Vulnerability and the Covid-19 pandemic: educating to a new notion of health

Girotto, Sabina

doi:10.1007/s40889-023-00175-9

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“…Actually, when major global shocks occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, people generally tended to become more vulnerable [77]. Increasingly, the conditions of social, economic and political hardship have a strong impact on individuals' health, increasing physical vulnerability and thus the likelihood of disease [78]. The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected certain populations and created conditions that either gave rise to new forms of vulnerability, or exacerbated existing ones.…”

Section: Vulnerabilitymentioning

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The COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Its Impact on Post-Corona Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management in Türkiye

Erbay

2024

Sustainability

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The COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected the entire world, has not only created a number of emerging issues for each country, especially in the field of public health, but has also provided a number of opportunities for risk management, alternative strategies and completely new ways of looking at challenges. This brief report examines the COVID-19 pandemic response in Türkiye and the possible implications of the experience for future responses to other health emergencies and disaster risk management, based on the lessons learned. This study uses publicly available literature from government, private sector and academic sources to analyse the conflicts, changes and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, which are components of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health EDRM) framework. The COVID-19 experience in Türkiye has several aspects, including the significant role of healthcare workers, the existence of an effective health system accustomed to emergencies, applications based on information technologies, the partial transparency of public authorities in providing information and a socio-cultural environment related to cooperation on prevention strategies, including wearing masks and vaccination. Challenges in Türkiye include distance learning in schools, lockdowns that particularly affect the elderly, ensuring environmental sustainability, hesitation about the effectiveness of social/financial support programs, the socio-cultural trivialisation of pandemics after a while and the relaxation of prevention strategies. Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic include the value of transparency in public health/healthcare information, the strengthening of all aspects of the health system in terms of health workers and the importance of a balanced economy prepared for foreseeable risks.

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Section: Vulnerabilitymentioning

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The COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Its Impact on Post-Corona Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management in Türkiye

Erbay

2024

Sustainability

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“…This article thus postulates that the World Health Organization's definition of health (i.e., a feeling of physical and mental well-being; can be used as a basis for studying housing quality. The idea is to consider health beyond the absence of disease (Boorse, 1977), which implies considering health research as a way of mitigating the vulnerability of populations (Girotto, 2023). In this way, the notion of "care" is defined as "activities we do to remain, continue, and repair our world so that we may live in it as well as possible" (Tronto, 2015, p. 3).…”

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Energy Renovation and Inhabitants’ Health Literacy: Three Housing Buildings in Paris

Wilson,

Fijalkow

2024

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Today, whether condominiums or social housing, Parisian buildings are undergoing a series of renovation processes aimed at enhancing their construction quality. This renewal, however, impacts the social life of the buildings, which has consolidated over the years. As a socio-technical process, renovation transforms existing architectural forms based on current housing standards. However, while a building may be composed of materials and populations, it is also the result of history, from its construction to its daily maintenance or degradation. Interpreted as such, this article posits that people with no control over their living environments are more likely to suffer from health problems, due to a lack of knowledge about underlying causes or low health literacy regarding living spaces. Consequently, their inability to adapt raises the question: How does an individual’s ability to control their living space influence their health? As part of the SAPHIR program, this article explores this by seeking to understand residents’ abilities, actions, and feelings concerning the tension between individual satisfaction levels and their impact on physical and mental health. It does so through three case studies of buildings constructed prior to 1973, focusing on their design, morphology, location, legal status, norms, and population types. Conducting individual interviews and collective focus groups allowed us to highlight the links between these elements by creating inhabitant and building typologies from different historical periods and standards.

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“…Actually, when major global shocks occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, people generally tended to become more vulnerable [77]. Increasingly, the conditions of social, economic and political hardship have a strong impact on individual's health, increasing physical vulnerability and thus the likelihood of disease [78]. The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected certain populations and created conditions that either created new forms of vulnerability or exacerbated existing ones.…”

Section: Vulnerabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Its Impact on Post-corona Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management in Türkiye

Erbay

2023

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The COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected the entire world, has not only created a number of emerging issues for each country, especially in the field of public health, but has also provided a number of opportunities for risk management, alternative strategies and completely new ways of looking at challenges. This paper examines the COVID-19 pandemic response in Türkiye and the possible implications of the experience for future responses to other health emergencies and disaster risk management, based on the lessons learned. This study uses publicly available literature from government, private sector, and academic sources to analyse the conflicts, changes and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, which are components of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health EDRM) framework. The COVID-19 experience in Türkiye has several aspects, including the significant role of healthcare workers, the existence of an effective health system accustomed to emergencies, applications based on information technologies, partial transparency of public authorities in providing information, and socio-cultural environment related to cooperation on prevention strategies, including wearing masks and vaccination. Challenges in Türkiye include distance learning in schools, lockdowns that particularly affect the elderly, ensuring environmental sustainability, hesitation about the effectiveness of social/financial support programmes, socio-cultural trivialisation of pandemics after a while, and relaxation of prevention strategies. Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic include the value of transparency in public health/healthcare information, the strengthening of all aspects of the health system in terms of health workers, and the importance of a balanced economy prepared for foreseeable risks.

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Vulnerability and the Covid-19 pandemic: educating to a new notion of health

Cited by 3 publications

References 32 publications

The COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Its Impact on Post-Corona Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management in Türkiye

The COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Its Impact on Post-Corona Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management in Türkiye

Energy Renovation and Inhabitants’ Health Literacy: Three Housing Buildings in Paris

The COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Its Impact on Post-corona Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management in Türkiye

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