Face it: Collecting mental health and disaster related data using Facebook vs. personal interview: The case of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster

Ben–Ezra, Menachem; Palgi, Yuval; Aviel, Or; Dubiner, Yonit; Baruch, Evelyn; Soffer, Yechiel; Shrira, Amit

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2012.11.006

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“…One benefit of continued monitoring and research on the mental and physical health of these three catastrophes is that the work itself symbolizes the long-term compassion and caring of investigators, including for future generations. Although longitudinal cohort studies with appropriate comparison groups will ultimately produce the most useful data on incident health consequences (Svendsen et al 2012), volunteer studies and convenience sampling designs (e.g., Ben-Ezra et al 2012, 2013; Kyutoku et al 2012; Palgi et al 2012) may also have a favorable effect on morale and provide clues for epidemiologic research to pursue.…”

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confidence: 99%

Emotional Consequences of Nuclear Power Plant Disasters

Bromet¹

2014

Health Physics

126

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The emotional consequences of nuclear power plant disasters include depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and medically unexplained somatic symptoms. These effects are often long term and associated with fears about developing cancer. Research on disasters involving radiation, particularly evidence from Chernobyl, indicates that mothers of young children and cleanup workers are the highest risk groups. The emotional consequences occur independently of the actual exposure received. In contrast, studies of children raised in the shadows of the Three Mile Island (TMI) and Chernobyl accidents suggest that although their self-rated health is less satisfactory than that of their peers, their emotional, academic, and psychosocial development is comparable. The importance of the psychological impact is underscored by its chronicity and by several studies showing that poor mental health is associated with physical health conditions, early mortality, disability, and over-utilization of medical services. Given the established increase in mental health problems following TMI and Chernobyl, it is likely that the same pattern will occur in residents and evacuees affected by the Fukushima meltdowns. Preliminary data from Fukushima indeed suggest that workers and mothers of young children are at risk of depression, anxiety, psychosomatic, and post-traumatic symptoms both as a direct result of their fears about radiation exposure and an indirect result of societal stigma. Thus, it is important that nonmental health providers learn to recognize and manage psychological symptoms and that medical programs be designed to reduce stigma and alleviate psychological suffering by integrating psychiatric and medical treatment within the walls of their clinics.

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confidence: 99%

Emotional Consequences of Nuclear Power Plant Disasters

Bromet¹

2014

Health Physics

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“…Numerous studies have used websites and social media to recruit participants (Adler et al, 2014;Altshuler, Gerns Storey, & Prager, 2015;Barratt et al, 2015;Bauermeister et al, 2012;Ben-Ezra et al, 2013;Camacho et al, 2013;Chaulk & Jones, 2011;Dal Moro, 2013;Harris et al, 2014;Hernandez-Romieu et al, 2014;Janiec, Zielicka-Hardy, Polkowska, Rogalska, & Sadkowska-Todys, 2012;Jones, Saksvig, Grieser, & Young, 2012;Klein, Thomas, & Sutter, 2007;Moreno, Grant, Kacvinsky, Egan, & Fleming, 2012;Schumacher et al, 2014;Stein et al, 2014;Sueki, 2015;Thomas, Heysell, Houpt, Moore, & Keller, 2014;Turbow, Kent, & Jiang, 2008; van Genderen, Slobbe, Koene, Mastenbroek, & Overbosch, 2013;Zhang, Bi, Hiller, & Lv, 2008;Zheluk, Quinn, & Meylakhs, 2014). Online recruitment is a convenient method of reaching samples for rare outcomes (Schumacher et al, 2014) or hidden or difficult to reach populations (Barratt et al, 2015;Hernandez-Romieu et al, 2014).…”

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“…Similar to Twitter, Facebook may be used for active or passive data collection. It has frequently been used to recruit participants (Altshuler et al, 2015;Barratt et al, 2015;Bauermeister et al, 2012;Ben-Ezra et al, 2013;Hernandez-Romieu et al, 2014;Schumacher et al, 2014;Stein et al, 2014;Thomas et al, 2014;van Genderen et al, 2013), but the information created by users has also been used for research.…”

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confidence: 99%

The potential use of social media and other internet-related data and communications for child maltreatment surveillance and epidemiological research: Scoping review and recommendations

Schwab‐Reese¹,

Hovdestad²,

Tonmyr³

et al. 2018

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Collecting child maltreatment data is a complicated undertaking for many reasons. As a result, there is an interest by child maltreatment researchers to develop methodologies that allow for the triangulation of data sources. To better understand how social media and internet-based technologies could contribute to these approaches, we conducted a scoping review to provide an overview of social media and internet-based methodologies for health research, to report results of evaluation and validation research on these methods, and to highlight studies with potential relevance to child maltreatment research and surveillance. Many approaches were identified in the broad health literature; however, there has been limited application of these approaches to child maltreatment. The most common use was recruiting participants or engaging existing participants using online methods. From the broad health literature, social media and internet-based approaches to surveillance and epidemiologic research appear promising. Many of the approaches are relatively low cost and easy to implement without extensive infrastructure, but there are also a range of limitations for each method. Several methods have a mixed record of validation and sources of error in estimation are not yet understood or predictable. In addition to the problems relevant to other health outcomes, child maltreatment researchers face additional challenges, including the complex ethical issues associated with both internet-based and child maltreatment research. If these issues are adequately addressed, social media and internet-based technologies may be a promising approach to reducing some of the limitations in existing child maltreatment data.

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“…Major natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, landslides, and droughts affect the infrastructure, agriculture, and environment. Disasters also bring about long-term emotional and mental stress to those involved in the disaster, including victims' families, the respond and rescue team as well as other civilians (3). 4th floor.…”

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Hospital Disaster Preparedness: A Model for Hospital Disaster Preparedness Based on 2014 Flood in Kelantan

Zamree¹,

Said²,

Sibly³

2019

EIMJ

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Floods are known to be commonly occurring natural disasters in most part of the world. In 2014, the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia was affected by the worst flood ever recorded in history. The worst flood affected area were Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang. The 2014 flood caused physical and monetary losses amounting nearly millions of dollars. Among the worst hit infrastructures in 2014 flood disaster were hospitals. This has led to the realisation of hospital disaster preparedness and management is important which needs to be closely monitored and addressed. This paper investigates the disaster preparedness level of selected hospitals affected by flood disasters in Kelantan. Guided interviews with the flood-affected hospital disaster committees were carried out and summarised in a summary table to give a clear picture of the level of hospital disaster preparedness during the 2014 flood disaster. The results show that despite the existence of disaster action plan and protocols there is no standard disaster preparedness model being used by hospitals.

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Face it: Collecting mental health and disaster related data using Facebook vs. personal interview: The case of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster

Cited by 13 publications

References 20 publications

Emotional Consequences of Nuclear Power Plant Disasters

Emotional Consequences of Nuclear Power Plant Disasters

The potential use of social media and other internet-related data and communications for child maltreatment surveillance and epidemiological research: Scoping review and recommendations

Hospital Disaster Preparedness: A Model for Hospital Disaster Preparedness Based on 2014 Flood in Kelantan

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