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King B, Cancio LC, Jeng JC. Military Burn Care and Burn Disasters. Surg Clin North Am 2023; 103:529-538. [PMID: 37149388 DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2023.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Mass-casualty incidents can occur because of natural disasters; industrial accidents; or intentional attacks against civilian, police, or in case of combat, military forces. Depending on scale and type of incident, burn casualties often with a variety of concomitant injuries can be anticipated. The treatment of life-threatening traumatic injuries should take precedent but the stabilization, triage, and follow-on care of these patients will require local, state, and often regional coordination and support.
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- Booker King
- North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Burnett Womack Building, Campus Box 7206, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7206, USA
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- U.S. Army Burn Center, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX 78234-6315, USA
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- University of California Irvine, 3800 West Chapman Avenue, Suite 6200, Orange, CA 92868, USA.
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Rezabeigi Davarani E, Nekoei-Moghadam M, Khanjani N, Iranpour A, Chashmyazdan M, Farahmandnia H. Factors related to earthquake preparedness of households based on social-cognitive theory constructs: A systematic review. Front Public Health 2023; 11:987418. [PMID: 36875355 PMCID: PMC9978524 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.987418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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Background Earthquakes cause many casualties worldwide. Taking preventive measures and improving community preparedness is critical to reducing earthquake damage. The social cognitive theory explains how individual and environmental factors cause behavior. This review was conducted to identify the social cognitive theory structures, in research on the preparedness of households against earthquakes. Materials and methods This systematic review was performed based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. A search was conducted from January 1, 2000, to October 30, 2021 in Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, and Google Scholar. Studies were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. The initial search yielded 9,225 articles, and finally, 18 articles were selected. Articles were assessed using the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) checklist. Results Eighteen articles about disaster preparedness behaviors based on the socio-cognitive constructs were identified and reviewed. The essential constructs used in the reviewed studies included self-efficacy, collective efficacy, knowledge, outcome expectations, social support, and normative beliefs. Conclusion By identifying the dominant structures that have been used in studies related to the preparedness of households against earthquakes, researchers can implement appropriate and more cost-effective interventions by focusing on improving suitable structures.
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- Esmat Rezabeigi Davarani
- Health in Disasters and Emergencies Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Health in Disasters and Emergencies Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Environmental Health Engineering Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Medical Librarianship and Information Science, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Health in Disasters and Emergencies Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Ma Y, Zhu W, Zhang H, Zhao P, Wang Y, Zhang Q. The Factors Affecting Volunteers' Willingness to Participate in Disaster Preparedness. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18084141. [PMID: 33919857 PMCID: PMC8070767 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18084141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Disaster preparedness is crucial for providing an effective response to, and reducing the possible impacts of, disasters. Although volunteers' participation plays an important role in disaster preparedness, their actual participation in disaster preparedness activities is still low. To find ways to encourage more volunteers to participate, this study analyzed the social background and organizational and attitudinal factors affecting the volunteers' willingness to participate. Questionnaires were distributed to 990 registered disaster volunteers across Beijing and the data were analyzed using linear regression models. Results revealed a weak willingness to participate in disaster preparedness. Only 28.08% of the respondents indicated that they were "very ready" to participate in voluntary disaster preparedness, and 14.65% showed "a little bit" of interest. The following was concluded: (1) Disaster volunteers' social background variables were related to their willingness to participate in disaster preparedness. Compared to male volunteers, female volunteers were more willing to participate. Chinese Communist Party members were more willing to participate than non-members. (2) Providing accidental life insurance for the volunteers had a positive effect on their willingness to participate in disaster preparedness. Provision of more training had a negative effect on the volunteers' willingness to participate, indicating a low quality of training. (3) Organizational identification was positively related to the volunteers' willingness to participate. According to these results, we suggest that volunteer organizations should improve their standards and procedures for disaster volunteer recruitment and selection, and gain a deeper understanding of the needs of the disaster volunteers in order to better motivate them to participate.
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- Yingnan Ma
- Beijing Research Center of Urban Systems Engineering, Beijing 100035, China; (Y.M.); (W.Z.); (P.Z.); (Y.W.)
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- Beijing Research Center of Urban Systems Engineering, Beijing 100035, China; (Y.M.); (W.Z.); (P.Z.); (Y.W.)
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- School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;
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- Beijing Research Center of Urban Systems Engineering, Beijing 100035, China; (Y.M.); (W.Z.); (P.Z.); (Y.W.)
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- Beijing Research Center of Urban Systems Engineering, Beijing 100035, China; (Y.M.); (W.Z.); (P.Z.); (Y.W.)
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- School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;
- Department of Research Project, Beijing Vocational College of Labor and Social Security, Beijing 100029, China
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Using Logistic Regression to Identify Leading Factors to Prepare for an Earthquake Emergency during Daytime and Nighttime: The Case of Mass Earthquake Drills. SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su122310009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Historical data have demonstrated that earthquakes can happen any time of the day and night. Drills may help communities to better prepare for such emergencies. A cross-sectional survey was conducted from 4 October to 20 November 2017, in Mexico City. The sample size was 2400. The addressed research questions were “what factors predict the likelihood that respondents would report that they agree on conducting mass evacuation drills: (a) any time of the day and (b) any time at night?” The logistic regression technique was employed to identify the factors leading to the outcome. In relation to (a), five variables were significantly associated with the outcome, i.e., age, frequency of drills, warning time, knowledge on what to do, and “perception vulnerability city”. Regarding (b), five variables were also significantly associated with the outcome variable, i.e., age, level of education, frequency of drills, negative emotions, and fear of house/building collapsing. More generally, several drills should be conducted any time of the day and night; further, 50% of them should be announced and 50% unannounced. Furthermore, the time of earthquake drills should be randomly selected. In this way, we may just match the spatial–temporal dimension of an earthquake emergency. It is hoped that the findings will lead to better preparedness of the residents of the capital city during an earthquake occurrence.
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Xu D, Liu E, Wang X, Tang H, Liu S. Rural Households' Livelihood Capital, Risk Perception, and Willingness to Purchase Earthquake Disaster Insurance: Evidence from Southwestern China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2018; 15:E1319. [PMID: 29937510 PMCID: PMC6068889 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15071319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Revised: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Earthquake disaster insurance can effectively reduce the impact of earthquake disasters on rural households. Exploring rural households’ willingness to purchase earthquake disaster insurance in earthquake disaster areas provides an understanding of the motivations underlying the implementation of an insurance policy. However, few studies have examined the perspectives of rural households, in order to explore the correlations between the rural households’ livelihood capital, their disaster risk perception, and their willingness to purchase earthquake disaster insurance. A cross-sectional survey data including 241 rural households from the most severe disaster counties (cities) during the 5 • 12 Wenchuan earthquake was examined with regard to rural households’ livelihood and disaster risk perception, and ordinal logistic regression models were constructed to explore rural households’ willingness to purchase earthquake disaster insurance, as well as the driving mechanism behind this willingness. The results showed that 34.44% of rural households were very willing to purchase earthquake disaster insurance, and 7.05% of rural households were very reluctant to purchase earthquake insurance. Rural households’ livelihood capital and risk perceptions were the most important factors affecting their willingness to purchase earthquake disaster insurance. Rural households with higher scores on natural capital, physical capital, possibility, and worry were more likely to purchase earthquake disaster insurance. Specifically, keeping all other variables constant, every one unit increase in nature capital and physical capital corresponded to an increase in the odds of willingness to purchase earthquake disaster insurance by a factor of 0.14 and 0.06, respectively; every one unit increase in possibility and worry corresponded to an increase in the odds of willingness to purchase earthquake disaster insurance by a factor of 0.03 and 0.04, respectively. This study contributes to the current literature by increasing the understanding of the relationships between Chinese rural households’ livelihood capital and risk perceptions, and their willingness to purchase earthquake disaster insurance.
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- Dingde Xu
- Sichuan Center for Rural Development Research, College of Management of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
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- Geographic National Condition Monitoring Engineering Research Center of Sichuan Province, #2, Xinjun Street, Chengdu 610599, China.
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- College of Land and Resources, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637000, China.
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- Sichuan Center for Rural Development Research, College of Management of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
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- Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China.
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Cui K, Han Z, Wang D. Resilience of an Earthquake-Stricken Rural Community in Southwest China: Correlation with Disaster Risk Reduction Efforts. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2018; 15:ijerph15030407. [PMID: 29495473 PMCID: PMC5876952 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15030407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2018] [Revised: 02/10/2018] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities have given growing attention to building community resilience, but the effects of such efforts on community resilience are still under-investigated, especially in China where the concept of community resilience has only just emerged. Using the Communities Advancing Resilience Toolkit Assessment Survey, data on self-perceived community resilience were collected in 2017 from a post-disaster Chinese rural community in Yingxiu Town, which was the epicenter of the Wenchuan earthquake (Magnitude = 8.0) in the year 2008. Linear regression analyses were conducted to explore the correlations between residents’ DRR behaviors and perceived community resilience with the control of their socio-demographic characteristics including age, ethnicity, gender, education, income level, employment status and marital status. Results indicate that residents who volunteered for DRR activities, received geological disaster education, participated in evacuation drills, and reported higher income levels had a perception of higher community resilience. Practice research is suggested to help clarify the cause and effect of DRR work on the enhancement of community resilience to disasters in China and abroad. Attention is also called to the development of a Chinese indigenous community resilience concept and assessment instrument.
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- Ke Cui
- School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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- Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610207, China.
- Center for Crisis Management Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- National Disaster Reduction Center, Ministry of Civil Affairs of China, Beijing 100124, China.
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