Development and Testing of the Elderly Social Vulnerability Index (ESVI): A Composite Indicator to Measure Social Vulnerability in the Jamaican Elderly Population

Crooks, Donneth Jacqueline

doi:10.25148/etd.fi10022506

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“…The deductive approach, which also is adopted widely by other researchers, 13,14,19,22,23 draws from both theoretical and empirical studies to generate a set of variables with high face validity and comprehensibility. Variables most relevant to the vulnerability of older people can be drawn from the gerontology and disasters literature.…”

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“…This domain was also included in other studies. 19,20,30 Poverty Poverty limits the older person's ability to acquire resources necessary to maintain their well-being. For example, impoverished older people may not be able to afford fuel, food, or clothing to keep them warm in extremely cold weather 32 or may have limited access to services and resources for post-disaster rehabilitation, including accommodation, clothing, or transportation.…”

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“…However, most of the SVIs were developed for general populations with only a few applicable for older people specifically. [19][20][21] The few SVIs that include the elderly were developed for different target populations. The SVI developed by Crooks was targeted for developing countries, 19 while the one developed by Gusmano et al was aimed at world cities with well-established infrastructures and economies.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…[19][20][21] The few SVIs that include the elderly were developed for different target populations. The SVI developed by Crooks was targeted for developing countries, 19 while the one developed by Gusmano et al was aimed at world cities with well-established infrastructures and economies. 21 In addition, while most of the existing SVI studies focused on natural disasters, 20 Gusmano et al incorporated vulnerability to health disasters such as pandemics.…”

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Social Vulnerability Index for the Older People—Hong Kong and New York City as Examples

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Many world cities have suffered large-scale disasters, causing a significant loss of lives, property damage, and adverse social and economic impact. Those who are most vulnerable during and in the immediate aftermath of disaster crises are the elderly. Therefore, it is imperative to identify them and determine their specific needs in order to support them. Although several Social Vulnerability Indexes (SVIs) have been developed to assess different types of disaster vulnerability across geographic and population levels, few have been tailored to the older population. Building on the research of Gusmano et al., this study modifies and uses an SVI specifically designed to assess the vulnerability of older populations to emergencies and disasters across seven domains, namely, population size, institutionalization, poverty, living alone, disability, communication obstacles, and access to primary care. Moreover, it is acknowledged that availability of data largely depends on the local context and is always a barrier to production of indices across countries. The present study offers suggestions on how modifications can be made for local adaptation such that the SVI can be applied in different cities and localities. The SVI used in this study provides information to stakeholders in emergency preparedness, not only about natural disasters but also about health hazards and emergencies, which few existing SVI address.

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“…Guided by these general factors and by the work of Cutter et al (2003), we constructed Social Vulnerability Indices (SoVIs) in New York City and Mumbai based on available census data. The SoVI was originally developed to compare the hazard vulnerability of U.S. counties, but has been modified to allow for localscale analyses (Cutter et al 2006, Schmidtlein et al 2008) and applications of similar social vulnerability indices outside the U.S. (Fekete 2010, Crooks 2009, Confalonieri et al 2009). The exposure aspects were measured using the available flood and flood risk data layers for each city.…”

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Social vulnerability to floods in two coastal megacities: New York City and Mumbai

Sherbinin¹,

Bardy²

2016

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In this paper we assess differential exposure to flooding in two coastal megacities, New York and Mumbai, both of which suffered major flood-related disasters in the past decade. Specifically, we examine whether the most exposed populations are also the most socially vulnerable. First, we developed Social Vulnerability Indices (SoVIs) for each city with census data. We then overlaid the SoVI scores onto flood extent maps for Hurricane Sandy (New York, October 2012) and the Mumbai flash floods (July 2005), as well as for the evacuation zones for New York, to examine patterns of differential exposure. Our results suggest a degree of differential exposure in New York, especially in the highest flood risk areas, and provide fairly clear evidence for differential exposure in Mumbai. However, differences in the input resolution and confidence in the datasets for Mumbai make the results more uncertain. The paper concludes with a discussion of the policy implications and the data needs for urban spatial vulnerability assessments.

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The comprehensive frailty assessment instrument: Development, validity and reliability

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Population aging forces governments to change their policy on elderly care. Older people, even if they are frail and disabled, are motivated to stay in their own homes and environment for as long as possible. Consequently, the early detection of frail older persons is appropriate to avoid adverse outcomes. Several instruments to detect frailty exist, but none use environmental indicators. This study addresses the development and psychometric properties of the Comprehensive Frailty Assessment Instrument (CFAI). This new self-reporting instrument includes physical, psychological, social and environmental domains. The CFAI showed good fit indices and a high reliability. The underlying structure of the CFAI demonstrates the multidisciplinary nature of frailty. Using the CFAI can stimulate nurses and other community healthcare providers toward a more holistic approach of frailty and can guide them to take appropriate interventions to prevent adverse outcomes such as disabilities or hospitalization.

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Development and Testing of the Elderly Social Vulnerability Index (ESVI): A Composite Indicator to Measure Social Vulnerability in the Jamaican Elderly Population

Cited by 6 publications

References 138 publications

Social Vulnerability Index for the Older People—Hong Kong and New York City as Examples

Social Vulnerability Index for the Older People—Hong Kong and New York City as Examples

Social vulnerability to floods in two coastal megacities: New York City and Mumbai

The comprehensive frailty assessment instrument: Development, validity and reliability

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