Natural Disasters and Public Health

IEEE Pulse ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-27
Author(s):  
Mary Bates
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Natural Disasters

scholarly journals Identifying the Weak Foundation of Public Health Resilience forNational Disaster Policy in Indonesia’s Mid-term DevelopmentAgenda 2015–2019: A Policy Content Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gita Miranda Warsito ◽  
Meiwita Budiharsana ◽  
Sharyn Burns
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Disaster Policy ◽  
Scientific Background ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
The World ◽  
Policy Content ◽  
National Disaster

Indonesia is one of the most susceptible nations toward natural disasters in the world. Since 1992, approximately 37 tsunami incidents have occurred inIndonesia, with at least 1,244 cases of natural disasters during 2018. Despite the overwhelming impact of disasters on Indonesia, Public Health Resilience,as an approach to disaster countermeasures, has been poorly elaborated in Indonesia’s development agenda (National Mid-term Development Plan (NMDP),or Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Menengah Nasional (RPJMN), 2015 - 2019). By utilizing the method of policy content analysis, this study aimed to analyzethe policy background of Public Health Resilience against disasters in the NMDP 2015 - 2019 and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)’s, orBadan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB),Strategic Plan 2015 - 2019. The results showed that the NMDP 2015 - 2019 and NDMA‘s Strategic Plan2015 - 2019 lack the scientific background for Public Health Resilience building in Indonesia. Enhancing the scientific background in these plans will enhancefocus on evidence-based Public Health Resilience establishment.

Human epigenetics prematurely born(e)?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Wastell ◽  
Sue White
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Public Health Policy ◽  
Social Deprivation ◽  
Early Infancy ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Thought Style ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Impact

This chapterr shifts the focus from animals to humans, and examines the extant literature on the human epigenome. It reviews seminal work on the impact of natural disasters (such as the Dutch Hunger Winter) on the epigenetic profile of those subject to these calamities. It describes how gestation and early infancy are reconfigured as a site of risk. It interrogates the nature of the claims made within the literature and also examines the thought style and presuppositions, particularly in those studies which seek to translate findings from laboratory to the clinic and public health policy. The small size of the effects on human populations is also highlighted, compared to other influences such as social deprivation.

scholarly journals Improving Laws and Legal Authorities for Public Health Emergency Legal Preparedness

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (S1) ◽  
pp. 47-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Pestronk ◽  
Brian Kamoie ◽  
David Fidler ◽  
Gene Matthews ◽  
Georges C. Benjamin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Pandemic Influenza ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
Obese Population ◽  
Core Elements ◽  
Control And Prevention

This paper is one of the four interrelated action agenda papers resulting from the National Summit on Public Health Legal Preparedness (Summit) convened in June 2007 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and multi-disciplinary partners. Each of the action agenda papers deals with one of the four core elements of legal preparedness: laws and legal authorities; competency in using those laws; coordination of law-based public health actions; and information. Options presented in this paper are for consideration by policymakers and practitioners — in all jurisdictions and all relevant sectors and disciplines — with responsibilities for all-hazards emergency preparedness.One expert's framing of the mission of public health may help improve understanding of the range of hazards for which to be legally prepared. These hazards include urgent realities — such as chronic disease, injury, disabilities, conventional communicable diseases, and an aging and obese population — and urgent threats, such as pandemic influenza, natural disasters, and terrorism.

Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar: Lessons for public health preparedness for cyclones

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 273-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debarati Guha-Sapir, PhD ◽  
Florian Vogt, BA
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Excess Mortality ◽  
Mortality Pattern ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Extreme Climate Events ◽  
High Death ◽  
Cyclone Nargis ◽  
Climate Events ◽  
2004 Tsunami

Recent natural disasters such as the 2004 tsunami, 2008 Sichuan earthquake, and the 2008 Myanmar cyclone have killed more than 100,000 people each. Mortality and morbidity associated with natural disasters are a growing concern, especially because extreme climate events are likely to get increasingly frequent.The authors comment on Cyclone Nargis, claiming an extraordinarily high death toll during its devastating track through the Irrawaddy delta in Myanmar on May 2, 2008 and analyze how and why its mortality pattern differs from other typical postdisaster situations. Underlying factors and preconditions are described and the specificity of the Myanmese context is presented.This leads to lessons how excess mortality can be reduced in future high-ranked cyclones, whose recurrence in this region will only be a matter of time.

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