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  • Disaster medicine
  • Public health
  • General practice

Background:

  • General Practitioners (GPs) are crucial during community disasters but often disconnected from disaster health management (DHM).
  • Growing evidence highlights the benefits of greater GP involvement in disaster response and recovery.
  • Recent research clarifies key roles for GPs in DHM.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore disaster management professionals' perspectives on GP roles in all-hazard disasters.
  • To identify barriers and benefits of integrating GPs into disaster health care systems.
  • To compare perspectives from Australia and New Zealand.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative research using semi-structured interviews with disaster managers (DMs).
  • Purposive sampling of DMs with experience from 2009-2016 in Australia or New Zealand.
  • Thematic analysis of interview data regarding GP involvement in natural, man-made, and pandemic disasters.

Main Results:

  • Disaster managers support greater GP integration into DHM.
  • New Zealand DMs view GPs as valuable integrated contributors.
  • Australian DMs identified barriers: limited understanding of GP roles and difficulty engaging GPs collectively. GPs' limited DHM knowledge and preparedness were also noted.

Conclusions:

  • Systematic GP integration into DHM is achievable and valuable, as demonstrated in New Zealand.
  • Collaboration between DMs and GPs at all levels is key for effective disaster planning and preparedness.
  • Resilient health care systems should include General Practice to maximize local health resource capacity during and after disasters.