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Oe M, Nakai H, Nagayama Y. Factors Related to the Willingness of People with Mental Health Illnesses Living in Group Homes to Disclose Their Illness to Supporters during Disaster Evacuation: A Cross-Sectional Study. NURSING REPORTS 2024; 14:1014-1025. [PMID: 38804409 PMCID: PMC11130866 DOI: 10.3390/nursrep14020076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 04/15/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024] Open
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Severe heavy rains caused by linear precipitation systems are occurring more frequently in Japan owing to climate change, and residents are being asked to evacuate more often. The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with the willingness of people with mental health illness (PMHI) in group homes to disclose their illness when being evacuated. Participants were PMHI living in group homes in Japan. We conducted an original anonymous self-administered questionnaire based on previous research. Valid data from 119 people were analyzed. Factors associated with the willingness to disclose illness to supporters upon evacuation were "I can imagine living in a public shelter" (Odds Ratio [OR] 4.50, 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 1.78-11.43), and "I socialize with neighbors" (OR 5.63, 95% CI: 1.74-18.22). Managers of group homes should encourage PMHI to imagine life in an evacuation zone by increasing opportunities for disaster training and for interaction with local residents. People who are less likely to socialize with neighbors should be especially careful, as they may not be able to disclose their illness, and those who support evacuees should pay special attention to these people.
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- Masato Oe
- Nursing Department, School of Nursing, Kanazawa Medical University, Kanazawa Medical University Hospital, 1-1 Uchinada, Kahoku 920-0265, Japan; (M.O.); (Y.N.)
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- Faculty of Nursing, University of Kochi, 2751-1 Ike, Kochi 781-8515, Japan
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- Nursing Department, School of Nursing, Kanazawa Medical University, Kanazawa Medical University Hospital, 1-1 Uchinada, Kahoku 920-0265, Japan; (M.O.); (Y.N.)
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Fathollahzadeh A, Salmani I, Morowatisharifabad MA, Khajehaminian MR, Babaie J, Fallahzadeh H. Models and components in disaster risk communication: A systematic literature review. JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION 2023; 12:87. [PMID: 37288399 PMCID: PMC10243417 DOI: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_277_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Risk communication is considered a major factor in disaster risk management by the concerned policymakers and researchers. However, the incoherence of variables affecting risk communication in various studies makes it difficult to plan for disaster risk communication. This study aims to identify and classify the influential components in disaster risk communication. MATERIALS AND METHODS This systematic review was conducted in 2020. Databases included PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. In searching for articles, there was no limit on the date of publication and the language of the article. The research addressed both natural and man-made disasters. The Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA) checklist was followed throughout the research, and the quality of the papers was assessed using the mixed methods evaluation tool (MMAT). RESULTS In searching the articles, 3956 documents were obtained, of which 1025 duplicated articles were excluded. The titles and abstracts of the remaining documents (2931) were examined, of which 2822 were deleted, and the full text of 109 documents was studied for further assessment. Finally, after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria and reviewing the full texts, 32 documents were considered to extract the data and for quality assessment. On studying the full text of the obtained documents, 115 components were found, which were classified into five groups (message, message sender, message receiver, message environment, message process) and 13 subgroups. In addition, the obtained components were classified as those proposed by the authors of the article and those obtained from disaster risk communication models. CONCLUSION Identifying the effective components in the disaster risk communication gives a more comprehensive view of risk communication to the disaster managers and executives and provides the decision-makers with an important platform to be able to use the components of risk communication and increase the impact of messages and ultimately increase people's preparedness for disasters in planning operations for the risk communication.
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- Abazar Fathollahzadeh
- Department of Health in Disaster and Emergencies, Faculty of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Health in Disaster and Emergencies, Faculty of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Health in Disaster and Emergencies, Faculty of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Health Services Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Research Center of Prevention and Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Disease, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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Geng Y, Huang F. Coupling coordination between higher education and environmental governance: Evidence of western China. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0271994. [PMID: 35994465 PMCID: PMC9394855 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Exploring the coupling coordination mechanism between higher education and environmental governance is conducive to understanding the mutual interactions between them and thus enhancing mutual development. This study constructs the coupling coordination mechanism and the aggregated evaluation index system to measure the mutual coordination relations between them, assesses the performances and the coupling coordination degrees between them in the case of western provincial regions in China, and proposes countermeasures based on the prediction results. It is found that the performances of higher education are relatively more stable than those of environmental governance, and the distributions of the average performance grades exist noticeable geographical differences. Besides, the coupling coordination degrees increase with mild fluctuations with relatively small spatial variations, demonstrating the balanced and similar coordinated development status among regions; furthermore, in the future, the gaps in the coordination status among regions will gradually decline. This study highlights the mutual coordination mechanism between the two subsystems, compares the coupling coordination status among regions both temporally and spatially, and proposes specific, generalizable development suggestions that contribute to the academic sector, policymakers, ecology, and sustainability.
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- Yuqing Geng
- School of Business, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Business, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai, China
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Senan CPC, Ajin RS, Danumah JH, Costache R, Arabameri A, Rajaneesh A, Sajinkumar KS, Kuriakose SL. Flood vulnerability of a few areas in the foothills of the Western Ghats: a comparison of AHP and F-AHP models. STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND RISK ASSESSMENT : RESEARCH JOURNAL 2022; 37:527-556. [PMID: 35880038 PMCID: PMC9298175 DOI: 10.1007/s00477-022-02267-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Flooding is one of the most destructive natural catastrophes that can strike anywhere in the world. With the recent, but frequent catastrophic flood events that occurred in the narrow stretch of land in southern India, sandwiched between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea, this study was initiated. The goal of this research is to identify flood-vulnerable zones in this area by making the local self governing bodies as the mapping unit. This study also assessed the predictive accuracy of analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and fuzzy-analytical hierarchy process (F-AHP) models. A total of 20 indicators (nine physical-environmental variables and 11 socio-economic variables) have been considered for the vulnerability modelling. Flood-vulnerability maps, created using remotely sensed satellite data and geographic information systems, was divided into five zones. AHP and F-AHP flood vulnerability models identified 12.29% and 11.81% of the area as very high-vulnerable zones, respectively. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve is used to validate these flood vulnerability maps. The flood vulnerable maps, created using the AHP and F-AHP methods, were found to be outstanding based on the area under the ROC curve (AUC) values. This demonstrates the effectiveness of these two models. The results of AUC for the AHP and F-AHP models were 0.946 and 0.943, respectively, articulating that the AHP model is more efficient than its chosen counterpart in demarcating the flood vulnerable zones. Decision-makers and land-use planners will find the generated vulnerable zone maps useful, particularly in implementing flood mitigation plans.
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- Chandini P. C. Senan
- Kerala State Emergency Operations Centre (KSEOC), Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA), Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Kerala State Emergency Operations Centre (KSEOC), Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA), Thiruvananthapuram, India
- Resilience Development Initiative (RDI), Bandung, Indonesia
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- Centre Universitaire de Recherche Et d’Application en Télédétection (CURAT), Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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- National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management, Bucharest, Romania
- Department of Civil Engineering, Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania
- Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development, Tulcea, Romania
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- Department of Geomorphology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Geology, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Department of Geology, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, India
- Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan USA
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- Kerala State Emergency Operations Centre (KSEOC), Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA), Thiruvananthapuram, India
- Centre for Disaster Resilience (CDR), Faculty for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Khan MTI, Anwar S, Batool Z. The role of infrastructure, socio-economic development, and food security to mitigate the loss of natural disasters. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:52412-52437. [PMID: 35258735 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-19293-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This study shows the impact of risk (hazard, exposure, and vulnerability) and resilience (infrastructure, information and communication technology, institutional quality, food security, women empowerment, economic performance, human capital, emergency workforce, and social capital) indicators on losses due to natural disasters in 24 high-income, 24 upper-middle-income, 30 lower-middle-income, and 12 low-income countries from 1995 to 2019. It develops a new disaster risk index and disaster resilience index using standard index-making procedure (indicators selection, winsorization, normalization, aggregation). The generalized additive modeling was used to explore the non-linear relationship between response and explanatory variables. There exists a positive link between damage due to natural disasters and hazard index (all panels) and exposure index in high-income countries. The decrease in damage due to natural disasters was observed due to an increase in infrastructure (upper-middle-, lower-middle-, and low-income countries), information and communication technology (high-income countries), institutional quality (high-income countries), food security (high- and upper-middle-income countries), women empowerment (lower-middle-income countries), economic performance (high- and low-income countries), human capital (low-income countries), and emergency workforce (upper-middle and lower-middle-income countries). The governments should enhance disaster resilience through Sendai Framework, having seven targets and four priority areas to increase disaster resilience.
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- Department of Economics, Government College University, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Sociology, Government College University, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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Alcántara-Ayala I, Pasuto A, Cui P. Disaster risk reduction in mountain areas: an initial overview on seeking pathways to global sustainability. JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE 2022; 19:1838-1846. [PMID: 35789947 PMCID: PMC9243864 DOI: 10.1007/s11629-022-7468-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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As disasters cripple the world's prospects for sustainable development, protecting the most vulnerable groups exposed to hazards is one of the main challenges facing humanity. Owing to the systemic nature of risk and the interactions and interdependencies between upland and lowland systems, healthy and productive mountain households and livelihoods are essential to global sustainability. This paper argues that, building on existing international frameworks, and integrated knowledge and praxis, the development of a global policy agenda should be established to build sustainable peace, sustainable security, and development.
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- Irasema Alcántara-Ayala
- Institute of Geography, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, 04510 Mexico
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- CNR-IRPI, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection, C.so Stati Uniti, Padova 4, 35127 Italy
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- Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041 China
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The Effects of a Disaster Preparedness app on Community Knowledge and Intentional Behavior in Hurricane Risk Areas. Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2022; 17:e137. [PMID: 35331364 DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2022.46] [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: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE With the advancement of technology, disaster preparedness related to hurricane hazards can be taught through an app. This study aimed to examine the effect of using an android-based disaster preparedness app on community knowledge and intentional behavior in hurricane risk areas. METHODS A quasi-experimental study was conducted from October to November, 2020 and a total of 80 respondents were recruited using cluster sampling. The treatment group was given the intervention in the form of the disaster preparedness app for 2 weeks. Meanwhile, the control group received home visits and conventional education about hurricane disasters twice throughout the same period. We then used a Wilcoxon Signed Rank test to analyze the pre-test and post-test and a Mann-Whitney U test to compare between treatment and control groups. RESULTS After the implementation of the SiBen app, we found a statistically significant difference in knowledge between treatment and control groups (P < 0.003) and intentional behavior between treatment and control groups (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION The findings indicate that the disaster preparedness app was an effective educational program able to improve the knowledge and intentional behavior among community members in a hurricane risk area.
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McAneney H, Shier H, Gibbs L, Davies C, De Brún A, Tisdall KM, Corrigan C, Kelly A, Owens J, Okoli O, Wall T, Alves H, Kongats K, Krishna RN, Sheppard-LeMoine D, Wagner FA, Wang JJ, Mutch C, Kroll T, Somanadhan S. Children as innovators: harnessing the creative expertise of children to address practical and psychosocial challenges of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic – COVISION study protocol. HRB Open Res 2022; 4:104. [PMID: 35391787 PMCID: PMC8968158 DOI: 10.12688/hrbopenres.13290.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background: We are currently in a period of transition, from the pre-COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) era and the initial reactive lockdowns, to now the ongoing living with and potentially the after COVID-19 period. Each country is at its own individual stage of this transition, but many have gone through a period of feeling adrift; disconnected from normal lives, habits and routines, finding oneself betwixt and between stages, similar to that of liminality. Children and young people have been particularly affected. Aim: To increase the understanding of home and community-based strategies that contribute to children and young people’s capacity to adjust to societal changes, both during and after pandemics. Moreover, to identify ways in which children’s actions contribute to the capacity of others to adjust to the changes arising from the pandemic. The potential for these activities to influence and contribute to broader social mobilisation will be examined and promoted. Research design: To achieve the aim of this study, a participatory health research approach will be taken. The overarching theoretical framework of the COVISION study is that of liminality. The study design includes four work packages: two syntheses of literature (a rapid realist review and scoping review) to gain an overview of the emerging international context of evidence of psychosocial mitigations and community resilience in pandemics, and more specifically COVID-19; qualitative exploration
of children and young people’s perspective of COVID-19
via creative outlets and reflections; and participatory learning and action through co-production.
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- Helen McAneney
- UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
- UCD Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Education and Innovation in Health Systems (UCD IRIS), University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
- UCD Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Education and Innovation in Health Systems (UCD IRIS), University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
- UCD Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Education and Innovation in Health Systems (UCD IRIS), University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
- UCD Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Education and Innovation in Health Systems (UCD IRIS), University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Childhood & Youth Studies Research Group, Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- UCD Innovation Academy, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- UCD Innovation Academy, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Children’s Health Ireland, Dublin 1, Ireland
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- Rio das Ostras Institute of Humanities and Health, Fluminense Federal University, Rio das Ostras, Brazil
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- Centre for Health Communities, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Monash University Accident Research Centre, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- The School of Critical Studies in Education, Faculty of Education and Social work, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
- UCD Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Education and Innovation in Health Systems (UCD IRIS), University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
- UCD Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Education and Innovation in Health Systems (UCD IRIS), University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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McAneney H, Shier H, Gibbs L, Davies C, De Brún A, Tisdall KM, Corrigan C, Kelly A, Owens J, Okoli O, Wall T, Alves H, Kongats K, Krishna RN, Sheppard-LeMoine D, Wagner FA, Wang JJ, Mutch C, Kroll T, Somanadhan S. Children as innovators: harnessing the creative expertise of children to address practical and psychosocial challenges of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic – COVISION study protocol. HRB Open Res 2021; 4:104. [DOI: 10.12688/hrbopenres.13290.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background: We are currently in a period of transition, from the pre-COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) era and the initial reactive lockdowns, to now the ongoing living with and potentially the after COVID-19 period. Each country is at its own individual stage of this transition, but many have gone through a period of feeling adrift; disconnected from normal lives, habits and routines, finding oneself betwixt and between stages, similar to that of liminality. Children and young people have been particularly affected. Aim: To increase the understanding of home and community-based strategies that contribute to children and young people’s capacity to adjust to societal changes, both during and after pandemics. Moreover, to identify ways in which children’s actions contribute to the capacity of others to adjust to the changes arising from the pandemic. The potential for these activities to influence and contribute to broader social mobilisation will be examined and promoted. Research design: To achieve the aim of this study, a participatory health research approach will be taken. The overarching theoretical framework of the COVISION study is that of liminality. The study design includes four work packages: two syntheses of literature (a rapid realist review and scoping review) to gain an overview of the emerging international context of evidence of psychosocial mitigations and community resilience in pandemics, and more specifically COVID-19; qualitative exploration of children and young people’s perspective of COVID-19 via creative outlets and reflections; and participatory learning and action through co-production.
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Disaster Risk Reduction Education in School Geography Curriculum: Review and Outlook from a Perspective of China. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su13073963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In order to investigate the content evolution of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the school geography curriculum in China, this research used the five dimensions of DRR learning framework, namely knowledge, response, action, participation, and integration, as a platform and a conceptual premise upon which to review the primary and secondary school geography curriculum standards from 1986 to the present. Geography as a carrier subject had been an integration approach of DRR in the national curriculum in China. Using the method of qualitative content analysis with the support of the software NVivo 12, we came to the following results: the DRR-relevant content in the geography curriculum standards that used for analysis in this research had undergone constant changes and finally reached a relatively stable state; the changes of DRR-relevant contents in primary school, middle school, and high school curriculum presented different characteristics. In the future geography curriculum reform, it is necessary to realize that the term disaster does not describe the natural event per se, but instead its impact on/consequences for infrastructure and society. It is bound to add more DRR-relevant content that belongs to the “action” dimension and the ‘participation’ dimension, especially at the primary and middle school stages, and to systematically incorporate the DRR-relevant content of the “integration” dimension into the school geography curriculum.
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