scholarly journals Stigma and disaster risk reduction among vulnerable groups: Considering people receiving opioid substitution treatment

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 101588
Author(s):  
Denise Blake ◽  
Sheridan Pooley ◽  
Antonia Lyons
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Substitution Treatment ◽  
Opioid Substitution Treatment ◽  
Opioid Substitution

scholarly journals Stigma and disaster risk reduction among vulnerable groups: Considering people receiving opioid substitution treatment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Blake ◽  
S Pooley ◽  
Antonia Lyons
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Substitution Treatment ◽  
Access To Treatment ◽  
Opioid Substitution Treatment ◽  
Opioid Substitution

© 2020 This work explores the ways in which stigma influences how people engage with disaster risk reduction. It specifically addresses the experiences and perceptions of stigma for people who receive Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST), a successful harm reduction strategy that reduces illicit drug use, risk of overdose and criminal activity. Unfortunately, while receiving OST people endure stigma because of their perceived or assumed history of drug use, which positions them as socially deviant and unacceptable. During a disaster or emergency, forms of social stigma from health and emergency management personnel have implications for access to treatment such as OST. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 21 people receiving OST from services in four major cities in Aotearoa New Zealand, an interpretive analysis was applied to better understand how stigma matters to their lived experience. Four key themes, namely “Experiences of stigma”, “Discrimination from health professionals”, and “Disasters and emergency management” and “Support within disaster contexts” were identified in their talk. We conclude that it is vital that medications and other necessary treatments are made accessible to those who need them to maintain health and wellbeing. It is important to be aware that stigmatising beliefs manifest in disaster-response settings which have consequences for people who are already more vulnerable than others. Therefore we suggest that appropriate education and training be provided.

scholarly journals Stigma and disaster risk reduction among vulnerable groups: Considering people receiving opioid substitution treatment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Blake ◽  
S Pooley ◽  
Antonia Lyons
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Substitution Treatment ◽  
Access To Treatment ◽  
Opioid Substitution Treatment ◽  
Opioid Substitution

© 2020 This work explores the ways in which stigma influences how people engage with disaster risk reduction. It specifically addresses the experiences and perceptions of stigma for people who receive Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST), a successful harm reduction strategy that reduces illicit drug use, risk of overdose and criminal activity. Unfortunately, while receiving OST people endure stigma because of their perceived or assumed history of drug use, which positions them as socially deviant and unacceptable. During a disaster or emergency, forms of social stigma from health and emergency management personnel have implications for access to treatment such as OST. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 21 people receiving OST from services in four major cities in Aotearoa New Zealand, an interpretive analysis was applied to better understand how stigma matters to their lived experience. Four key themes, namely “Experiences of stigma”, “Discrimination from health professionals”, and “Disasters and emergency management” and “Support within disaster contexts” were identified in their talk. We conclude that it is vital that medications and other necessary treatments are made accessible to those who need them to maintain health and wellbeing. It is important to be aware that stigmatising beliefs manifest in disaster-response settings which have consequences for people who are already more vulnerable than others. Therefore we suggest that appropriate education and training be provided.

PERAN KELOMPOK RENTAN DALAM PENANGGULANGAN BENCANA DAN PENGURANGAN RESIKO BENCANA DI DESA TANGGUH BENCANA (STUDI DESKRIPTIF SATUAN TUGAS DESA TANGGUH BENCANA DI DESA GUNUNG GEULIS, KECAMATAN SUKARAJA, KABUPATEN BOGOR)

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Syadza Alifa ◽  
Arif Wibowo
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Inhibiting Factors ◽  
Depth Interviews

This research discusses about the role of vulnerable groups who are being Task Force in disaster management and disaster risk reduction efforts in Gunung Geulis Village, Bogor Region. This study examine the process of formation of the Task Force, the role of vulnerable groups into the Task Force, and the supporting factors and inhibiting factors of the vulnerable groups into the Task Force. This study is a descriptive study with qualitative methods. The methods used are observation, in-depth interviews, and the study of literature. The end results show that the involvement of vulnerable groups as Task Force has been suitable with the regulation, the Task Force from vulnerable groups are active in disaster management and disaster risk reduction efforts, and supporting factors are likely more as long as their needs are accommodated and customize the tasks according to their capacity.

scholarly journals Opioid substitution treatment and disasters: perspectives from Aotearoa New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Blake
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
Substitution Treatment ◽  
Opioid Substitution Treatment ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
The People ◽  
Actual Harm ◽  
Opioid Substitution

In Aotearoa New Zealand, disaster risk management (DRM) aspires to protect the lives and livelihoods of people and places. It does this by encouraging people and communities to be disaster ready, while ensuring reduction of potential and actual harm from a disaster, responding immediately and directly following a disaster, and recovering so that there is ongoing regeneration and resiliency for the people and communities impacted by a disaster.

scholarly journals Disaster Risk Reduction Education: Tensions and Connections with Sustainable Development Goals

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 10933
Author(s):  
Valeria M. Cabello ◽  
Karina D. Véliz ◽  
Ana M. Moncada-Arce ◽  
María Irarrázaval García-Huidobro ◽  
Felipe Juillerat
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Development Goals

In the last decades, environmental risks and threats have increased human exposure to natural hazards, often affecting the quality of life, especially for vulnerable groups. This article explores the tensions and connections within educational research concerning disaster risk reduction (DRRE) in relation to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Twenty-seven articles published between 2014 and 2020 in various geographic regions regarding disaster risk reduction (DRR) were reviewed, finding that (a) the participation of children, youth, families, and the community is central; (b) non-formal and informal education are equally as relevant as formal education; (c) DRR initiatives can favor broader objectives, such as reducing poverty or advancing towards sustainable communities; and (d) achieving community resilience in the face of socio-natural disasters requires local voices for the design, implementation, and scaling of strategies. However, certain tensions were also found due to the lack of emphasis on the crucial areas of SDGs, which are related to a comprehensive notion of well-being and health education, including mental health and a gender approach, the limited mitigation of risk aggravating factors arising from extreme poverty and the climate crisis, the disconnection between modern and ancestral knowledge, the “top-down” versus “bottom-up” approach in the generation of local solutions, the role of education on disaster risk reduction as a risk mitigation factor, and the requirements to adjust the curriculum synchronously to global environmental needs, are all discussed, thus highlighting and encouraging the urgent cultural changes needed in the Anthropocene era that can be triggered through disaster risk reduction education.

scholarly journals A review of children’s participation in disaster risk reduction

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chipo Muzenda-Mudavanhu
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Knowledge Gap ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Potential Value ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Children's Participation

Children are often excluded from disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities, yet they are one of the most vulnerable groups to disasters. As a result, they experience physical, psychological and educational vulnerabilities. There is lack of research on children’s participation in DRR and their potential value in strengthening community resilience has been largely overlooked. Therefore, this article highlights the existing research and knowledge gap in children’s participation in DRR. It highlights the existing research and knowledge gap by reviewing literature on the concept of children’s participation in DRR. The article analyses the different ways in which children’s participation in DRR has been conceptualised, and how this has influenced the way children are involved in DRR. The study will then explore the obstacles to involving children and their potential contribution in DRR.

scholarly journals Modal Sosial Kelompok Rentan Sebagai Upaya Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 236
Author(s):  
Zeni Eka Putri ◽  
Azwar Azwar
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Network Support ◽  
Tsunami Disaster

Padang City has a low resilience for earthquake and tsunami disaster. Actually, social capital can be used as a strategy for overcoming impacts and efforts to reduce the level of risk of disaster. According to Siegler, social capital has four aspects, there are personal relationships, social network support, civic engagement, and trust and cooperative norms. The research objectives are: 1) Describe the knowledge and experience of vulnerable groups in dealing with disasters (earthquake and tsunami); 2) Identifying vulnerable groups' social capital as a disaster risk reduction (DRR) effort; 3) Describe the opportunities and obstacles/threats in the use of social capital as an effort to disaster risk reduction (DRR). The research method is qualitative with a case study. The location of this research in Pasie Nan Tigo, Koto Tangah District, Padang City. The determination of informants is a purposive sampling technique. This research has 22 informants. The criteria of informants are; 1) Have settled in a red zone area for at least 5 years; 2) The distance between the house and the beach is a maximum radius of 3 km. The results of the research are; 1) Vulnerable groups have the knowledge and experience about disasters; 2) Social groups already have social capital in 4 aspects of social capital such as personal relationships, social networking support, civic engagement, and trust and cooperative norm; 3) Social capital has opportunities and challenges from the internal and external side. Keywords: Social Capital, DRR  

scholarly journals The Integration and Strengthening of Vulnerable Segments of Society in Disaster Risk Reduction Initiatives (Evidence from Developing World)

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (IV) ◽  
pp. 8-13
Author(s):  
Afsheen Zeeshan ◽  
Shahzad Hussain ◽  
Muhammad Bashir Khan
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Comprehensive Information ◽  
Global Agenda

Disasters have the capacity to increase the weaknesses and vulnerabilities of marginalized groups of society. It is the need of the hour to include these segments to make the process of disaster risk reduction successful. This research article presents comprehensive information regarding global agenda and efforts made by developing countries for the empowerment & resilience of weak people during natural and man-made disasters. This article provides information on vulnerable groups are exploited for reaping benefits of DRR policies. Case studies are studied from developing world like, Indonesia, Cambodia, Philippines, Nepal, India & Myanmar to highlight the initiative taken to empower these segments. This evidence has been used in recommending more productive actions for inclusion of vulnerable people in DRR mechanisms in developing countries.

scholarly journals RISK REDUCTION MANAGEMENT PREPAREDNESS OF STRASUC OLYMPICS: A DISASTER RESPONSE AND GOVERNANCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 846-856
Author(s):  
Liza L. Bartolome , Ph. D. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
National Government ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Government Agencies

Southern Tagalog Regional Association of State Universities and Colleges (STRASUC) Olympics is a densely populated event and composed of players that are one of the most vulnerable groups in society. To reduce this vulnerability, particularly in sports events, it is important to provide a Disaster Management Plan. STRASUC also have many resources and therefore, has a responsibility towards its immediate locality, just as the neighboring community is linked to them.Pursuant to Republic Act (RA) No. 10121 entitled The Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010, an act mandated to strengthen disaster management in the Philippines, which mandates all national government agencies to institutionalize policies, structures, coordination mechanisms and programs with continuing budget appropriation on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) from national to local levels including CHED guidelines on DRRMO, which is mandated to initiate and spearhead the establishment of mechanisms to prepare, guarantee protection and increase resiliency of STRASUC constituents in the face of disaster, CHED issues the enclosed coordination and information management protocols in STRASUC offices to establish the system of coordination and information management and provide guidance to STRASUC offices on their respective roles and functions relative to DRRM implementation.Furthermore, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) issues the enclosed Comprehensive Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) in their lecture to ensure resilience-building in universities to maintain quality education even during disasters and/or emergencies.The DRRM office institutionalizes the culture of safety at all levels, to systematize the protecytion of education investments and to ensure continued delivery of quality education services. It shall serve as the focal and coordinative unit for DRRM-related activities. The DRRMO shall perform the following specific functions: Act as the focal point in planning, implementing, coordinating and monitoring of activities related to DRRM, EiE and CCA. Develop aznd recommend policy standards and actions on management on DRRM/EiE/CCA matters. Initiate and coordinate cooperation and collaborative activities with the national government agencies, NGO and CSO.

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