Family and Community

Pensar a questão do envelhecimento num cenário marcado pela pandemia da COVID-19 na Brasília metropolitana é discernir e priorizar políticas para enfrentamento das desigualdades. Uma delas é a “Cidade Amiga da Pessoa Idosa”. O artigo utiliza o método de revisão narrativa da literatura objetivando analisar os desafios para planejar uma Cidade Amiga da Pessoa Idosa durante e pós pandemia. Os resultados são apresentados em três categorias temáticas: a primeira discute alguns tensionamentos teóricos relacionados ao conceito de envelhecimento adotado pela OMS; a segunda analisa a Brasília Amiga da Pessoa Idosa como uma utopia necessária para a cidade usufruir do período cunhado como “Década do envelhecimento 2020 -2030” e a terceira problematiza a transição da Brasília metropolitana como uma “Cidade Amiga da Pessoa Idosa na conjuntura da pandemia da COVID-19 tomando por base os oito eixos estruturantes dessa iniciativa global. A Brasília metropolitana protagoniza cenários de intensa desigualdades e processos de envelhecimento assimétricos marcados por diferenças de acesso aos serviços da cidade e uma não priorização pela remodelagem da estrutura urbana, segundo necessidades das pessoas idosas. A busca pelo desenvolvimento social, urbanístico e da saúde para todos, caminha junto com políticas de envelhecimento saudável, combate ao ageismo e promoção de ambientes amigáveis a todas as idades.

A substantial number of children and families experience emotional difficulties in the aftermath of disasters and terrorist events. Only recently has training in disaster preparedness and response been systematically incorporated into the curricula of mental health disciplines. The goal of the Child & Family Disaster Research Training & Education Program is to enhance the nation's capacity and infrastructure needed to conduct rigorous disaster mental health research on children and families. This article describes the creation and training of 10 specialized research teams, curriculum development, implementation of the program, and progress to date as well as lessons learned and challenges to sustainability.

This research, conducted in Angeles City, Philippines, delves into the state of disaster and emergency preparedness among households. Employing a descriptive survey methodology, the study draws from influential scholars in the field to inform its approach. Focused on households with at least one member aged 18 or older, the study employs a well-structured questionnaire, combining multiple-choice and open-ended questions, to collect data on disaster risk awareness, hazard exposure, knowledge levels, and community-government relationships. The findings reveal a varied landscape of household preparedness within Angeles City. While most households enjoy basic amenities and reasonable living standards, disparities in preparedness levels exist. Participants exhibit a strong awareness of and concern for natural disasters but express the need for enhanced education and information sharing. A significant finding is the role of community engagement in effective disaster response and recovery. Moderate community involvement is associated with better access to government resources and programs, presenting opportunities for strategic investments to boost engagement. Additionally, the study uncovers a moderate positive correlation between household characteristics and preparedness levels, emphasizing the need for tailored policies for diverse demographic groups. The study recommends enhancing public education, information sharing, and crisis management skills within the community and advocates for fostering collaboration, trust, and confidence among residents to encourage active participation in disaster preparedness initiatives. It emphasizes the necessity of targeted policies aligned with household characteristics and community involvement. The methodology used provides valuable insights for understanding and improving disaster preparedness in Angeles City and highlights the need for ongoing research and intervention to enhance overall resilience. KEYWORDS: Disaster Management, Disaster Resiliency, Household in Angeles City

Disaster preparedness is a critical component of education, particularly in regions prone to natural calamities such as tsunamis. This review explores the integration of disaster preparedness into the elementary school curriculum in tsunami-prone areas, aiming to evaluate existing strategies, identify best practices, and propose actionable recommendations for enhancing disaster education at the elementary level. By analyzing various educational frameworks and case studies, this review highlights the crucial role of early education in equipping young students with the knowledge and skills necessary to respond effectively to tsunami threats. The findings reveal that incorporating disaster preparedness into the curriculum significantly enhances students' safety and resilience while promoting a culture of awareness and preparedness within the broader community. Effective integration involves a multi-faceted approach, combining theoretical knowledge with practical drills, interactive learning modules, and active community involvement. This review underscores the importance of tailored educational strategies that address the specific needs of tsunami-prone areas, ensuring students can internalize and apply disaster preparedness principles. The review also discusses challenges and barriers to implementing disaster preparedness education, providing insights for policymakers, educators, and community leaders to develop and implement robust disaster preparedness programs in elementary schools, fostering a generation of informed and prepared individuals.

Many and frequent occurrence of natural disasters in Taiwan is prone to cause natural disaster stricken areas. When disaster incident that the first important is life safety. Health is the anti-disaster relief work in saving lives and maintaining healthy important part, since the 921 earthquake, highlighting the hospitals play a key role in disaster prevention and rescue system. The resilience of medical service workers have known from the literature since this study to explore the driving force behind the continuing work of the medical services personnel, as well as the 921 earthquake in their life, to understand the factors that influence medical service workers disaster resilience and associated. In this study, the central region of regional hospital for the study of the field after 921 earthquakes still serving medical service workers the research object, using mixed research methods, the main purpose is to explore the impact disaster resilience of the medical service workers. Depth interviews with a total of 15 participators, qualitative data analysis software ATLAS.ti coding, cross-case analysis, identify disaster resilience, marked between each encoding related. Quantitative research to a total of 249 valid questionnaires, statistical analysis software PASW of descriptive statistical analysis, such as the percentage of the mean, standard deviation, and inferential statistics, correlation analysis, t-test and ANOVA. The Qualitative Research results found that the disaster resilience of factors affect their disaster experience of natural disasters, disaster preparedness, trust, professional training, a sense of responsibility, religious beliefs, social support, to help others, and self-growth. Quantitative research results found that age and department, personal growth, religious beliefs, social support, and help others subscale and Disaster Resilience Scale showed a significant difference in the level of education is significant in social support, to help others subscale and Disaster Resilience Scale differences, and ethnic self-growth subscales significant differences, significant differences in family structure in the social support subscale, significant differences of religious belief in the subscale of religious belief. Finally, discussions and recommendations as to the future to enhance the quality of disaster medicine, as well as enhance the resilience of the base of disaster prevention for relief worker.

Based on the synthesis of related literatures, this research found thirteen related dimensions that involved the development of natural disaster preparedness awareness including hazard knowledge, hazard attitude, training for disaster preparedness, rehearsal and practice for disaster preparedness, cultural development for preparedness, public relations and communication, storytelling, disaster awareness game, simulation, past experience to natural disaster, information sharing with family members, and commitment to the community (time of living). The 40-item of flood disaster preparedness awareness questionnaire was developed based on these thirteen dimensions. Data were collected from 595 participants in Bangkok metropolitan and vicinity by using snowball sampling technique. Cronbach’s alpha was used to examine the internal consistency for this instrument. Reliability coefficient was .97, which was highly acceptable.

In August 2006, a year after Hurricane Katrina, the first acute inpatient public psychiatric unit for adults was opened in New Orleans to serve patients referred from local emergency departments. This article describes the clinical and administrative experiences of providing inpatient care in post-Katrina New Orleans, including the increased demand for programs to treat patients with co-occurring disorders, the expanded scope of practice for psychiatrists to include primary care, and ongoing staff shortages in a traumatized and displaced workforce. Lessons learned in regard to disaster planning and recovery are also discussed.

Disaster preparedness and compliance with response protocols are critical components of effective disaster risk management. Previous studies have identified the importance of media exposure, trust in authorities and knowledge in shaping disaster preparedness behaviours. However, the relationship between these factors in shaping preparedness and compliance behaviours has not been widely studied. Based on the data collected from the survivors of a major earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, we study how these factors influence their disaster preparedness and compliance behavioural intention. We apply and extend the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to examine factors influencing behavioural intentions among disaster survivors and analyse the data using partial least squares structural equation modelling. The findings demonstrate that attitude remains the most influential TPB component, consistent with findings across Southeast Asian studies. Subjective norms also play a significant role, while perceived behavioural control has a comparatively limited impact. Furthermore, media exposure emerged as the most influential exogenous factor, underscoring the need for responsible and accurate disaster risk communication. A key contribution of this study is the empirical evidence it provides on how altruistic fear in disaster contexts is amplified by media. Concern for family, friends, and community members strongly influenced behavioural intentions, suggesting that preparedness strategies should appeal not only to self-preservation but also to collective well-being. Trust and knowledge were also significant predictors, reinforcing the importance of building institutional credibility and enhancing public awareness of disaster risk.

Tzu Chi serves as the best example that balances between globalization and localization in its efforts to implement its mission to protect the environment: its environmental protection efforts have been developed as a ”global” mission, while its action to protect the environment has been deeply rooted in its efforts to recycle within all ”local” communities. In turn, such benevolent acts for the environment transform its recycled ”local” resources into ”global” disaster relief items such as its high-tech blankets made from PET bottles.We see in Tzu Chi a successful example that demonstrates how its volunteers carry out their ”community practice ethics” through a series of local environmental protection operations to recycle and process all kinds of resources. The whole set of operational mechanism produces concrete healing results for the body, mind, and spirit of individuals, their families, the whole society, and even the earth. Its overall benefits cannot be measured or described with precise quantitative terms.Thus, with a double identity as ”a Buddhist insider” and ”a Tzu Chi outsider,” the author shall map out the logical and dialectical connections between ”religion” and ”environmental protection,” connections among scriptural evidences, factual proofs, and logical support, connections among ”the Buddha's mind,” ”the mentor's will,” and ”the paths of ourselves,” connections between ”insiders” and ”outsiders,” as well as the connections between ”globalization” and ”localization.”

Disasters pose a significant threat to human lives, infrastructure, and the environment. Among them, floods are one of the most frequent and destructive natural calamities. This project focuses on raising awareness about floods, their causes, impacts, and safety measures. It highlights the importance of disaster preparedness and community involvement in minimizing the damage caused by floods. By educating individuals and promoting proactive safety strategies, the project aims to contribute toward building a disaster-resilient society. Awareness is the first step toward safety, and through this initiative, we encourage people to be informed, prepared, and ready to act in times of crisis. This project explores the significance of disaster awareness and preparedness in minimizing the loss caused by natural and man-made calamities.

Professional health care societies play a critical role in promoting excellence in patient care, educating and certifying their members on evidence-based practices, and pursuing relevant research agendas to advance the science in the field. Disaster nursing is a subspecialty of professional nursing characterized by a unique knowledge base and set of skills and abilities not used in normal daily health care activities. A disaster or large-scale public health emergency creates a sudden, unanticipated surge of patients with health care needs that far exceeds the capacity of the health care system. This creates a significant burden and risk for the nurses participating in the response. Recognizing the critical need to define scope of practice and core standards for disaster nursing and to promote greater nursing leadership in disaster preparedness and response, a group of subject matter experts established a professional society to provide leadership and guidance. The strategic planning process as described by M. Kwestel et al was used as the overarching framework for describing the design, development, and implementation of the new society. Establishment of the Society for the Advancement of Disaster Nursing is a definitive step toward improving national nurse readiness in the United States.

Paper aims This paper analyzes Command and Control (C2) Systems and identifies the level of knowledge on the subject by actors involved in disaster response operations in Brazil, besides assessing the evolution in this area since the disaster of the Serrana Region of Rio de Janeiro in 2011. Originality The concept of C2 is still little explored academically, especially in disaster management systems. This study contributes to the understanding of the dynamics of different C2 Systems operated in Brazil, as well as identifying the level of knowledge on the subject and its evolution since 2011. Research method This is an exploratory survey in which data was analyzed using descriptive statistics techniques. Main findings We conclude that the actors involved in real disaster situations have little formal training in C2. The findings indicate that the performance of a simulated exercise helps in disaster preparedness, but the participants observed deficiencies concerning C2 training besides the lack of local community involvement in the simulated exercise. Implications for theory and practice This study contributes to the disaster management literature, showing empirical evidence that the results obtained in a simulated exercise can boost the specialization of professionals in C2 systems in the area of disasters.

This study aims to map the risk of earthquake disasters in Botteng Village, Mamuju Regency, after the devastating earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale that hit the area on January 15 2021. The earthquake caused heavy damage, around 90% of the 350 houses were seriously damaged, causing many fatalities and injuries. This research uses a combined methodology from the Disaster Imagination Game (DIG) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to conduct a comprehensive earthquake risk analysis in the region. This participatory approach enables community involvement in identifying vulnerabilities and assessing risk levels while utilizing spatial analysis to effectively visualize data. The research results show that most of the Botteng Village area has a high risk of earthquake disasters, namely 1,507.13 hectares potentially at high risk, 978.94 hectares at medium risk, and 663,177 hectares at low risk. These findings underscore the critical need to increase public awareness and disaster preparedness, as well as improve mitigation strategies for effective disaster risk reduction in the future. The implications of this research are very significant for local governments and disaster management institutions, in mitigating disasters by integrating community perspectives with GIS technology.

This paper explores the potential of participatory communication tools to enhance disaster risk management preparedness within the Maguindanaon ethno-religious group in Kabasalan, Pikit, North Cotabato. Marginalized communities like the Maguindanaon face significant barriers to disaster preparedness, including socio-cultural, political, and economic constraints. These challenges often hinder their ability to anticipate and respond to natural hazards effectively. This systematic literature review identifies key barriers to effective risk management, including cultural misunderstandings, limited access to relevant information, and structural inequities. It highlights the value of integrating local knowledge and culturally sensitive participatory communication methods, such as storytelling, community mapping, and participatory video, in overcoming these obstacles. Case studies from similar contexts, such as Nepal, illustrate the success of community-driven approaches that incorporate local narratives and religious values. By prioritizing community involvement and cultural relevance, participatory communication tools can improve risk perception and preparedness behaviors among the Maguindanaon. The paper concludes with a call for adopting culturally attuned and context-specific participatory communication strategies, advocating for further field testing to assess their impact on disaster preparedness and community resilience.

Background: Landslides are one of the most dangerous geological disasters in the world due to the movement of earth material caused by gravity. Landslides also threaten the environment, property, and human life risks in high-risk areas. This study compares how landslide characteristics impact evacuation planning in Indonesia and various other countries. Methods: Utilizing a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) of studies published between 2019 and 2024, this research examines landslide characteristics that prompt community evacuation responses, such as landslide triggers, physical conditions, and the number of people affected. Findings: Findings reveal that while Indonesia and other high-risk countries face substantial landslide risks, challenges remain in enhancing disaster preparedness, including evacuation planning to minimize casualties. Physical characteristics and the preparedness of early warning systems are crucial in shaping community responses to landslides. This case study illustrates how a combination of steep slopes over 40 degrees, heavy rainfall intensity of more than 200 mm in one week, weak soil textures, and dense vegetation can trigger devastating landslides. However, landslides triggered by seismic activity result in significantly higher fatalities, and special attention is needed in areas prone to landslides and earthquakes, as happened in Nepal (highland and mountainous climate). In China (subtropic region), landslides are primarily triggered by moisture-saturated soils, which are vulnerable to ground motion, particularly during prolonged rainfall. In Indonesia as tropical region, landslides triggering evacuation predominantly occur in areas with highly erodible and unstable soils, exacerbated by high rainfall. Conclusion: Evacuation planning must be more adaptive and supported by GIS technology to identify high-risk areas. Globally, evacuation success relies on infrastructure, community awareness, and disaster preparedness. Novelty/Originality of thid article: This study highlights the importance of crisis management strategies tailored to the specific landslide characteristics of each region, as well as the crucial role of community involvement and technology in ensuring effective evacuations.