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International Consensus on Key Concepts and Data Definitions for Mass-gathering Health: Process and Progress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2016

Sheila A. Turris ,
Malinda Steenkamp ,
Adam Lund ,
Alison Hutton ,
Jamie Ranse ,
Ron Bowles ,
Katherine Arbuthnott ,
Olga Anikeeva  and
Paul Arbon
Sheila A. Turris*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada School of Nursing, University of Victoria, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Malinda Steenkamp
Affiliation:
WHO Collaborating Centre on Mass Gatherings and High Consequence/High Visibility Events, Torrens Resilience Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Adam Lund
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Alison Hutton
Affiliation:
WHO Collaborating Centre on Mass Gatherings and High Consequence/High Visibility Events, Torrens Resilience Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Jamie Ranse
Affiliation:
Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Ron Bowles
Affiliation:
Office of Applied Research & Graduate Studies, Justice Institute of British Columbia, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Katherine Arbuthnott
Affiliation:
Department of Social and Environmental Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England, United Kingdom
Olga Anikeeva
Affiliation:
WHO Collaborating Centre on Mass Gatherings and High Consequence/High Visibility Events, Torrens Resilience Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Paul Arbon
Affiliation:
WHO Collaborating Centre on Mass Gatherings and High Consequence/High Visibility Events, Torrens Resilience Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
*
Correspondence: Sheila A. Turris, RN, PhD Department of Emergency Medicine University of British Columbia (UBC) School of Nursing University of Victoria 6th Floor, 132 West Esplanade North Vancouver, V7M 1A2 Canada E-mail: [email protected]
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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 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.

Turris SA, Steenkamp M, Lund A, Hutton A, Ranse J, Bowles R, Arbuthnott K, Anikeeva O, Arbon P. International Consensus on Key Concepts and Data Definitions for Mass-gathering Health: Process and Progress. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2016;31(2):220–223.

Keywords

Basecampinternational collaborationinternational consensusmass-gathering healthmass-gathering medicineminimum data set
Type
Special Reports
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , April 2016 , pp. 220 - 223
Copyright
© World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2016 

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