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  • Disaster Management
  • Humanitarian Aid
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Effective shelter assistance is crucial for disaster recovery.
  • Existing evaluation methods for shelter aid lack standardization.
  • Assessing the adequacy of shelter provision is vital for affected populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify primary indicators for evaluating post-disaster shelter assistance.
  • To develop a standardized shelter evaluation instrument based on identified indicators.
  • To create tools for both shelter agencies and beneficiaries to assess aid effectiveness.

Main Methods:

  • Comprehensive literature review of electronic databases and grey literature.
  • Extraction and synthesis of 1,525 indicators from 181 publications.
  • Development and expert validation (face and content validity) of a preliminary instrument, followed by revision.

Main Results:

  • A revised evaluation instrument was developed, comprising two versions: one for shelter agencies (48 questions, 23 indicators) and one for beneficiaries (52 questions, 22 indicators).
  • The instrument is designed for standardized use in assessing shelter assistance.
  • The study successfully distilled a large number of indicators into a manageable evaluation tool.

Conclusions:

  • The developed instrument provides a standardized method for evaluating shelter assistance post-disaster.
  • It enables a systematic assessment of whether shelter aid meets the needs of disaster-affected populations.
  • This tool can improve accountability and effectiveness in humanitarian shelter responses.