Disaster threat: Preparedness and potential response of the lowest income quartile

Phillips, Brenda D.; Metz, William C.; Nieves, L.A.

doi:10.1016/j.hazards.2006.05.001

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“…Several determinants of health were associated with good household preparedness, consistent with previous studies [33,42,43,44,45]. In the current study, female respondents, having higher income and higher education level were associated with good household preparedness.…”

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Household Preparedness and Preferred Communication Channels in Public Health Emergencies: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Residents in an Asian Developed Urban City

Tam

Huang

Chan

2018

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Disaster awareness and household preparedness are crucial for reducing the negative effects of a disaster. This study aims to examine the citizens’ preparedness level in the event of a general disaster or outbreak of infectious disease and to identify suitable channels for community disease surveillance and risk communication. We used a stratified random design to conduct a digit-dialed telephone survey in Hong Kong during February 2014. Level of disaster preparedness was examined according to the possession of disaster kit items. Associations between socio-demographic factors and good household preparedness were assessed using multiple logistic regression models. Preferences for infectious disease surveillance were collected and analyzed. There were 1020 respondents. Over half of the respondents (59.2%) had good household preparedness. After adjustment, female respondents, having higher education and higher household income were significantly associated with good household preparedness. Television and telephone were the preferred channels to obtain and report infectious disease information, respectively. In conclusion, general and specific infectious-disease household preparedness levels in Hong Kong were generally good. Tailored preparedness programs targeted to specific communities are necessary for those lacking preparedness. Risk communication and public health surveillance should be conducted through television and telephone, respectively.

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confidence: 91%

Household Preparedness and Preferred Communication Channels in Public Health Emergencies: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Residents in an Asian Developed Urban City

Tam

Huang

Chan

2018

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“…Other variables such as poverty ( Fig. 8d; Phillips et al 2005), weak-housing stock (Fig. 8b), greater population density east of the Interstate-35 (I-35) corridor (not shown) and a growing and sprawling Sunbelt population (Perry and Mackun 2001;Hobbs and Stoops 2002), lack of spotter activities and warning infrastructure earlier in the period, and psychology (Sims and Baumann 1972) may augment the vulnerability of the area.…”

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Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Tornado Fatalities in the United States: 1880–2005

Ashley

2007

Weather and Forecasting

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A dataset of killer tornadoes is compiled and analyzed spatially in order to assess region-specific vulnerabilities in the United States from 1880 to 2005. Results reveal that most tornado fatalities occur in the lower-Arkansas, Tennessee, and lower-Mississippi River valleys of the southeastern United States-a region outside of traditional "tornado alley." Analysis of variables including tornado frequency, land cover, mobile home density, population density, and nocturnal tornado probabilities demonstrates that the relative maximum of fatalities in the Deep South and minimum in the Great Plains may be due to the unique juxtaposition of both physical and social vulnerabilities. The spatial distribution of these killer tornadoes suggests that the above the national average mobile home density in the Southeast may be a key reason for the fatality maximum found in this area. A demographic analysis of fatalities during the latter part of the database record illustrates that the middle aged and elderly are at a much greater risk than are younger people during these events. Data issues discovered during this investigation reveal the need for a concerted effort to obtain critical information about how and where all casualties occur during future tornado and hazardous weather events. These new, enhanced data, combined with results of spatially explicit studies exploring the human sociology and psychology of these hazardous events, could be utilized to improve future warning dissemination and mitigation techniques.

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“…The construction of a comprehensive information management for emergency relief supplies of natural disaster emergency supplies information platform, requires multiple sectors linkage, coordination and cooperation between regions [18]. This platform which is used for emergency rescue supplies can announce real-time dynamic reserve information supply, carry on the emergency rescue statistics, material classification, and updated distribution.…”

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Research on the Optimization of Emergency Reserve System for Natural Disasters in China

Geng¹,

Hou²,

Xu³

et al. 2017

Proceedings of the International Conference on Education Innovation and Social Science (ICEISS 2017)

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Abstract-China is one of the countries in the world which are most affected by natural disasters. In the face of natural disasters, emergency rescue after disasters must be scientific, fast and accurate. In order to fully improve the efficiency of emergency rescue, it is essential to optimize the emergency materials reserve system of natural disasters. According to the emergency materials storage system of natural disasters in China, there are government emergency supplies less, social emergency supplies reserve shortage, single reserve model, and low level of information. Through using qualitative research, putting forward to improve from three aspects of government, society and the degree of information.

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Disaster threat: Preparedness and potential response of the lowest income quartile

Cited by 46 publications

References 23 publications

Household Preparedness and Preferred Communication Channels in Public Health Emergencies: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Residents in an Asian Developed Urban City

Household Preparedness and Preferred Communication Channels in Public Health Emergencies: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Residents in an Asian Developed Urban City

Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Tornado Fatalities in the United States: 1880–2005

Research on the Optimization of Emergency Reserve System for Natural Disasters in China

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