Killing healthcare: How attacks against health systems in conflict zones affect patient related outcome measures and healthcare workers

本行动研究项目利用定量和定性实地数据，审查针对医疗保健的攻击对卫生系统和患者的影响。我将利用现有的保护冲突中医疗保健的卫生理论框架和国际标准，在武装冲突日益城市化、导致交战各方故意破坏整个民用基础设施的背景下，检验这些标准的可行性。该研究遵循准实验设计，以解决在活跃冲突地区进行研究所固有的伦理和实践限制，以及在这些环境中研究弱势患者群体时所需的伦理考虑。

This action research project examines the impact of attacks against healthcare on health systems and patients using quantitative and qualitative field data. Using a theoretical framework on health and international standards that exist to protect healthcare in conflict, I will look to test their viability in the context of a landscape where armed conflict is becoming more urbanised, resulting in entire civilian infrastructures being deliberately by warring parties. The research follows a quasi-experimental design to address the ethical and practical restrictions inherent in conducting research in active conflict zone and also the ethical considerations required when researching vulnerable patient populations in these settings.