Rapid Assessment of COVID-19 Screening Program for Travelers in Iran: A Qualitative Study

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) screening stations set up by Iranian Red Crescent Society have been available for 17 d with the aim of identifying and treating people with coronavirus, reducing road trips, and sensitizing people to the problem. This study aims to investigate the challenges of th...

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Published in:Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2021-07, Vol.16 (6), p.1-2384
Main Authors: Seddighi, Hamed, Salmani, Ibrahim, Baharmand, Hossein, Seddighi, Saeideh, Sharifi Sedeh, Mehrab
Format: Article
Language:English
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Brief Report
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Medical ethics
Pandemics
Qualitative research
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Summary:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) screening stations set up by Iranian Red Crescent Society have been available for 17 d with the aim of identifying and treating people with coronavirus, reducing road trips, and sensitizing people to the problem. This study aims to investigate the challenges of the procedure. A qualitative study was used to find the challenges of the COVID-19 screening centers. Volunteers, branch managers, and headquarter managers of the Iranian Red Crescent Society participated in this study applying snowball sampling. Data were collected by means of in-depth semi-structured telephone interviews in April 2020 after completion of the fever screening plan. All interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim, always with prior permission of interviewees. The interviews with 20 participants in the plan indicated 6 relevant challenges, including logistics, lack of planning, lack of coordination, legal challenges, mental health, and ethical challenges. The results indicated that, although establishing fever detection centers in Iran was a rapid response to COVID-19, it had significant flaws in the structure and adversely affected volunteers' and staff's health and financial resources. Therefore, well-structured protocols are required for similar responses in the future.
ISSN:1935-7893
1938-744X
DOI:10.1017/dmp.2021.219