scholarly journals Occurrence of mosquitoes from 2011 to 2015 at tsunami disaster areas in southern Iwate Prefecture and northern Miyagi Prefecture caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake

2016 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 243-258
Author(s):  
Mamoru Watanabe ◽  
Haruna Watanabe ◽  
Kyoko Sawabe
Keyword(s):  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Tsunami Disaster ◽  
Miyagi Prefecture ◽  
Iwate Prefecture

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Suicide Rate Trends in the Tsunami-Disaster-Affected Area Following the Great East Japan Earthquake

Crisis ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masatsugu Orui ◽  
Suzuka Saeki ◽  
Yuki Kozakai ◽  
Shuichiro Harada ◽  
Mizuho Hayashi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Suicide Rate ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Short Time Scale ◽  
Psychological Burden ◽  
Affected Area ◽  
Tsunami Disaster ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Miyagi Prefecture ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. Background: People who experienced the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) were expected to have additional levels of psychological burden resulting from the stressful conditions imposed during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; consequently, suicide rates may increase. Aim: We aimed to carry out continuous monitoring of suicide rates in the affected area following the GEJE under COVID-19 pandemic conditions. Method: This descriptive study monitored the suicide rates of the coastal area of Miyagi Prefecture, where disaster-related mental health activities have been continuing following severe damage caused by the tsunami disaster. An exponential smoothing time-series analysis that converted suicide rates into a smooth trend was conducted. Results: Although the suicide rate in the affected area was higher than the national average in February 2020, it showed a declining trend during the COVID-19 pandemic, while showing an increase trend in the national and non-affected areas. Limitations: Uncertainty about the direct reasons for suicide and the short time-scale observation are the limitations of this study. Conclusion: Although the national suicide rate increased, this was not the case for the affected area. Our findings may provide important lessons for suicide prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic, which needs careful regional monitoring of the state of suicide and of high-risk approaches such as disaster-related mental health activities.

Efforts Toward Recovery and Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1247-1256
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Maruya ◽  
Yasunari Watanabe ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Town Development ◽  
Miyagi Prefecture ◽  
The World ◽  
Evacuation Drills ◽  
Iwate Prefecture ◽  
Software Measures

Six and a half years after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE), recovery and reconstruction have been steadily progressing in terms of infrastructure and town development. However, it is a fact that there are still many problems to be tackled in some areas. In addition, communicating the lessons learned from the GEJE is important and should be promoted to improve disaster management in Japan and overseas. The Tohoku Regional Development Bureau (TRDB) held a symposium, “Efforts for Recovery and Reconstruction from the GEJE,” at the World Bosai Forum (WBF) on November 27, 2017. Mayors from the disaster areas, Rikuzentakata city in Iwate prefecture, Ishinomaki city in Miyagi prefecture, and Shinchi town in Fukushima prefecture, and a director of the TRDB presented their projects aiming to “build back better,” and they discussed how they had made efforts toward recovery and reconstruction, mainly in terms of infrastructure and town development. It was confirmed in the discussion that for the reconstruction, steadily advancing safe and secure town development, including multiple defense, was necessary. In addition, software measures, such as disaster education and evacuation drills, are important, as are hardware improvements through reconstruction. Both hardware and software countermeasures should be like a two wheels. It was also asserted that passing down the memories and the lessons of the disaster, not allowing their memories to fade away with time, was important. The speakers showed a variety of approaches to transmitting their memories to future generations in their areas or projects. Then, they emphasized that if people prepared for disaster based on these lessons in advance, there would surely be less damage. Finally, speakers shared the recognition that to realize the above, many actors in the Tohoku district should mutually cooperate to transmit the situation of reconstruction and the lessons of the GEJE.

Pregnant Women’s Awareness of Social Capital in the Great East Japan Earthquake-Affected Areas of Miyagi Prefecture: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidekazu Nishigori ◽  
Toshie Nishigori ◽  
Kasumi Sakurai ◽  
Satoshi Mizuno ◽  
Taku Obara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Continuous Monitoring ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Tsunami Disaster ◽  
The North ◽  
Miyagi Prefecture ◽  
North And South

AbstractObjectiveWe aimed to clarify the correlation between the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and pregnant women’s awareness of social capital 3 to 9 months after the tsunami disaster.MethodsWe analyzed data on responses to a questionnaire by 7451 pregnant women in their second to third trimesters. The proportions of social capital–related items were calculated in the north and south coastal areas of Miyagi Prefecture and were compared with national samples. The factors associated with social capital were estimated by use of multivariate logistic regression analyses.ResultsThe proportion of women feeling that they had helpful neighbors was higher (69.0% vs 56.7%, P=0.0005), the proportion of women regarding their communities as safe and secure was lower (51.7% vs 62.4%, P=0.002), and the proportion of women feeling that most people were trustworthy was lower (23.7% vs 32.9%, P=0.006) in the north coastal area than nationwide. Such differences were not observed in the less severely affected south coastal area. Age of 35 years or older, extended family, college or university graduation, and being multiparous were associated with the feeling of having helpful neighbors.ConclusionThe current status of pregnant women’s awareness of social capital in disaster-affected areas was revealed. Continuous monitoring and support may be necessary to address this issue.(Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2017;11:355–364)

Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on Regional Obstetrical Care in Miyagi Prefecture

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junichi Sugawara ◽  
Tetsuro Hoshiai ◽  
Kazuyo Sato ◽  
Hideki Tokunaga ◽  
Hidekazu Nishigori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Perinatal Outcomes ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Obstetric Outcomes ◽  
Fire Departments ◽  
Publication Type ◽  
Obstetrical Care ◽  
Tsunami Disaster ◽  
Major Disaster ◽  
Miyagi Prefecture

AbstractObjectivesThe authors report the results of surveys on the emergency transport or evacuation status of obstetric patients conducted in Miyagi prefecture, one of the major disaster areas of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.MethodsThe surveys examined the damages to maternity institutions, evacuation status and transport of pregnant women, and prehospital childbirths and were conducted in 50 maternity institutions and 12 fire departments in Miyagi.ResultsTwo coastal institutions were destroyed completely, and four institutions were destroyed partially by the tsunami, forcing them to stop medical services. In the two-month period after the disaster, 217 pregnant women received hospital transport or gave birth after evacuation. Satisfactory perinatal outcomes were maintained. Emergency obstetric transport increased to approximately 1.4 fold the number before the disaster. Twenty-three women had prehospital childbirths, indicating a marked increase to approximately three times the number of the previous year.ConclusionIn the acute phase of the tsunami disaster, maternity institutions were damaged severely and perinatal transport was not possible; as a result, pregnant women inevitably gave birth in unplanned institutions, and the number of prehospital births was increased extremely. To obtain satisfactory obstetric outcomes, it is necessary to construct a future disaster management system and to re-recognize pregnant women as people with special needs in disaster situations.SugawaraJ, HoshiaiT, SatoK, TokunagaH, NishigoriH, AraiT, OkamuraK, YaegashiN. Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on regional obstetrical care in Miyagi Prefecture. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2016;31(3):255– 258.

Index to Evaluate Tsunami Evacuation Potential and its Validation at Yamada, Iwate Prefecture

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (sp) ◽  
pp. 730-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yozo Goto ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Damage Potential ◽  
Tsunami Disaster ◽  
Simple Index ◽  
Regional Features ◽  
Interview Survey ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Iwate Prefecture

Over 18,000 people were killed or went missing in Tohoku district Pacific coast communities during the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster. The author proposes a victimindex, a simple index to evaluate tsunami evacuation potential, for comprehensively evaluating the ease of evacuation and the evacuation capability of residents in communities based on field research data, and determined the index values for 13 villages of Yamada town, Iwate prefecture. Whether the index values matched regional features was analyzed using interview survey data on evacuation actions of residents by the Joint Survey Group on Tsunami Evacuation during the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster (team for Yamada and Ishinomaki) (Appendix A). As a result, under some restrictions, the difference in features related to the evacuation capability of affected communities could be explained well using the victim index. This index is applicable to compare damaged factors among the communities and allows for the objective analysis of damage potential of each community.

scholarly journals Infection Control Campaign at Evacuation Centers in Miyagi Prefecture after the Great East Japan Earthquake

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 824-826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hajime Kanamori ◽  
Hiroyuki Kunishima ◽  
Koichi Tokuda ◽  
Mitsuo Kaku
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Miyagi Prefecture ◽  
Control Campaign
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