Building the Evidence Base to Achieve the Sendai Framework for DRR Goals

The role of strength-based parenting, posttraumatic stress, and event exposure on posttraumatic growth in flood survivors.

“…In this sense, authorities in charge of high-risk regions such as those in Peru have much potential for building strengthbased community interventions both as a preventive and as a reactive measure as El Niño floods are cyclical and will continue to occur in the future. This aligns with Wlodarczyk et al (2016), who mentioned that an adequate response from authorities is necessary to facilitate positive outcomes postdisaster, and with Venkateswaran et al (2017), who found that there needs to be a much greater emphasis on the social aspects of recovery in order to create sustainable resilient communities.…”

“…Further, 30.4% of the sample met the symptom criteria for PTSD as per the DSM-5, similar to previous studies of flood survivors (Xiong et al, 2016). These findings are alarming in light of the fact that many communities in Peru live in territories highly vulnerable to El Niño and that the government has not yet found a sustainable solution that provides safety to these populations (Venkateswaran et al, 2017). Additionally, developing countries tend to struggle for an extended period of time with the aftermath of floods (Tanoue et al, 2016).…”

“…Its last appearance in Peru, during 2016-2017, lasted almost 3 months, and it affected around 1.5 million individuals and caused grave harm on an economic, social, psychological, and individual level (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 2017). A state of emergency was declared in Peru for over 150 days, with over 1,000 shelters and tents put in place for 11,652 affected individuals (Venkateswaran et al, 2017). The current study aimed to test the role of three intervening factors in posttraumatic growth (PTG) in a large sample of flood survivors in Peru.…”