| A baseline assessment of emergency planning and preparedness in Italian universities. | |
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PMID: 21995686 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Besides offering teaching and research services, schools and universities also must provide for the safety and security of their employees, students, and visitors. This paper describes emergency preparedness in a sample of Italian universities. In particular it examines risk perception within a specific professional category (university safety and security officers) in a specific cultural context (Italy). In addition, it discusses the transposition and implementation in a European Union (EU) member state of EU Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989, on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers. The findings highlight heterogeneous and fragmented emergency management models within the Italian university system, underlining the need for a stricter framework of standardised safety protocols and emergency management guidelines. The study also points out that enhancing emergency planning and preparedness in Italian universities entails increasing safety leadership, employee engagement and individual responsibility for safety and security; essentially, it necessitates improving the culture of risk prevention. |
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Fausto Marincioni; Rita Fraboni |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-10-13 |
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Title: Disasters Volume: - ISSN: 1467-7717 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
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Created Date: 2011-10-14 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7702072 Medline TA: Disasters Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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© 2011 The Author(s). Disasters © Overseas Development Institute, 2011. |
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Senior Scientist, Marche Polytechnic University, Italy Health and Safety Adviser, Marche Polytechnic University, Italy. |
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