Training of trainers program in interprofessional education for health professionals in Türkiye.

Background: Training of Trainers Program that combines both theoretical and practical components and effectively enhance educators’ competencies in interprofessional education are rarely encountered. This study aimed to design and evaluate a Training of Trainers Program in Interprofessional Education intended to enhance participants’ awareness, knowledge, and self-perceived competencies related to the design, implementation, and improvements of interprofessional education practices among healthcare educators.

Methods: The study was planned and conducted between June 2023 and March 2024.

First responders' experiences with major earthquakes in Türkiye: a qualitative study of innovation needs and challenges.

Background: The response phase is a phase of disaster management that begins when a disaster occurs. The experience of the First Responders who responded in the first days to the 2023 earthquake in Turkey, which killed more than fifty thousand people, is expected to inform and add value to the preparations for subsequent disasters.

Methods: A qualitative approach was used; focus group interviews were conducted with 15 first responders (8 fire fighters and 7 medical personnel) that responded in the first moments of the devastating Kahramanmaraş and Hatay earthquakes.

Evaluation of Older People's Presentations to the Emergency Department With Pain During and Before the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: This study aimed to determine the tendency of older adults to present to the emergency department with pain complaints during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the prepandemic period.

Methods: A cross-sectional, retrospective study design was used. Data were collected from the electronic medical records of older people who presented to emergency departments with pain before (March 2019-March 2020) and during the COVID-19 pandemic (April 2020-July 2021).

The impact of a disaster medicine clinical training program on medical students' disaster literacy.

Background: This study was conducted to assess how students' disaster literacy was affected by the Disaster Medicine Clinical Training Program at the Izmir Democracy University Faculty of Medicine (IDUFM) during the academic year 2022-2023.

Methods: Using an experimental method involving experimental and control groups, measurements were made at different times. The sample consisted of 5th-year students at IDUFM for the experimental group, while the control group was composed of 3rd- and 4th-year students from different buildings with limited interaction with the experimental group.

A scoping review of participatory approaches in child maltreatment research across Europe.

Background: Participatory approaches in child maltreatment (CM) research increasingly focus on involving children, youth, and adults as co-researchers. However, little is known about their use in Europe.

Objective: To review the European literature on participatory approaches in CM research.

Navigating Concurrent Disasters: Lessons learned from a Hospital Evacuation Amidst a Pandemic and an Earthquake.

The concurrent challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and a significant earthquake in Izmir on October 30, 2020, presented a unique scenario for disaster management and response. This study focuses on the impact of the earthquake, which resulted in 117 fatalities, including 1 due to drowning, and injured 1034 individuals, alongside widespread structural damage including to the Izmir Democracy University Buca Seyfi Demirsoy Training and Research Hospital. The objective is to assess the activation and implementation of the hospital disaster plan amidst the ongoing pandemic.

The relationship between health literacy and adherence to personal protective anti-COVID-19 measures in health workers and their relatives: A mixed methods design.

In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of health literacy in individuals' attitudes has increased. This study aimed to show whether there is a relationship between health literacy and adherence to personal protective anti-COVID-19 health behaviors in health workers and their relatives and to evaluate the barriers to adherence to personal protective anti-COVID-19 health behaviors. Designed as a cross-sectional mixed-methods study.

[Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Their Predictors in Earthquake or Fire Survivors].

Objective: In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder and previous knowledge of emergency management, sense of control over the stressor, perceived threat, and somatic symptoms in earthquake and fire survivors..

Method: The data were obtained from the 2009-database of the Izmir Province Fire Department to include the people who had experienced domestic fire (n=92), from the people who had applied to the Health Group Directory after the 2005 earthquake in Seferihisar (n=38) and from the staff of a third step hospital who experienced a fire in public building in 2010 (n=34).

An analysis of Emergency Medical Services demand: Time of day, day of the week, and location in the city.

Objective: Effective planning of Emergency Medical Services (EMS), which is highly dependent on the analysis of past data trends, is important in reducing response time. Thus, we aimed to analyze demand for these services based on time and location trends to inform planning for an effective EMS.

Materials And Methods: Data for this retrospective study were obtained from the Izmir EMS 112 system.

Comparison of the airway access skills of prehospital staff in moving and stationary ambulance simulation: A randomized crossover study.

Objectives: We aimed to compare the procedural success and intervention durations regarding various airway access skills in moving and stationary ambulance simulations.

Material And Methods: An ambulance simulator was used to simulate the moving ambulance environment, and a standard manikin was used for airway simulation. The study included 38 paramedics and paramedic students.

Child Maltreatment in Turkey: Comparison of Parent and Child Reports.

Background And Aim: Child maltreatment, i.e. abuse and neglect, is a significant problem worldwide and can cause impaired physical and mental health throughout life.

Child Abuse and Neglect Among Children Who Drop Out of School: A Study in Izmir, Turkey.

Child abuse and neglect (CAN), and dropping out of school have long been recognized as pervasive social problems globally, and Turkey is no exception. This study aims to explore the prevalence and incidence of CAN in children who drop out of school of Turkey, using the ISPCAN Child abuse Screening Tool, Children's Version, which is an appropriate tool for multinational comparisons. Data from a convenience sample of children who drop out of school age 11, 13, and 16 from Izmir were collected either by interviews or by self-completion.

Epidemiological study of negative childhood experiences in three provinces of Turkey.

Aim: This study aimed to determine the frequencies of negative childhood experiences in the past years and negative childhood experiences throughout life in 11, 13 and 16 year-age group children who attended school in three separate provinces.

Material And Methods: Approval was obtained from the provincial National Education Directorates and educated investigators applied the ISPCAN child abuse screening tool questionnaire form which measures negative childhood events experienced at home in children. Statistical analysis was performed with chi-square test using SPSS 16.

Child abuse and neglect in Turkey: professional, governmental and non-governmental achievements in improving the national child protection system.

Since ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1995, significant efforts were made in Turkey to improve protection of children from abuse and neglect. The government took steps to amend relevant laws. Several state departments recognized the need for professional in-service training of relevant governmental agency staff.