[DIS-17-0023] The Enduring Health Challenges of Afghan Immigrants and Refugees in Iran: A Systematic Review
This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by the author.
Data Availability
All national (MagIran, Science Information Database (SID) and Iranmedex) and international (PubMed, Scopus) databases were searched from November 2010 to November 2016 using keywords both in English and Persian: Afghan immigrants, Afghan refugees, Iran, infectious diseases, tuberculosis, HIV, Hepatitis B and C, non-communicable disease, food security, mental health, barriers, health insurance, access to health service. All related websites and webpages were also searched by Google with the same keywords ...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - July 21, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: nasim Source Type: research
Interventions for Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Humanitarian Settings: A Protocol for a Systematic Review
The objective of the systematic review is to identify existing IPV prevention interventions, strategies and programs among refugee, internally displaced, or conflict-affected female in humanitarian settings; and to assess their effects. It will seek to answer the following questions:
What are the existing types of intervention for primary or secondary prevention of IPV against women in humanitarian settings?
What is the effect of various types of interventions on prevention or reduction of physical, sexual or emotional IPV in humanitarian settings?
How do various types of intervention related to IPV aff...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - July 12, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Marjan Delkhosh Source Type: research
Correction: A Comparative Analysis of Disaster Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience Composite Indicators
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References
Beccari B. A Comparative Analysis of Disaster Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience Composite Indicators. PLOS Currents Disasters. 2016 Mar 14 . Edition 1. doi: 10.1371/currents.dis.453df025e34b682e9737f95070f9b970. (Source: PLOS Currents Disasters)
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - June 29, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: ploscurrents Source Type: research
Pilot Testing and Implementation of a mHealth tool for Non-communicable Diseases in a Humanitarian Setting
Conclusion
The difficulties in developing and implementing facility level mHealth interventions in complex contexts are furthered by a paucity of evidence of provider acceptability and provider-side uptake factors. Evidence demonstrates the necessity of incorporating new interventions with existing practices and reporting requirements to minimize duplication of efforts and, in turn, strengthen provider usage. However, further research is needed to identify organizational and provider-side factors associated with uptake of similar applications, particularly in less developed and complex settings, including humanitarian cont...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - June 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Emily Lyles Source Type: research
In the Field Feasibility of a Simple Method to Check for Radioactivity in Commodities and in the Environment
Discussion
The current smartphone technology could open up to a massive radiation monitoring, with some limitations due to low sensitivity, where the number of data could compensate for the possible lack of precision and puts in the hands of the average citizen a direct knowledge that previously only specialized entities could access.
Furthermore, the fact that anyone can check for the safety of the nearby environment leads to a new kind of bottom-up control of the information released by interested stake-holders and by the public authorities, allowing more transparent decision making.
According to the United Nations S...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - May 30, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Stefano Alessandri Source Type: research
Causal Pathways of Flood Related River Drowning Deaths in Australia
Conclusion
Although periods of drought and flood may well be inevitable in many countries, including Australia, fatal drowning does not have to be a by-product of such weather events. Prevention strategies are vital to reducing the needless loss of life during flood disasters. This study identifies key risk factors that must be considered when developing prevention strategies such as communicating the risk of floodwaters to children prior to the teenage years, highlighting the dangers of driving through floodwaters, the need to target people in rural and remote areas with prevention messages, drivers of trucks and motorcyc...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - May 18, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: amyepeden Source Type: research
Risk Criteria in Hospital Site Selection: A Systematic Review
Conclusions
Despite the critical role of hospitals in health service delivery in disasters and emergencies and the effect of hospital location on the quality of these services, few articles have considered hazards as the criteria for hospital site selection (HSS). Cost and demand are two groups of criteria that have been addressed more frequently in HSS studies. The decision makers should prospectively match the main objectives of hospital building with the HSS criteria according to the strategy of site selection and the availability of data and resources. Undoubtedly, being safe and remaining functional in emergencies and...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - May 1, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Moradian MJ Source Type: research
Spatiotemporal Identification of Potential Tsunami Vertical Evacuation Sites: A Case Study of Shizuoka City, Japan
Conclusions
Our approach has shown that the attributes of building population and tsunami severity affect the way buildings can serve as vertical evacuation sites in a spatiotemporal way. The inundation of buildings differs between the 5 meter and 10 meter scenarios not only number of buildings within their flood zones, but also in the way buildings are extensively flooded or not in overlapping areas of the scenarios, indicating discreet spatial variations.
Using Greger’s29 building population estimation method has revealed a temporal aspect of vertical evacuation due to the mobility of Shizuoka’s population over the...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - April 24, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: gvsquall Source Type: research
Constructing the Indicators of Assessing Human Vulnerability to Industrial Chemical Accidents: A Consensus-based Fuzzy Delphi and Fuzzy AHP Approach
Conclusions
The main contribution of this paper was to identify a draft of effective indicators for assessing human vulnerability to a chemical accident. This study explored the application of the Fuzzy Delphi-AHP Method to quantify the expert views to human vulnerability of the residents living near chemical plants and warehouses. Also, the other possible factors affecting human vulnerability to industrial chemical accidents were considered and two sets of indicators in social and physical domains were constructed. Then, human vulnerability indicators were selected and weighted using the Fuzzy Delphi and Fuzzy AHP method,...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - April 10, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: farin fatemi Source Type: research
The Life Process of Children Who Survived the Manjil Earthquake: A Decaying or Renewing Process
Conclusion
According to the results of the present study, providing non-specific and temporary services is one of the factors affecting the life processes of children who have survived the Manjil earthquake. Training aid workers to consider the specific needs of children at the time of rescue operations could contribute to improving the health of this group in different aspects. Considering effective and comprehensive rehabilitation programs in Disaster Management policymaking can prevent persistent complications caused by earthquakes and other natural disasters. The results of this study also showed that some of the facto...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - April 4, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: abbasshamsalinai at yahoo.com Source Type: research
Towards Providing Solutions to the Air Quality Crisis in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area: Carbon Sequestration by Succulent Species in Green Roofs
Discussion
In this work we evaluated the capacity of two crassulacean Sedum species for capturing CO2, when grown in a green roof, during the day, and across the year. The months of February and March showed the maximum CO2 capture, 75% more than the summer month of June, a response that was possibly influenced by the temperature and precipitation patterns of the ZMVM. Consistent with the CAM, the highest CO2 uptake and accumulation of organic acids occurred early in the morning. We estimated that a green roof of Sedum of 100 square meters is able to sequester approximately 1.8 x 108 ppm of CO2 per year (or 180,000 g C m-2...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - March 31, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: mague.collazo at ciencias.unam.mx Source Type: research
The Development of a Veterans Health Administration Emergency Management Research Agenda
Conclusions
Using a systematic evidence base and consensus development process among stakeholders within and outside VA, we report on the first national VA comprehensive emergency management program evaluation and research agenda. VA provides a unique national laboratory for the conduct of high quality research that will improve VA’s and our Nation’s emergency medical and public health preparedness and the role of health delivery systems in that endeavor. To effectively foster the conduct and expansion of emergency management evaluation and research within VA, the consensus was that VA needs to build program evaluation...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - March 23, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Aram Dobalian Source Type: research
The Demand for Disaster Microinsurance for Small Businesses in Urban Slums: The Results of Surveys in Three Indian Cities
This study investigates the concerns noted above and looks at the potential for microinsurance in poor urban areas. In each surveyed region, we gauged knowledge of microinsurance and small business owners’ desire for programs. This initial study report contextualizes those findings and assesses the potential success of microinsurance programs.
Methodology
The study was conducted in partnership between the All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI), an NGO based in Gujarat, India and Stanford University in California, USA supported by the Humanitarian Innovation Fund. The study sites include urban slums in three dis...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - March 1, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: rbpatel Source Type: research
Current State and Problems of Radiation Risk Communication: Based on the Results of a 2012 Whole Village Survey
This study analyzed data from a questionnaire sent to all Iitate residents after the evacuation to determine what residents wanted in risk communication.
Methods
1. Survey Method
An anonymous self-response survey was sent out by the Iitate local government by mail from 22 May to 1 June 2012 to 2914 heads of households (or main income earners) with addresses registered in Iitate. This study used some of the results of that survey.
2. Survey Items
The survey comprised 30 items on opinions regarding life after evacuation, contamination in the village, and returning to the village. This report focused on 2 items...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - February 24, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: kurodasan Source Type: research
The Current State and Problems of Radiation Risk Communication: Based on the Results of a 2012 Whole Village Survey
This study analyzed data from a questionnaire sent to all Iitate residents after the evacuation to determine what residents wanted in risk communication.
Methods
1. Survey Method
An anonymous self-response survey was sent out by the Iitate local government by mail from 22 May to 1 June 2012 to 2914 heads of households (or main income earners) with addresses registered in Iitate. This study used some of the results of that survey.
2. Survey Items
The survey comprised 30 items on opinions regarding life after evacuation, contamination in the village, and returning to the village. This report focused on 2 items...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - February 24, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: kurodasan Source Type: research
