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  • International consensus on key concepts and data definitions for mass gathering health: Process and progress

    Author(s)
    Turris, Sheila A
    Steenkamp, Malinda
    Lund, Adam
    Hutton, Alison
    Ranse, Jamie
    Bowles, Ron
    Arbuthnott, Katherine
    Anikeeva, Olga
    Arbon, Paul
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Ranse, Jamie C.
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    Mass gatherings (MGs) occur worldwide on any given day, yet mass-gathering health (MGH) is a relatively new field of scientific inquiry. As the science underpinning the study of MGH continues to develop, there will be increasing opportunities to improve health and safety of those attending events. The emerging body of MG literature demonstrates considerable variation in the collection and reporting of data. This complicates comparison across settings and limits the value and utility of these reported data. Standardization of data points and/or reporting in relation to events would aid in creating a robust evidence base from ...
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    Mass gatherings (MGs) occur worldwide on any given day, yet mass-gathering health (MGH) is a relatively new field of scientific inquiry. As the science underpinning the study of MGH continues to develop, there will be increasing opportunities to improve health and safety of those attending events. The emerging body of MG literature demonstrates considerable variation in the collection and reporting of data. This complicates comparison across settings and limits the value and utility of these reported data. Standardization of data points and/or reporting in relation to events would aid in creating a robust evidence base from which governments, researchers, clinicians, and event planners could benefit. Moving towards international consensus on any topic is a complex undertaking. This report describes a collaborative initiative to develop consensus on key concepts and data definitions for a MGH “Minimum Data Set.” This report makes transparent the process undertaken, demonstrates a pragmatic way of managing international collaboration, and proposes a number of steps for progressing international consensus. The process included correspondence through a journal, face-to-face meetings at a conference, then a four-day working meeting; virtual meetings over a two-year period supported by online project management tools; consultation with an international group of MGH researchers via an online Delphi process; and a workshop delivered at the 19thWorld Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine held in Cape Town, South Africa in April 2015. This resulted in an agreement by workshop participants that there is a need for international consensus on key concepts and data definitions.
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    Journal Title
    Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
    Volume
    31
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X1600011X
    Subject
    Biomedical and clinical sciences
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/368598
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