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The Reliability and Feasibility of the HESPER Web to Assess Perceived Needs in a Population Affected by a Humanitarian Emergency
Örebro University, School of Health Sciences. School of Education and Social Sciences, International Leadership University, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0534-4593
School of Education and Social Sciences, International Leadership University, Nairobi, Kenya.
Centre for Global Health Research, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK.
Örebro University, School of Health Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5418-3154
2021 (English)In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, ISSN 1661-7827, E-ISSN 1660-4601, Vol. 18, no 4, article id 1399Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Needs assessment is essential in the humanitarian response, and perceived needs can be associated with the levels of health in populations affected by humanitarian emergencies. This study aimed to evaluate the reliability and feasibility of The Humanitarian Emergency Settings Perceived Needs Web (HESPER Web) in a humanitarian context and to compare perceived needs of a random walk study sample with a self-selected study sample recruited though social media. The study context was the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. An alternate forms reliability evaluation and a feasibility evaluation was conducted. In total, 308 refugees participated in the study. HESPER Web was found to be reliable and usable for assessing needs, with an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of 0.88, Cohen's κ between 0.43 and 1.0 and a first priority need rating match of 81%. The HESPER Web was positively experienced, and the self-recruited study sample reported similar levels of needs and similar demographics as the randomized sample. The participants reported several unmet needs. HESPER Web offers a reliable tool for needs assessment in humanitarian emergencies where web-based surveys are considered as practical and suitable. It offers new possibilities for conducting remote assessments and research studies that include humanitarian populations that are rarely included in such evaluations.

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MDPI, 2021. Vol. 18, no 4, article id 1399
Keywords [en]
Disaster health, humanitarian emergencies, mental health, needs assessment, refugee health
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Social Work Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-89375DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18041399ISI: 000623625900001PubMedID: 33546304Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85100272032OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-89375DiVA, id: diva2:1526426
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Wellcome trust
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Funding Agencies:

Elrha's Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC) Programme  

UK Government (DFID) 

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)

Available from: 2021-02-08 Created: 2021-02-08 Last updated: 2021-03-16Bibliographically approved

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