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333 gap statements mined from Disaster Response and Management papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 2,939 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • For instance, studies in Indonesia have also highlighted the necessity of improved disaster management education for mothers, as baseline preparedness often remains insufficient.

    Implementation of Disaster Prevention Education and Maternal and Child Health Handbook Guidance for Pregnant Women in Japanese Medical Institutions: A Pilot Study · 2026 · DOI

  • The results, therefore, show where public operational evidence is limited or assessments report challenges, not a comparative prevalence of documented operational-readiness gaps at national versus EU level.

    From Preparedness to Documented Operational Readiness: Mapping Public Evidence Across the EU/EEA Health-Security Architecture · 2026 · DOI

  • Although the original Village A emergency plan was used as an empirical baseline, no directly comparable computational method was included for benchmarking, and the practical effectiveness of the generated plans has not yet been systematically evaluated in real-world or simulated environments.

    A task-oriented framework for dynamic generation of public health emergency plans in major infectious disease response · 2026 · DOI

  • While regional differences in disaster recovery may exist, future research could explore such nuances in more diverse populations. A more detailed analysis, however, is beyond the scope of this study. Third, there may be unmeasured confounders that we did not account for with our autoregressive model such as the effects of systemic racism along with preexisting geographic vulnerability.

    Healthcare Access in the Aftermath: A Longitudinal Analysis of Disaster Impact on US Communities · 2025 · DOI

  • Further research is needed to deeply understand EMTs and NCDs management, in order to better define standard operating procedures that address this issue during disaster responses. Not all EMTs reported in the studies were formally classified under the WHO EMTs framework, and disaster types varied widely, including both natural and human-made events.

    Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Management During Disasters and Humanitarian Emergencies: A Review of the Experiences Reported by Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) · 2025 · DOI

  • Importantly, it also represents the first instance in which publicly available datasets from two different government entities have been combined to understand both disaster frequency and health facility preparedness, highlighting a significant gap in research at this intersection in Nepal.

    Assessing health facility preparedness in Nepal for addressing climate-related disasters and climate-sensitive diseases · 2025 · DOI

  • In line with this focus on the “identify” step of the special pathogens response, the key limitation in this tabletop exercise is the lack of discussion surrounding the pan-zo-onotic dimension of HPAI.

    Enhancing Healthcare Preparedness: Lessons from a Tabletop Exercise on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) · 2025 · DOI

  • Lack of adequate nutrition for elderly individuals in disaster situations. Inadequate consideration of the nutritional needs of elderly individuals in emergency food provisions. Need for effective frameworks for emergency food provisions.

    Meals in Shelters during Noto Peninsula Earthquakes Are Deficient in Energy and Protein for Older Adults Vulnerable to the Disaster: Challenges and Responses · 2024 · DOI

  • In particular, important potential confounders such as respondents’ age and years of professional experience, which may have influenced the observed associations, were not investigated.

    Implementation of Disaster Prevention Education and Maternal and Child Health Handbook Guidance for Pregnant Women in Japanese Medical Institutions: A Pilot Study · 2026 · DOI

  • One limitation of this study was that only two cases were analysed. The challenges that arise in contexts that hinder patient-centred care, particularly in disaster situations, are scarce resources that require priorities to be set.

    Fundamentals of Care in a 1997 Azorean Disaster: A Multiple-Case Study · 2026 · DOI

  • This study indicates that ChatGPT version 4 is insufficient to triage simulated disaster patients via the START protocol.

    Accuracy of a Commercial Large Language Model (ChatGPT) to Perform Disaster Triage of Simulated Patients Using the Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) Protocol: Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility Study · 2024 · DOI

  • The absence of an objective measure of Role 2 readiness is a key limitation of this study.

    The Self-Perceived Role 2 Preparedness of Family Medicine Physicians · 2026 · DOI

  • Despite the increasing frequency of climate related disasters in recent years, limited research has explored the preparedness of HFs in LMICs.

    Assessing health facility preparedness in Nepal for addressing climate-related disasters and climate-sensitive diseases · 2025 · DOI

  • Key challenges included lack of standardized form usage and variability in laboratory capabilities.

    Deploy to Diagnose: Enhancing Pandemic Preparedness With NATO Field Lab Capabilities · 2025 · DOI

  • The doctrine inventory of 7 identified relevant documents revealed a lack of standardization in MASCAL definitions, triage protocols, and guidance on ethical considerations and expectant casualty care.

    Enhancing Mass Casualty Response in the U.S. Department of Defense: A Mixed-Methods Approach · 2025 · DOI

  • Since the studies accounted for between 4 and 17 medical emergencies, the reported frequencies may be underreported in some instances. Studies reporting medical emergencies per physician per year provide a more accurate perspective on the medical emergency burden, but are scarcer.

    Medical Emergencies and Operational Preparedness Among Dentists: A Scoping Review · 2026 · DOI

  • First, the primary PHC evidence identified workforce readiness, executable planning and coordination, information flow, basic infrastructure and logistics, monitoring, referral functionality, and community-facing services as central preparedness capacities, while community capacities, risk communication, and financing remained comparatively under-reported operational areas.

    Disaster preparedness and service continuity in primary healthcare centers: a systematic review and structured contextual evidence synthesis · 2026 · DOI

  • In congested urban spaces, the use of aerial means for transportation offers a great opportunity for emergency delivery. The results presented above are based on a credible scenario for the city of Madrid. A subset of hospitals of the public network is selected using the guidance of experts and existing plans for aerial demonstration flights.

    Unmanned Aircraft for Emergency Deliveries Between Hospitals in Madrid: Estimating Time Savings and Predictability · 2025 · DOI

  • A FHIR profile has generally been created for specific use cases; however, few studies have performed disaster-related profiling.

    Implementation of the World Health Organization Minimum Dataset for Emergency Medical Teams to Create Disaster Profiles for the Indonesian SATUSEHAT Platform Using Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources: Development and Validation Study · 2024 · DOI

  • The study had a small sample size of 5 end-user organizations, - The study was limited to European emergency medical service end-user organizations, - The study did not investigate the long-term effects of the MR MCI…

    Mixed reality feature priorities for mass casualty incident triage simulation: a descriptive pre-post study · 2026 · DOI

  • Investigate the long-term effects of the MR MCI simulation, - Explore the use of MR MCI simulation in different contexts and cultures, - Examine the impact of MR MCI simulation on the retention of triage…

    Mixed reality feature priorities for mass casualty incident triage simulation: a descriptive pre-post study · 2026 · DOI

  • This study reveals a valuable opportunity to improve nurses’ disaster preparedness, contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals, and to reduce the negative impacts of climate change, especially in strengthening resilience and adaptive capacity to disaster-related risks.

    Environment Disaster: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Determinants for the Preparation of Azorean Nurses · 2025 · DOI

  • Although reforms aimed at aligning with European standards have been initiated, their implementation is often limited…

    Comprehensive Risk Analysis of Emergency Medical Response Systems in Serbian Healthcare: Assessing Systemic Vulnerabilities in Disaster Preparedness and Response · 2024 · DOI

  • Identify diverse stakeholders to partner in decision-making. Table 2.

    Lessons Learned from Cross-Systems Approach to COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Juvenile Justice System, Colorado, USA · 2024 · DOI

  • We applied categories of sex and gender to organize and illustrate the literature and inspire further research on these issues.

    Sex and Gender Influences on the Impacts of Disasters: A Rapid Review of Evidence · 2025 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) The challenges that arise in contexts that hinder patient-centred care, particularly in disaster situations, are scarce resources that require priorities to be set (“Fundamentals of Care in a 1997 Azorean Disaster: A Multiple-Case Study”, 2026); (2) While regional differences in disaster recovery may exist, future research could explore such nuances in more diverse populations (“Healthcare Access in the Aftermath: A Longitudinal Analysis of Disaster Impact…”, 2025); (3) Further research is needed to deeply understand EMTs and NCDs management, in order to better define standard operating procedures that address this issue during disaster responses (“Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Management During Disasters and Humanitarian…”, 2025); (4) In line with this focus on the “identify” step of the special pathogens response, the key limitation in this tabletop exercise is the lack of discussion surrounding the pan-zo-onotic dimension of HPAI (“Enhancing Healthcare Preparedness: Lessons from a Tabletop Exercise on Highly…”, 2025); (5) Key challenges included lack of standardized form usage and variability in laboratory capabilities (“Deploy to Diagnose: Enhancing Pandemic Preparedness With NATO Field Lab…”, 2025). 333 gap statements have been mined from Disaster Response and Management papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 2,939 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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