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Faculty Members have conducted research related to the Effectiveness of Community Participation in Earthquake Preparedness: A Community-Based Participatory Intervention Study of Tehran
Abbas Ostadtaghizadeh
Abbas Ostadtaghizadeh

Associate Professor of Health in Disasters and Emergencies

Department Disaster & Emergency Health

School of Public Health

Climate Change and Health Research Center (CCHRC)

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

All Documents
1. Pre Hospital Emergency Medical Dispatches Following Heat Waves: A Systematic Review Study and Meta-Analysis, Journal of Thermal Biology (2025)
2. Association of Heat and Cold Waves With Cause-Specific Mortality in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Scientific Reports (2024)
3. Coping With Sand and Dust Storms: Developing and Validating of an Adaptation Assessment Tool, Journal of Air Pollution and Health (2024)
4. Definition and Characteristics of Climate-Adaptive Cities: A Systematic Review, BMC Public Health (2024)
5. Definition and Characteristics of Climate-Adaptive Cities: A Systematic Review, BMC Public Health (2024)
6. Demographic Analysis of Flood Deaths in Iran From 2002 to 2018: A Case-Control Study; [تحلیل دموگرافیک مرگهای ناشی از سیل در ایران بین سال های 1380 تا :1397 یک مطالعه مورد-شاهدی], Iranian Journal of Health and Environment (2024)
7. Developing an Emergency Medical Services Resilience Assessment Tool in Climate Change: A Study Protocol, International Journal of Preventive Medicine (2024)
8. Developing an Emergency Medical Services Resilience Assessment Tool in Climate Change: A Study Protocol, International Journal of Preventive Medicine (2024)
9. Development and Psychometric Validation of an Age-Friendly Health System Assessment Tool in the Iranian Context, Health Research Policy and Systems (2024)
10. Mental Health Preparedness and Response to Epidemics Focusing on Covid-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in Iran, BMC Public Health (2024)
11. Nurses’ Experiences of Providing Medical Services During the Kermanshah Earthquake in Iran: A Qualitative Study, BMC Emergency Medicine (2024)
12. Social Justice: The Unseen Key Pillar in Disaster Risk Management, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (2024)
13. Strategic Analysis of Iran’S Climate Resilient Health System, BMC Health Services Research (2024)
14. The Practices of Heat Adaptation Among Elderly in Dezful: A Qualitative Study, Journal of Education and Health Promotion (2024)
15. Translation and Validation of Persian Version of Resilience Evaluation Scale (Res): A Cross‑Cultural Methodological Research, Journal of Education and Health Promotion (2024)
16. Challenges of Emergency Medical Teams and Deploying a Field Hospital in the Aftermath of the Beirut Blast: A Qualitative Study, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness (2023)
17. From Nuisance to Helpful Assistants: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis of Medical Volunteers' Experiences During the Covid-19 Outbreak in Iran, Nursing Practice Today (2023)
18. Mortality Risk Related to Heatwaves in Dezful City, Southwest of Iran, Environmental Health Insights (2023)
19. Predicting Current and Future High-Risk Areas for Vectors and Reservoirs of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Iran, Scientific Reports (2023)
20. Climate Adaptive Hospital: A Systematic Review of Determinants and Actions, Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering (2022)
21. Covid-19 in Homelessness: A Worldwide Scoping Review on Vulnerabilities, Risks, and Risk Management, Social Work in Public Health (2022)
22. Criteria for Locating Temporary Shelters for Refugees of Conflicts: A Systematic Review, Iranian Journal of Public Health (2022)
23. Deadly Floods and Their Causal Factors: A Case-Control Study in Iran Between 2005 and 2018, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (2022)
24. Exploring the Criteria and Factors Affecting Firefighters’ Resilience: A Qualitative Study, Chinese Journal of Traumatology - English Edition (2022)
25. Lessons Learned From a Chlorine Gas Leakage in Dezful City, Iran, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness (2022)
26. Phoenix on Fire: A Phenomenological Study of a Psychiatric Hospital Fire in Iran; [Phoenix Enflamme: Etude Phenomenologique D’Un Incendie D’Hopital Psychiatrique Iranien], Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters (2022)
27. Scale Development and Psychometric Evaluation of a Questionnaire for Measuring the Risk Factors for Death in Floods, Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering (2022)
28. Social Network Analysis for Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in Iran, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness (2022)
29. War, Displacement, and the Best Location for Temporary Sheltering: A Qualitative Study, BMC Public Health (2022)
30. Arbaeen in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness (2021)
31. Behavioral, Health- Related and Demographic Risk Factors of Death in Floods: A Case-Control Study, PLoS ONE (2021)
32. Designing a Guideline for Emergency Medical Communication Center Staff to Help Road Traffic Crash Patients: A Delphi Study, Jundishapur Journal of Natural Pharmaceutical Products (2021)
33. Detection and Characterization of Enterobacteriaceae Family Members Carried by Commensal Rattus Norvegicus From Tehran, Iran, Archives of Microbiology (2021)
34. Effect of Dust Storms on Non-Accidental, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Mortality: A Case of Dezful City in Iran, Environmental Health Insights (2021)
35. Global Health Impacts of Dust Storms: A Systematic Review, Environmental Health Insights (2021)
36. Hospital Disaster Resilience: Development of an Assessment Tool Using Expert Panel and Fuzzy Analytical Network Process, International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment (2021)
37. Implementation of the Sendai Framework in the Health System in Iran: Identification of Facilitators and Obstacles, Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering (2021)
38. Methanol Poisoning Outbreaks in Southern Iran in 2018: A Lesson Learned, Iranian Journal of Public Health (2021)
39. Nurses' Experience of Caring for People Living With Hiv: A Focused Ethnography, International Nursing Review (2021)
40. Strategies and Experiences for Sand and Dust Storm Adaptation: A Qualitative Study in Iran, Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering (2021)
41. Alcohol Intake in an Attempt to Fight Covid-19: A Medical Myth in Iran, Alcohol (2020)
42. Arbaeen in the Context of Covid-19 Pandemic, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness (2020)
43. Climate Change and Health in Iran: A Narrative Review, Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering (2020)
44. Health System Plan for Implementation of Paris Agreement on Climate Change (Cop 21): A Qualitative Study in Iran, BMC Public Health (2020)
45. Pathways for Advancing Integrative Disaster Risk and Resilience Management in Iran: Needs, Challenges and Opportunities, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (2020)
46. Risk Analysis of Hospitals Using Gis and Hazus: A Case Study of Yazd County, Iran, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (2020)
47. Risk Factors of Death From Flood: Findings of a Systematic Review, Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering (2020)
48. Towards Developing a Model for the Evaluation of Hospital Disaster Resilience: A Systematic Review, BMC Health Services Research (2020)
49. Assessment of Malnutrition and Anthropometric Measurement Among 0-59 Months Aged Children in Amibara and Awash Fentale Districts, Afar National Regional State of Ethiopia, Human Antibodies (2019)
50. Climate Change Adaptation: A Systematic Review on Domains and Indicators, Natural Hazards (2019)
51. Conceptual Definition and Framework of Climate Change and Dust Storm Adaptation: A Qualitative Study, Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering (2019)
52. Impact of Climate Change on Community Health and Resilience in Ethiopia: A Review Article, Human Antibodies (2019)
53. Physical Rehabilitation Services in Disasters and Emergencies: A Systematic Review, Iranian Journal of Public Health (2019)
54. Prevalence of Fatalistic Attitudes Toward Earthquake Disaster Risk Management in Citizens of Tehran, Iran, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (2019)
55. The Methanol Poisoning Outbreaks in Iran 2018, Alcohol and Alcoholism (2019)
56. Underlying Factors Affecting Death Due to Flood in Iran: A Qualitative Content Analysis, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (2019)
57. Setting Research Priorities to Achieve Long-Term Health Targets in Iran, Journal of Global Health (2018)
58. Setting Research Priorities to Achieve Long-Term Health Targets in Iran, Journal of Global Health (2018)
59. Community Disaster Resilience: A Qualitative Study on Iranian Concepts and Indicators, Natural Hazards (2016)
60. Community Disaster Resilience: A Systematic Review on Assessment Models and Tools, PLoS Currents (2015)