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Stakeholder Perspectives on Evaluating Emergency Medical Teams Deployments
Tiffany Yeung1, Daniel Bausch1,2, Arlinda Cerga Pashoja3
1Department of Disease Control, https://ror.org/00a0jsq62London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
|January 5, 2026
Summary
Developing a standardized framework for evaluating Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) is crucial. Stakeholders emphasize external, objective evaluations incorporating local perspectives to improve global health emergency response.
Area of Science:
- Global Health
- Disaster Medicine
- Health Services Research
Background:
- A lack of standardized evaluation frameworks for Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) hinders the systematic improvement of international disaster response.
- Understanding stakeholder perspectives is vital for developing effective and contextually relevant evaluation practices for EMT deployments.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify current practices for evaluating Emergency Medical Team (EMT) deployments.
- To elucidate diverse stakeholder perspectives on the evaluation of EMT deployments.
Main Methods:
- Conducted qualitative interviews with 17 international stakeholders, including EMT members, funders, and host government representatives.
- Applied thematic analysis (Braun and Clarke's 6-step process) to interview data to identify key themes and codes.
Main Results:
- Stakeholders universally support evaluating EMT deployments and sharing lessons learned to establish best practices.
- Recommended external, objective evaluations using mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative data), emphasizing the inclusion of local stakeholder voices.
- Identified key evaluation domains: leadership, coordination, information management, health operations, logistics, and finance.
Conclusions:
- A standardized evaluation framework for EMT deployments is valued by stakeholders for fostering best practices and continuous improvement.
- Future research should focus on prioritizing evaluation areas and piloting a framework in training and deployment settings.
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