.tw.
56. medical examiner*.tw.
57. missionar*.tw.
58. mother*.tw.
59. nephew*.tw.
60. next of kin.tw.
61. niece*.tw.
62. nurse*.tw.
63. offspring*.tw.
64. orphan*.tw.
65. outpatient*.tw.
66. paramedic*.tw.
67. parent*.tw.
68. participant*.tw.
69. partner*.tw.
70. exp Patients/
71. patient*.tw.
72. people*.tw.
73. person*.tw.
74. exp Persons/
75. pharmacist*.tw.
76. physician*.tw.
77. planner*.tw.
78. refugee*.tw.
79. exp Refugees/
80. relief team*.tw.
81. relief work/
82. research subject*.tw.
83. respond?nt*.tw.
84. exp self-help group/
85. self help group*.tw.
86. sibling*.tw.
87. sister*.tw.
88. exp social support/
89. social support*.tw.
90. specialist*.tw.
91. spouse*.tw.
92. staff*.tw.
93. exp Survivors/
94. step father*.tw.
95. step mother*.tw.
96. step parent*.tw.
97. stepfather*.tw.
98. stepmother*.tw.
99. stepparent*.tw.
100. sufferer*.tw.
101. support group*.tw.
102. survivor*.tw.
103. team*.tw.
104. therapist*.tw.
105. uncle*.tw.
106. victim*.tw.
107. Voluntary Workers/
108. volunteer*.tw.
109. wife.tw.
110. wives.tw.
111. woman*.tw.
112. women*.tw.
113. worker*.tw.
114. young adult*.tw.
115. or/1-114

Monday, October 15, 2012

Ovid Medline filter for Natural Disasters

1. animal infestation*.mp.
2. ash fall*.mp.
3. avalanche*.mp.
4. blizzard*.mp.
5. cyclon*.mp.
6. exp Disasters/
7. disaster*.mp.
8. drought*.mp.
9. dust storm*.mp.
10. duststorm*.mp.
11. earthquake*.mp.
12. erosion*.mp.
13. extreme cold.mp.
14. extreme heat.mp.
15. fire*.mp.
16. flood*.mp.
17. hail storm*.mp.
18. hailstorm*.mp.
19. heat wave*.mp.
20. heatwave*.mp.
21. hurricane*.mp.
22. ice storm*.mp.
23. insect infestation*.mp.
24. land slide*.mp.
25. landslide*.mp.
26. lava flow*.mp.
27. mass casualty incident*.mp.
28. mud flow*.mp.
29. mud slide*.mp.
30. mudslide*.mp.
31. sand storm*.mp.
32. sandstorm*.mp.
33. sink hole*.mp.
34. sinkhole*.mp.
35. snow storm*.mp.
36. snowstorm*.mp.
37. thunderstorm*.mp.
38. tornado*.mp.
39. tropical storm*.mp.
40. tsunami*.mp.
41. typhoon*.mp.
42. volcan*.mp.
43. wildfire*.mp.
44. wildland fire*.mp.
45. or/1-44

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Surge Capacity

Database: PubMed

((surge capacity[MeSH Terms] OR "surge capacity"[tiab] OR "surge capacities"[tiab])) OR (("health facilities"[MeSH Terms] OR hospital[tiab] OR hospitals[tiab]) AND (surge[tiab] OR surges[tiab] OR surged[tiab] OR "rapidly mobilize"[tiab] OR "rapidly mobilizes"[tiab] OR "rapidly mobilized"[tiab] OR "rapidly expand"[tiab] OR "rapidly expands"[tiab] OR "rapidly expanded"[tiab]) AND ("Disasters"[MeSH Terms] OR "Disaster Medicine"[MeSH Terms] OR "Mass Casualty Incidents"[MeSH Terms] OR disaster[tiab] OR disasters[tiab] OR catastrophe[tiab] OR catastrophes[tiab] OR catastrophic[tiab] OR "mass casualty"[tiab] OR "mass casualties"[tiab]))

Note: Requested by Melinda

Friday, July 20, 2012

Disaster planning and patient classification

Database: PubMed

(("disaster planning/methods"[MeSH Terms] OR "disaster planning/organization and administration"[MeSH Terms])) AND ("patients/classification"[MeSH Terms])

Note: Designed for a hospital administrator and turned into a monthly email alert. Notification email of new publications that match this search is sent at the beginning of every month to the patron.

Ethics of Relief Work

Database: PubMed

(("relief work/ethics"[MeSH Terms])) OR (((ethic[tiab] OR ethics[tiab] OR ethical[tiab])) AND ((humanitarian[Title/Abstract] OR international[tiab]) AND (relief[tiab] OR aid[tiab])))

Note: Designed for a faculty researcher and turned into a monthly email alert. Notification email of new publications that match this search is sent at the beginning of every month to the patron.