Sri Lankan tsunami refugees: a cross sectional study of the relationships between housing conditions and self-reported health

Turner, A G; Pathirana, Sameera Wijesiri; Daley, Amanda; Gill, Paramjit

doi:10.1186/1472-698x-9-16

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“…Similar concerns have been expressed in other recent studies, indicating that competition, housing anxiety and bufferzone implementation have resulted in obstacles to equitable rebuilding of houses and livelihoods [32], as well as the need for further beneficiary and lo- cal-network feedback in disaster planning [33,34], and the need for specific interventions to address the health inequalities that internally displaced peole living in transitional camps reported [35]. However, the present study indicated that while the Sinhalese mentioned injustices and accounted for them in terms of corruption or preferential treatment, both the Muslim and Hindu Tamil-speaking people pointed to ethnic discrimination, which they also invoked for the lack of solidarity.…”

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confidence: 55%

Quality of life, vulnerability and resilience: a qualitative study of the tsunami impact on the affected population of Sri Lanka

Fauci

Bonciani

Guerra

2012

Annali Dell'Istituto Superiore Di Sanità

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Abstract. aim. This qualitative study is aimed at analysing the impact of the 2004 tsunami on the Quality of Life of the Sri Lankan population. It focused on the factors that have contributed to an increase in the people's susceptibility to the impact of hazards -their vulnerability -as well as of the natural ability to cope of the populations affected -their resilience. Methodology. The study is based on the conduction of 10 Focus Group discussions and 18 In-depth Interviews, then analysed through a qualitative analysis software. Results and conclusions. The analysis shows that each factor involved in the interplay among the different processes that produced the changes in the affected people's quality of life is at the same time a damaged asset, a vulnerability factor and a resource to draw upon for coping. The complexity of this situation opens further speculation as to how disasters and relief interventions influence relationships and dynamics in society. This should thus be further investigated, together with the effects of individual and group trauma on society.Key words: quality of life, vulnerability, resilience, qualitative research, disasters. Riassunto (Qualità della vita, vulnerabilità e resilienza: uno studio qualitativo dell'impatto dello tsunami sulla popolazione colpita dello Sri Lanka).Obiettivo. La presente ricerca qualitativa propone un'analisi dell'impatto dello tsunami del 2004 sulla qualità della vita della popolazione dello Sri Lanka, concentrandosi sui fattori che hanno contribuito ad aumentare, nella popolazione colpita, la suscettibilità ai disastri -la cosiddetta vulnerabilità -e la loro naturale capacità di recupero e ripresa -la cosiddetta resilienza. Metodologia. Lo studio ha previsto la conduzione di 10 Focus Group e 18 Interviste In Profondità. I dati sono stati poi analizzati con un software per l'analisi dei dati qualitativi. Risultati e conclusioni. Lo studio ha dimostrato che ognuno dei fattori presi in esame rappresenta allo stesso tempo un bene danneggiato, un elemento di vulnerabilità e una risorsa su cui fare affidamento per far fronte alle difficoltà e iniziare la ripresa. La complessità del quadro emerso apre il campo a ulteriori ipotesi su come i disastri e gli interventi di emergenza influenzino le relazioni e le dinamiche sociali, che andrebbero studiate ulteriormente, insieme agli effetti dei traumi individuali e sociali sulla società.Parole chiave: qualità della vita, vulnerabilità, resilienza, ricerca qualitativa, disastri.

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confidence: 55%

Quality of life, vulnerability and resilience: a qualitative study of the tsunami impact on the affected population of Sri Lanka

Fauci

Bonciani

Guerra

2012

Annali Dell'Istituto Superiore Di Sanità

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“…12 Older age was associated with coughs, colds and fever in an urban livelihood study conducted in Dhaka slums, 25 and the prevalence of coughs was higher among women compared to men in transitional camps in Sri Lanka. 26 …”

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confidence: 99%

Factors associated with high prevalence of coughs, colds and fever among urban slum dwellers in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Zanuzdana

Khan

Brinkel

et al. 2014

SE Asia J. Pub. Health

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While adverse housing is commonly associated with high respiratory morbidity in urban slum areas, data on prevalence of common respiratory symptoms among adults in urban slums in Bangladesh is limited. We compared the frequency of common respiratory symptoms among men and women in relation to individual socio-demographic and household characteristics using methods of descriptive and analytic epidemiology. Cross-sectional data from 1892 adult respondents collected in the baseline study in 2009 in nine urban slum areas of Dhaka were used. Three month prevalence of coughs and colds was 21.5% (n=1,893). Women were more vulnerable to respiratory symptoms in relation to the frequent exposure to stagnant water bodies near the house (OR: 4.44; 95% CI: 2.49-7.93) and waste disposal (OR: 3.57; 95% CI: 1.37-9.31). Practice of smoking inside dwelling increased the likelihood of having respiratory symptoms for both sexes. Recurrent contact or exposure to stagnant water and unhygienic waste management appeared to be the strongest factors associated with respiratory symptoms, particularly among women. This finding underlines the significance of the improvement of housing quality in slum areas affected by stagnation of water and improper waste management as well as the need for public health intervention to minimize the risk of diseases associated with these factors.

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“…Common communicable diseases in an emergency include diarrheal disease and cholera, infection, meningitis, measles, malaria and respiratory diseases. Not only overcrowded shelters are considered one of the most influential factors in the spread of communicable diseases (Turner et al 2009 ; Alnsour and Meaton 2014 ), but also the presence of mould and damp due to poor air quality can contribute to the incidence of communicable diseases among refugee populations. Physical diseases associated with mental health are also increasing and the impact of mental illness is considered more significant amongst displaced populations (Cardozo and Mollica 2018 ) than in the rest of society.…”

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A review of the impact of shelter design on the health of displaced populations

Conzatti

Kershaw

Copping

et al. 2022

Int J Humanitarian Action

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There are currently millions of displaced people encamped in low-quality shelters that jeopardise the health of these displaced populations. These shelters, which exhibit poor thermal regulation and air quality, are often inhabited by households for several years. Recently, the internal environment of shelters has been recognised as a determinant of the health of the occupants and the indoor air quality (IAQ) and internal temperatures have been identified as critical factors affecting occupants’ health. Attempts by researchers and private companies to develop healthier shelter solutions have mainly prioritised factors such as rapid deployment, transportability and sustainability. Via a systematic bibliometric analysis of the existing literature, this review examines the impact of shelters’ internal environment on occupant health. Self-reports and building simulation are the most common methodologies reported in the literature, but there is a disconnect between the reported shelter issues and their impact on health. This is likely due to the multifaceted and site-specific factors analysed. Indoor air quality, thermal comfort and overcrowding are the most commonly identified shelter issues, which are strongly related to the presence of infectious and airborne diseases. An analysis of the available literature indicates that there is still a lack of clear guidance linking shelter quality to health. Moreover, evidence of the impact of shelters on health is harder to find, and there is a gap regarding the metrics and the methodology used to evaluate shelter quality. Therefore, further research is necessary to provide evidence of the impact of shelter design on health through transdisciplinary approaches.

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Sri Lankan tsunami refugees: a cross sectional study of the relationships between housing conditions and self-reported health

Cited by 14 publications

References 27 publications

Quality of life, vulnerability and resilience: a qualitative study of the tsunami impact on the affected population of Sri Lanka

Quality of life, vulnerability and resilience: a qualitative study of the tsunami impact on the affected population of Sri Lanka

Factors associated with high prevalence of coughs, colds and fever among urban slum dwellers in Dhaka, Bangladesh

A review of the impact of shelter design on the health of displaced populations

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