Early signals detection of crisis in main governmental hospitals in Gaza Strip

The Study aimed to assess the crisis early signals detection in main governmental hospitals in the Gaza Strip. The design of this study descriptive, analytic, a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods (mixed method) was used to address the research questions. The study was conducted at the main governmental Gaza governorates hospitals including Al- Shifamedical hospital, European Gaza hospital, Nasser medical hospital, Al-Aqsa hospital. A structured self-administered questionnaire was distributed to samples who were working in governmental hospitals. In addition, validated by experts and reliability analysis was performed using Cranach’s Alpha test (0.954). The questionnaire was used with a response rate of 84% .the study sample included 442 eligible subjects who were work as head of departments in four main governmental hospitals .In this study, the researcher used a key informant sample of public health and crisis management experts from Palestine. These experts have highly experience in crisis management. The respondent's evaluation according to their responses to crisis early signal detection was (68%). There are no statistical differences between crisis management responseand gender, scientific qualification, managerial position, age and experience of work (sig. > 0.05). There was a statistical difference between crisis early signal detection according to hospitals, the outcome showed significant differences found in favor of Al-Aqsa Hospital. also, there was a statistical difference between crises responses according to the profession, the outcome showed significant differences found in favor of administrative. The researcher recommended that there is need to strengthen crisis early signal detection in hospitals and establishment of specialized crisis early signal detection teams in several areas of hospitals, the involvement of employees in the emergency plan, and need to bridge the gap between hospitals and different professions in the concepts of crisis managementThe Study aimed to assess the crisis early signals detection in main governmental hospitals in the Gaza Strip. The design of this study descriptive, analytic, a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods (mixed method) was used to address the research questions. The study was conducted at the main governmental Gaza governorates hospitals including Al- Shifamedical hospital, European Gaza hospital, Nasser medical hospital, Al-Aqsa hospital. A structured self-administered questionnaire was distributed to samples who were working in governmental hospitals. In addition, validated by experts and reliability analysis was performed using Cranach’s Alpha test (0.954). The questionnaire was used with a response rate of 84% .the study sample included 442 eligible subjects who were work as head of departments in four main governmental hospitals .In this study, the researcher used a key informant sample of public health and crisis management experts from Palestine. These experts have highly experience in crisis management. The respondent's evaluation according to their responses to crisis early signal detection was (68%). There are no statistical differences between crisis management responseand gender, scientific qualification, managerial position, age and experience of work (sig. > 0.05). There was a statistical difference between crisis early signal detection according to hospitals, the outcome showed significant differences found in favor of Al-Aqsa Hospital. also, there was a statistical difference between crises responses according to the profession, the outcome showed significant differences found in favor of administrative. The researcher recommended that there is need to strengthen crisis early signal detection in hospitals and establishment of specialized crisis early signal detection teams in several areas of hospitals, the involvement of employees in the emergency plan, and need to bridge the gap between hospitals and different professions in the concepts of crisis managemen