Zahra Aghalari - Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
Aram Tirgar - Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.

Background: Accurate and timely information plays an important role in disaster preparedness and this information is partly obtained through research and scientific articles. This study aimed to evaluate the publication status of scientific articles about disasters and accidents in Iranian Medical Journals from ۲۰۱۰ to ۲۰۱۵. Materials and Methods: All Persian articles on the subject of natural disasters; safety; occupational, road, or home accidents, burns, medical errors, related disasters, and emergencies were extracted. The relevant data were collected using a researcher-made checklist through the survey of selected articles. Results: The results obtained from ۳۶۳۴۱ articles out of ۱۵۶ journals published by ۴۷ medical universities showed that ۵۹۹(۱.۶%) articles were related to emergencies, disasters, and accidents, in which ۳۰(۰.۰۸%) articles were about natural disasters and ۵۶۹(۱.۵%) papers were about man-made accidents. Conclusion: Although, there were scientific articles dedicated to emergencies, disasters and accidents, such topics were limited. Therefore, it seems necessary to take appropriate measures aimed at greater attention to the needs of national and regional medical scientists.

Disasters, Accidents, Medical research, Medical universities