scholarly journals Veterinary behavioural health issues associated with disaster response

2021 ◽  
Vol 10.47389/36 (36.3) ◽  
pp. 78-84
Author(s):  
Gary Vroegindewey
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Response ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Elevated Risk ◽  
Professional Group ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Professional Relationships ◽  
Animal Disease ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Behavioural Health ◽  
Mental Health Effects

Emergencies and disasters create stressful situations that can exacerbate ongoing behavioural health issues. Veterinarians have been identified as a professional group at elevated risk for behavioural health issues when they are involved with an emergency response. Prior studies looking at transboundary animal disease disaster management demonstrate the significant and long-lasting mental health effects experienced by veterinary responders. To examine the scale and scope of behavioural health issues exhibited by veterinary responders, an online and anonymous survey was conducted with veterinarians who had participated in events in the Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, Latin America and North America regions. The results of the survey showed that behavioural health issues were reported by 51 per cent of respondents during and up to 6 months after the disaster. Behavioural health issues reported included loss of sleep, anxiety, difficulty with personal and professional relationships, mood swings, depression, nightmares and flashbacks and suicidal thoughts. The scope and magnitude of veterinarians with behavioural health issues associated with disasters underscores the need for guidelines, standards, education, training and further research in this area.

scholarly journals Helping communities to manage disaster risk

2019 ◽  
pp. 432-443
Author(s):  
Joel Hafvenstein ◽  
Jonathan Stone
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Response Team ◽  
Health Programmes

This chapter describes how to manage disaster risk and how community-level action is essential when organizing any emergency response action. It outlines the types of hazards that communities face, how they can be reduced and how we can increase the effectiveness and resilience of community health programmes (CHPs) to meet those hazards. It explains how we can train a disaster response team (DRT) and use them and community health workers (CHWs) both to deliver and to help to implement disaster safety messages. It describes in some detail both the types of disaster and ways in which the community can respond and work with others, including government and external providers.

scholarly journals Disaster Management in Wetland Settlement at Ogan Komering ILIR Regency, South Sumatera

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S9) ◽  
pp. 44-50
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Tropical Region ◽  
Specific Procedure ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Dry Seasons ◽  
Collaborative Efforts

Ogan Komering Ilir (OKI) Regency is part of the South Sumatra Province whose area is prone to flooding and fire. As for the tropical region, OKI also has two extreme seasons between the rainy and dry seasons. In the dry season is a prone period of forest and land fires, while in the raining season, its prone to flooding. This study aimed to conduct Disaster Management in Wetland Settlements at Ogan Komering Ilir Regency. The method was using qualitative study design with six informant that consist of six local community and two key informant from worker of Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah and Dinas Kesehatan OKI. The result showed that disaster management was classified into four phase. First, the phase of prevention and mitigation that analyzed socialization efforts conducted in OKI were distribution of leaflets and posters. Then, phase of disaster preparedness showed preparedness program in OKI has not been implemented optimally. In disaster emergency response phase discovered no specific procedure in disaster management. Moreover, the phase of disaster recovery indicated that collaborative efforts with multi-sector stakeholders have been conducted. It can be concluded to prepare Disaster Response Village Programs in Ogan Komering Ilir.

Legal Rules for the Response and Recuperation Before the Phenomenon of El Niño Costero, Peru, 2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 845-848
Author(s):  
Celso Bambaren ◽  
Maria del Socorro Alatrista
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Response ◽  
El Niño ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
El Nino ◽  
National Level ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
Municipal Level

ABSTRACTObjective:The aim of this study was to identify regulations that were established and implemented as an emergency disaster response to intense rain and floods generated by the El Niño coastal phenomenon.Methods:A search was conducted for the legal norms approved and published between December 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017, in El Peruano, Peru’s official newspaper. Twenty legal norms involved disaster emergency response, rehabilitation, and the reconstruction of the affected regions.Results:Forty-six legal norms were identified, of which 41% were aimed at the declaration of emergencies and alerts, 22% to facilitate the management of economic resources, and 13% for coordination actions. Sixty-two percent of the approved standards were set for the regional level, 22% for the national level, 7% for the municipal level, and the remaining 10% corresponded with more than 1 level of government.Conclusions:The actions during and after the El Niño coastal phenomenon required the approval of standards included in the legal framework of Peru’s disaster risk management, as well as a large number of unforeseen standards to address existing regulatory gaps and specific problems that occurred during this natural disaster.

scholarly journals Use of Community Assessments for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPERs) to Rapidly Assess Public Health Issues — United States, 2003-2012

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 374-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tesfaye M. Bayleyegn ◽  
Amy H. Schnall ◽  
Shimere G. Ballou ◽  
David F. Zane ◽  
Sherry L. Burrer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Public Health Action ◽  
Sampling Methodology ◽  
Health Action ◽  
Public Health Emergency Response

AbstractIntroductionCommunity Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) is an epidemiologic technique designed to provide quick, inexpensive, accurate, and reliable household-based public health information about a community’s emergency response needs. The Health Studies Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides in-field assistance and technical support to state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) health departments in conducting CASPERs during a disaster response and in non-emergency settings. Data from CASPERs conducted from 2003 through 2012 were reviewed to describe uses of CASPER, ascertain strengths of the CASPER methodology, and highlight significant findings.MethodsThrough an assessment of the CDC’s CASPER metadatabase, all CASPERs that involved CDC support performed in US states and territories from 2003 through 2012 were reviewed and compared descriptively for differences in geographic distribution, sampling methodology, mapping tool, assessment settings, and result and action taken by decision makers.ResultsFor the study period, 53 CASPERs were conducted in 13 states and one US territory. Among the 53 CASPERS, 38 (71.6%) used the traditional 2-stage cluster sampling methodology, 10 (18.8%) used a 3-stage cluster sampling, and two (3.7%) used a simple random sampling methodology. Among the CASPERs, 37 (69.9%) were conducted in response to specific natural or human-induced disasters, including 14 (37.8%) for hurricanes. The remaining 16 (30.1%) CASPERS were conducted in non-disaster settings to assess household preparedness levels or potential effects of a proposed plan or program. The most common recommendations resulting from a disaster-related CASPER were to educate the community on available resources (27; 72.9%) and provide services (18; 48.6%) such as debris removals and refills of medications. In preparedness CASPERs, the most common recommendations were to educate the community in disaster preparedness (5; 31.2%) and to revise or improve preparedness plans (5; 31.2%). Twenty-five (47.1%) CASPERs documented on the report or publications the public health action has taken based on the result or recommendations. Findings from 27 (50.9%) of the CASPERs conducted with CDC assistance were published in peer-reviewed journals or elsewhere.ConclusionThe number of CASPERs conducted with CDC assistance has increased and diversified over the past decade. The CASPERs’ results and recommendations supported the public health decisions that benefitted the community. Overall, the findings suggest that the CASPER is a useful tool for collecting household-level disaster preparedness and response data and generating information to support public health action.BayleyegnTM, SchnallAH, BallouSG, ZaneDF, BurrerSL, NoeRS, WolkinAF. Use of Community Assessments for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPERs) to rapidly assess public health issues — United States, 2003-2012. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015;30(4):1-8.

Natural Hazards Governance in Mexico

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Mansilla
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Civil Protection ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Post Disaster

As a result of the earthquakes that occurred in September 1985 and their human and material consequences, disaster care in Mexico became institutionalized and acquired the rank of public policy when the first national civil protection law was published years later. More than 30 years after the creation of the National Civil Protection System, there have been some important advances; however, they have not been translated into higher levels of safety for populations exposed to risk. On the contrary, the evidence shows that the country’s risk, as well as the number of disasters and associated material losses, increase year by year. To a large extent, this stems from an approach based predominantly on post-disaster response by strengthening preparedness and emergency response capacities and creating financial mechanisms to address reconstruction processes, as opposed to broader approaches seeking to address the root causes of risk and disasters. Post-disaster actions and reconstruction processes have failed to achieve acceptable levels of efficiency, and disorganization and misuse of resources that should benefit disaster-affected populations still prevails.

scholarly journals Using Simulated Annealing to Improve the Information Dissemination Network Structure of a Foreign Animal Disease Outbreak Response

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Pleuss ◽  
Jessica L. Heier Stamm ◽  
Jason D. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Communication Network ◽  
Simulated Annealing ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Network Structure ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Animal Disease ◽  
Outbreak Response ◽  
Foreign Animal Disease

AbstractCommunication is an integral part of emergency response, and improving the information dissemination network for crisis communication can save time, resources, and lives. In a foreign animal disease (FAD) outbreak, timeliness of detection and response are critical. An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, a particularly significant FAD, could cripple the agriculture economy. This research uses communication data from a FAD response exercise in Kansas to develop a reliable crisis communication network model, contributing a general method for creating an information dissemination network from empirical communication data. We then introduce a simulated annealing heuristic that identifies an alternative network structure that minimizes the time for information to reach all response participants. The resultant network structure reduces overall information transmission time by almost 90% and reveals actionable observations for improving FAD response communication. We find that not only can a crisis communication network be improved significantly, but also that the quantitative results support qualitative observations from early in the data extraction process. This paper adds original methods to the literature and opens the door for future quantitative work in the area of crisis communication and emergency response.

Is now the time to invest in emergency smart-navigated multiple-response quadcopter fleets?

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-155
Author(s):  
Timotius Kartawijaya ◽  
Edwin Townsend ◽  
Kevin Tully ◽  
Paul Isihara ◽  
Danilo R. Diedrichs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Response ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Fleet Size ◽  
Physical Systems ◽  
Emergency Response System ◽  
Humanitarian Response ◽  
Design Life ◽  
Life Saving ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Vehicle Technology

With increased development of unmanned aerial vehicle technology and its application during humanitarian response to emergencies, the issue of smart navigation as a better alternative to manual operators is becoming increasingly significant. In response to a SmartAmerica initiative to design life-saving cyber-physical systems, a prototype Smart Emergency Response System (SERS) was developed in 2013–2014 to coordinate futuristic disaster response by cyber agents including ground and aerial telerobots and biobots. A more immediate application of the SERS system is simulation of quadcopter response to 911 police and fire requests. Tailoring parameters to specific locations, simulations inform decisions about effective quadcopter fleet size and quantify improved operator cost efficiency of a smart-navigated response.

Conceptualization of a Health Care Coalition Framework in Georgia Based on the Existing Regional Coordinating Hospital Infrastructure

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Curtis Harris ◽  
Tawny Waltz ◽  
James Patrick O’Neal ◽  
Kelly Nadeau ◽  
Matthew Crumpton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Community Health Centers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Care Community ◽  
Department Of Health

AbstractThe watershed events of September 11, 2001; the anthrax attacks; Hurricane Katrina; and H1N1 necessitated that the United States define alternative mechanisms for disaster response. Specifically, there was a need to shift from a capacity building approach to a capabilities based approach that would place more emphasis on the health care community rather than just first responders. Georgia responded to this initiative by creating a Regional Coordinating Hospital (RCH) infrastructure that was responsible for coordinating regional responses within their individual geographic footprint. However, it was quickly realized that hospitals could not accomplish community-wide preparedness as a single entity and that siloed planning must come to an end. To reconcile this issue, Georgia responded to the 2012 US Department of Health and Human Services concept of coalitions. Georgia utilized the existing RCH boundaries to define its coalition regions and began inviting all medical and nonmedical response partners to the planning table (nursing homes, community health centers, volunteer groups, law enforcement, etc). This new collaboration effectively enhanced emergency response practices in Georgia, but also identified additional preparedness-related gaps that will require attention as our coalitions continue to grow and mature.(Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2016;10:174–179)

scholarly journals Peran Postaga Dalam Pemberdayaan Kesiapsiagaan Masyarakat Dalpenang Sampang

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
Nugroho Ari Wibowo
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Response ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Great Difficulty ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
Flood Prevention ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Awareness Raising ◽  
And Training

BNPB (2012) stated that casualties affected from the year 1815-2011 continue to increase. The disaster that struck Indonesia destroyed the development that has grown with great difficulty. Such conditions can cause both material and immaterial losses. The most disadvantaged are the marginalized and the poor. MLHPB (2016) states every rainy season Sampang is sure to be drowned by the flood. Data collected by MLHPB in Dalpenang and Rong Tengah were expressed as 35.4% of people suffering from leptospirosis, 60.3% of people suffering from pyoderma or ulceration, and the remaining 4.3% are inactive, lower, and diarrhea. This becomes a complex problem and there is no clear step to overcome the routine problem of it. In addition, interrupted, the distribution of drugs and. The established regulation is also considered ineffective. Need an active role of the community who are members of Posyandu Emergency Response to overcome the above problems. The methods undertaken in IbM's activities are posyandu building and disaster response. Disaster response programs ranging from the mitigation phase to the rehabilitation phase with extension and training approaches involving traditional leaders as mass mobilisers. The result of this IBM Service Activity is 80% of participants are able to understand the counseling about flood prevention and flood prevention, the cadres are able to do first aid in emergency disasters, and 80% of cadres are able to make prevention and mitigation efforts of flood. Awareness raising of disaster partners and natural disasters that are more capable and self-sufficient in facing the flood disaster each year.

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