Residual risk in public health and disaster management

Frazier, Tim; Wood, Erik; Peterson, Alexander G.

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2020.102365

Cited by 12 publications

(7 citation statements)

References 35 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Their findings provide a foundation for emergency medical services, public health, and emergency management authorities to formulate actions based on emergency medical service professionals' opinions on their work during disasters and public health emergencies. Frazier, Wood and Peterson [ 21 ] looked into residual risks in public health and disaster management. Using a case study, they established an objective, scientific, data-driven technique for presenting the state of risk assessment, as well as a novel way for identifying hazards that persist after mitigation measures had been applied.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

What shapes people's willingness to wear a face mask at the beginning of a public health disaster? A qualitative study based on COVID-19 in China

Kwok

Yan

Huang

et al. 2021

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

COVID-19 should not be the world's last public health disaster, so there is an urgent need to learn from COVID-19 to prepare better for the next public health disaster. This study aims to understand the factors that make people wear a face mask at the beginning of an outbreak of public health disaster. Semi-structured interviews were conducted during April 2020 in China, one month after the COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. The respondents were members of the public living in China, covering two age groups: young adults and older adults. They were recruited using a convenient sample and snowball sampling strategy. The results were analysed using content analysis. Seventeen subjects were recruited, among which nine were young adults (average age = 26.4; SD = 10.5), and eight were older adults (average age = 60.4; SD = 12.1). This study found that environmental factors, personal factors, factors concerning wearing masks, specific circumstances, and development of the pandemic were the common factors considered by both young adults and older adults. This study should help the authority formulate prevention policies better to reduce the risk of an outbreak if there is a new virus outbreak in the future, unfortunately.

show abstract

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

What shapes people's willingness to wear a face mask at the beginning of a public health disaster? A qualitative study based on COVID-19 in China

Kwok

Yan

Huang

et al. 2021

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…This decision was made because, since the methods and results are aimed to be divulged, the categories have been found to be comprehensive, easily understandable, and culturally accepted by the community. Although the Likert scale has been extensively and recently used to successfully assess the community perception (e.g., [82][83][84][85][86]), there are several limitations in its adoption. For instance, as stated in [87], this kind of scale, despite maximizing the reliability of answers, also sacrifices the level of detail.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…An integer numerical score (1, 2, or 3) is assigned to every possible answer. Although the passage from a qualitative perception to an index can be questioned, several recent studies have shown the usefulness of the Likert scale [82][83][84][85][86]. Notably, in [87], it was found to provide a good compromise between the quality of the information collected and the accessibility to respondents, while the bias in responses decreases, and there is consistency across different measurements and research domains of disaster risk reduction.…”

Section: Comparative Analysis Of the Social Risk Perception Factors Tmentioning

confidence: 99%

Community Perception and Communication of Volcanic Risk from the Cotopaxi Volcano in Latacunga, Ecuador

Zapata

Parrado²,

Frimberger

et al. 2021

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The inhabitants of Latacunga living in the surrounding of the Cotopaxi volcano (Ecuador) are exposed to several hazards and related disasters. After the last 2015 volcanic eruption, it became evident once again how important it is for the exposed population to understand their own social, physical, and systemic vulnerability. Effective risk communication is essential before the occurrence of a volcanic crisis. This study integrates quantitative risk and semi-quantitative social risk perceptions, aiming for risk-informed communities. We present the use of the RIESGOS demonstrator for interactive exploration and visualisation of risk scenarios. The development of this demonstrator through an iterative process with the local experts and potential end-users increases both the quality of the technical tool as well as its practical applicability. Moreover, the community risk perception in a focused area was investigated through online and field surveys. Geo-located interviews are used to map the social perception of volcanic risk factors. Scenario-based outcomes from quantitative risk assessment obtained by the RIESGOS demonstrator are compared with the semi-quantitative risk perceptions. We have found that further efforts are required to provide the exposed communities with a better understanding of the concepts of hazard scenario and intensity.

show abstract

“…Furthermore, neither popular index (SoVI or SVI) includes homeless populations which can greatly impact response and recovery (Tarling, 2017). Frazier et al (2020) points out two key SoVI drawbacks. First, exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity are not included and second, SoVI is not differentially weighted for all indicators that, in turn, impact the resulting vulnerability score (Frazier et al, 2020).…”

Section: -Focused Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many states and counties in the US opt to hire private consultants to meet these federally mandated assessment deadlines. Meanwhile, the efficacy and efficiency of SoVI and other popular social vulnerability assessments, like SVI, have been challenged in recent literature (Saisana et al, 2005;Tate, 2012;Beccari, 2016;Tarling, 2017;Anderson et al, 2019;Rufat et al, 2019;Frazier et al, 2020;Ilbeigi and Jagupilla, 2020;Spielman et al, 2020). Yet the number of studies that challenge the validity of leading vulnerability assessments is still extremely low (Rufat et al, 2019).…”

Section: -Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The practical use of social vulnerability indicators in disaster management

Wood

Sanders

Frazier

2021

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

As climate change focuses more frequent and intense disasters on vulnerable communities across the globe, mitigation and response resources need to be allocated more efficiently and equitably. Vulnerability assessments require time, skill, and cost money. In the United States (US), these assessments are mandated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to qualify for federal funding. However, new trends in the literature clearly question their practical value. This study begins with a focused literature review which demonstrates that popular social vulnerability indices that create a single vulnerability score can diminish the significance of a lone variable, overlook the relevancy of all interconnected variables, and can result in contradictory policy recommendations. Next, existing case studies that used popular vulnerability assessment frameworks were compared to maps generated of the same study area that employed the single variable of poverty. These case study comparisons demonstrated how considering this greatest common variable among different vulnerable groups can often -quickly, efficiently, and inexpensively -reveal close to the same county and subcounty level community vulnerabilities detailed in costly assessments. Finally, a national survey of emergency managers was conducted to determine how much current social vulnerability indices were actually governing the ongoing distribution of resources to the communities being served. Results indicate that, while these indicator models may be underused nationally, those who do find them effective tend to be from higher income areas. This study questions the practical value of these indices for emergency management practice in the US and for meeting the goals of the Sendai Framework and other compacts.

show abstract

Residual risk in public health and disaster management

Cited by 12 publications

References 35 publications

What shapes people's willingness to wear a face mask at the beginning of a public health disaster? A qualitative study based on COVID-19 in China

What shapes people's willingness to wear a face mask at the beginning of a public health disaster? A qualitative study based on COVID-19 in China

Community Perception and Communication of Volcanic Risk from the Cotopaxi Volcano in Latacunga, Ecuador

The practical use of social vulnerability indicators in disaster management

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About