External Support and Community Cooperation During Long-Term Sheltering—From the Case of the Great East Japan Earthquake

2020 ◽  
pp. 201-219
Author(s):  
Shoko Miyagawa ◽  
Miho Satoh ◽  
Satoshi Furuya ◽  
Yoko Yamada ◽  
Rajib Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
External Support ◽  
Community Cooperation

scholarly journals Designing Effective Spaces, Tasks and Metrics for Communication in Second Life Within the Context of Programming LEGO NXT Mindstorms™ Robots

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Vallance ◽  
Stewart Martin ◽  
Charles Wiz ◽  
Paul van Schaik
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Science Learning ◽  
Pedagogical Approach ◽  
Construction Of Knowledge ◽  
Effective Science ◽  
Community Cooperation ◽  
Social Constructivist Learning

Science education is concerned with the meaningful pursuit of comprehension, knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts and processes. In Vygotskian social constructivist learning, personal interpretation, decision-making and community cooperation fosters long-term understanding and transference of learned concepts. The construction of knowledge requires learners to be actively involved in the process of learning. For effective science learning to take place an instructor’s pedagogical approach must be anchored in meaningful contexts so that students have actual opportunities to experience science. This paper presents the early stages of a research project that attempts to assess and define effective measurements for evaluating strategies for communicating science by using LEGO robots and Mindstorms™ RCX controllers that are collaboratively constructed and programmed by students using virtual technologies while physically situated in different locations.

Intensified Kurdish attacks will not shake Tehran

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Level ◽  
External Support ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Border Areas

Significance Clashes between Iranian Kurds and the IRGC increased this year following the loss of territory by Islamic State (IS) in Iraq, a new Turkish military assault in Iraqi border areas where many groups were based and the emergence of wider protests in Iran. Washington’s rejection of the 2015 multilateral Iran nuclear deal in May has also opened up new opportunities for Iranian Kurdish parties to seek US backing. Impacts Sanctions combined with long-term economic and ecological crises will result in more national-level protests. Kurdish groups will increase military attacks, but this will not fundamentally change the security situation. Lack of unity among Iranian Kurdish groups will hinder their effectiveness, including in winning external support.

scholarly journals Disaster Preparedness Among Older Japanese Adults With Long-Term Care Needs and Their Family Caregivers

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoko Wakui ◽  
Emily M. Agree ◽  
Tami Saito ◽  
Ichiro Kai
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Community Support ◽  
The United States ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Term Care

AbstractObjectiveIn the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, as in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the United States, older individuals were at the greatest risk of mortality. Much concern has been raised about developing plans to reduce these risks, but little information has been provided about preparedness, and the key role played by caregivers has been largely unexplored. The aims of this study were thus to examine the preparedness of family caregivers of older adults with long-term care needs and to identify the characteristics of older adults and their caregivers that are associated with poor preparedness and greater concern about disasters.MethodsShortly after the Great East Japan Earthquake, the second wave of the Fukui Longitudinal Caregiver Study was administered to the family caregivers of older Japanese individuals with long-term care needs. The sample included 952 caregivers from 17 municipalities in Fukui prefecture. Logistic regression analyses were used to identify the factors associated with self-assessed preparedness, evacuation planning, and caregivers’ concerns about preparedness.ResultsThe majority (75%) of the caregivers had no concrete plans for evacuation in an emergency, and those caring for persons with dementia were 36% less likely to have any plan. In multivariate models, caregivers who were more experienced and wealthier and who reported more family and community support were more likely to feel well prepared. Caregivers with poor health or limited financial resources or who were responsible for older persons with mobility difficulties reported higher levels of anxiety about their disaster preparedness.ConclusionsThis study indicates that most caregivers are ill prepared to respond in emergencies and that caregiver resources, community support, and the needs of older care recipients influence both preparedness and concern about disasters. Education for caregivers and the development of community support programs could provide important sources of assistance to this vulnerable group. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2017;11:31–38)

scholarly journals Community Empowerment Through Homegrown Medicinal Plants and The "Wedang Uwuh" Herbal Beverage Cultivation in Seketi Hamlet

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Juliani Pudjowati ◽  
Thariq Abdurrahman ◽  
Enjelita Putri Pratiwi ◽  
Rizky Nugraha Baqi ◽  
Anggun Kumala Syafitri
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Entrepreneurship Training ◽  
Community Activities ◽  
Continuous Care ◽  
Diffusion Of Knowledge ◽  
Priority Needs ◽  
Community Cooperation ◽  
Insight Into

Rural community empowerment is an effort to develop independence and community welfare through the improvement of knowledge, attitudes, skills, behaviour, abilities, awareness, and resource utilization. This is carried out by establishing policies, programs, activities and assisting with the problems related to the priority needs of the community to increase community activities through the cultivation of homegrown medicinal plants. The homegrown medicinal plants (TOGA) are traditional medicinal plants. These medicinal plants are used for making Wedang Uwuh. The ingredients consist of various types of spices namely: ginger, cloves, nutmeg, lemongrass, cardamom, cinnamon, sappanwood, and rosella. The method of implementation used is through the diffusion of knowledge and direct practice. These activities were carried out for the residents of Seketi Hamlet. The results of the activities that have been carried out in Seketi Hamlet are as follows: the community gets insight into TOGA plants; people acquire skills in how to process TOGA into Wedang Uwuh herbal beverage which can help increase endurance (immunomodulators) to protect against Covid-19 pandemic; adding or increasing community activities through the use of house yards as TOGA growing media. Therefore, it is necessary for the Head of Seketi Hamlet to consider doing several things, namely the provision of advanced programs via entrepreneurship training to produce superior products from TOGA yields, and community cooperation in the continuous care of the “Seketi Hamlet Health Garden” for long term benefits.

Long‐term changes in a kelp bed of Eisenia bicyclis (Kjellman) Setchell due to subsidence caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake in Shizugawa Bay, Japan

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 253-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshihiko Sakanishi ◽  
Akira Kurashima ◽  
Akihiro Dazai ◽  
Takuzo Abe ◽  
Masakazu Aoki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Eisenia Bicyclis ◽  
Long Term Changes ◽  
Kelp Bed

All-Cause Mortality After the Great East Japan Earthquake in Fukushima Prefecture: Trends From 2009 to 2016 and Variation by Displacement

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Satoshi Tsuboi ◽  
Tomosa Mine ◽  
Satoshi Kanke ◽  
Tetsuya Ohira
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Eastern Area ◽  
Fukushima Prefecture ◽  
All Cause Mortality ◽  
Local Health Care

ABSTRACT Objectives: On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake (the Great East Japan Earthquake) occurred off the east coast of Japan. After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accidents, as of 2016, people were not allowed to live in the 6 districts (Tomioka, Okuma, Futaba, Namie, Katsurao, Iidate) in Fukushima Prefecture. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the long-term effects of displacement on all-cause mortality in Fukushima Prefecture. Methods: Data regarding population and deaths from 2009 to 2016 in Fukushima Prefecture were obtained from the governmental statistics. The age-adjusted all-cause mortality were compared among the 4 areas in Fukushima Prefecture; the Eastern, Middle, Western, and Displacement areas. Results: The age-adjusted all-cause mortality rates in the Eastern and Displacement areas were higher than in the other 2 areas from 2009 to 2011. During the period from 2012 to 2016, all-cause mortality in the Displacement area decreased to the lowest, while the morality in the Eastern area remained the highest. Conclusions: Against all expectations, after the earthquake, all-cause mortality in the Displacement area was continuously lower than in the rest of the Fukushima Prefecture. Following disasters, long-term monitoring should be organized to meet local health-care needs.

scholarly journals Occurrence of Cerebrovascular Diseases Decreased after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 105-115
Author(s):  
Shinichi Omama ◽  
Nobukazu Komoribayashi ◽  
Yoshihiro Inoue ◽  
Tomohiko Mase ◽  
Kuniaki Ogasawara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flood Damage ◽  
Cerebrovascular Diseases ◽  
Incidence Rates ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Temporary Increase ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Stroke Registry ◽  
Adjusted Incidence ◽  
Iwate Prefecture

<b><i>Background:</i></b> A temporary increase in the occurrence of cerebrovascular diseases (CVDs) after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011 was reported; however, no studies have been conducted to investigate long-term effects. We assessed the long-term impact of the disaster on the incidence of CVDs. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> Incidence data for CVDs from 2008 to 2017 were acquired from the population-based Stroke Registry with an inventory survey of Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Part of the coastal area in Iwate Prefecture was mildly flooded and the other part was severely flooded. Age-adjusted incidence rates of CVDs (according to the Japanese standard population) were calculated for each area. The relative risk (RR) of incidence based on the years before the disaster (2008–2010), adjusted by stratified age groups, was calculated for the year of the disaster (2011), and the years after the disaster (2012–2017) in each area. <b><i>Results:</i></b> The age-adjusted incidence rates gradually decreased in all areas, with the exception of a temporary increase among men who lived on the coast the year the disaster occurred. The adjusted RR in the disaster year were not significant in any area and those of the postdisaster years were 0.91 (95% CI 0.87–0.96) for all inland men, 0.93 (0.89–0.97) for all inland women, 0.85 (0.78–0.93) for all coastal men, 0.87 (0.81–0.94) for all coastal women, 0.88 (0.80–0.98) for men at mildly flooded coast, 0.82 (0.75–0.89) for women at mildly flooded coast, 0.79 (0.68–0.91) for men at severely flooded coast, and 0.98 (0.86–1.11) for women at severely flooded coast. <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> The occurrence of CVDs in the flooded coastal areas did not increase in the year of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami; furthermore, it decreased for men according to the severity of flood damage in the subsequent years; this can be attributed to supportive activities for the tsunami victims and the migration of the population.

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