Climate-induced Displacements in California: Looking county by county to explore human displacement directly caused by n...
Virtual-reality exposure treatment for first responder PTSD: a pilot investigation
Published in Frontiers in Virtual Reality
Introduction: There is increasing recognition that first responders’ exposure to multiple traumatic events puts them at risk for the development of emotional distress, including depression, substance misuse, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and suicide. Despite this increased risk and higher prevalence of PTSD and other trauma-related disorder...
Development and implementation of a rehabilitation triage algorithm for disasters in the subacute phase: an experience f...
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Published in Frontiers in Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Early rehabilitation during disasters such as earthquakes is an important but often undervalued responsibility of medical teams. Both the development of simple tools for assessing the life functioning of evacuees and the standardization of intervention methods are urgent issues in disaster rehabilitation. The Japanese Rehabilitation Assistance Team...
Bioethics of pandemics and disasters within the context of public health ethics and ethics of social consequences
Published in Ethics & Bioethics
Introduction: Public health ethics addresses moral dilemmas arising from balancing individual healthcare needs with societal interests. Ethical considerations in public health during pandemics and disasters aim to reduce mortality rates and minimize social injustice through fair principles. Objective: This paper analyzes public health ethics and et...
Effectiveness of mangrove sword bean food bar addressed to older people of landslide disaster victims
Published in Frontiers in Nutrition
Background Older people require extra attention due to their reduced ability to prepare for disasters, as they adequately possess distinct needs. These groups necessitate uncomplicated, readily consumable, and palatable food options that fulfill their micronutrient needs. The objective of this research was to assess the effects of a snack bar enric...
Exploring the prevalence and predictors of low resilience and likely PTSD in residents of two provinces in Canada during...
Published in Frontiers in Public Health
Background The recent wildfires in Canada serve as a stark example of the substantial and enduring harm they cause to the health of individuals and communities. Assessing the prevalence and correlates of Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and low resilience is valuable for policymakers in public health. Objectives The study aimed to assess the p...
Communication in disasters to support families with children with medical complexity and special healthcare needs: a rap...
Published in Frontiers in Public Health
Disasters can disrupt normal healthcare processes, with serious effects on children who depend upon regular access to the health care system. Children with medical complexity (CMC) are especially at risk. These children have chronic medical conditions, and may depend on medical technology, like feeding tubes. Without clear, evidence-based processes...
Les catastrophes, un prisme pour regarder le monde ordinaire / Les catastrophes, un prisme pour regarder le monde ordina...
L’entretien de Sandrine Revet, anthropologue spécialiste de l’anthropologie des catastrophes « naturelles » et de leur gouvernance, permet de saisir l’histoire et les enjeux épistémologiques de ce domaine de l’anthropologie. En revenant sur son parcours personnel, la chercheuse décrit les inflexions du chantier intellectuel qui prend la catastrophe...
Resilience and Disaster: Flexible Adaptation in the Face of Uncertain Threat
Disasters cause sweeping damage, hardship, and loss of life. In this article, we first consider the dominant psychological approach to disasters and its narrow focus on psychopathology (e.g., posttraumatic stress disorder). We then review research on a broader approach that has identified heterogeneous, highly replicable trajectories of outcome, th...
Post-traumatic stress and depression following disaster: examining the mediating role of disaster resilience
Published in Frontiers in Public Health
The current study used structural equation modeling to examine the role of disaster resilience as a mediator between disaster exposure and post-traumatic stress and depressive symptoms among a sample of 625 U.S. adults who experienced a disaster event. Results found that disaster resilience mediated the relationship between disaster exposure as a p...
