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PubMed1992

Patterns of service utilisation following the 1989 Newcastle earthquake: findings from phase 1 of the Quake Impact Study.

A screening questionnaire was distributed to 5,000 adult members of the community six months after the 1989 Newcastle earthquake, with a response rate of 63 per cent (n = 3,007). The mean age of respondents was 46.7 years and 58 per cent were female. Subjects' earthquake experiences were rated in terms of weighted indices of exposure to threat and disruption. Psychological morbidity was measured using the General Health Questionnaire and the Impact of Event Scale. Subjects were asked to indicate which of a range of general and disaster-related support services they had used in dealing with the stressful effects of the earthquake. It was estimated that 21.3 per cent of the adult population used general and/or disaster-related support services. Users of these services reported greater exposure to threat and/or disruption and had higher levels of psychological distress than nonusers. However, a high level of use of general services and reliance on medical services were related more to psychological morbidity than degree of exposure to earthquake-related events. Overall, the Newcastle community's needs for assistance in the aftermath of the earthquake were effectively absorbed by the existing support services and the resources marshalled to supplement those services. Individuals and organisations mobilised following natural disasters need to be strengthened by enhancing the capacity of support service workers to identify and manage psychological distress in their clients.

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Earthquake in Pakistan--The Renal Disaster Relief Task Force in action.

Following an earthquake, an International stream of help is launched. Teams of nephrologists, renal nurses and technicians from many European countries are ready as volunteers to come into action when needed. Basic help is necessary but what is the benefit of nephrologists and renal nurses, as the Renal Disaster Relief Task Force comes into action? The scouting team assesses the situation in the disaster area. Treatment of acute renal failure, hyperkalemia and Crush Syndrome can be life saving. The ability to accommodate dialysis treatment is investigated, in collaboration with local nephrologists. Belgian, French, Irish and Turkish colleagues who made up two teams, with Médecins sans Frontières (MsF) left for Pakistan following the devastating earthquake in October 2005. This is a report from one of the volunteers from the first team explaining the individual contribution that his mission made to the disaster.

Acute Kidney Injury↗
PubMed1993

Anticipation of handling the dead: effects of gender and experience.

In addition to the direct psychological effects of disaster stressors, anticipation of stress can itself be debilitating. We examined the relationship between the anticipated stress of handling the dead and gender and experience. Experienced persons had lower anticipated stress than inexperienced persons. Inexperienced, females had higher anticipated stress than inexperienced males; experienced males and females did not differ. Results provide support for an 'inoculation' theory of stress buffering in disaster workers.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed2006

Human rights: from accountability to rebuilding.

Having surveyed more remote regions in Sierra Leone than anyone since the conflict ended, statistician Jana Asher of the AAAS Science and Human Rights Program is now reanalyzing the data she gathered on human-rights violations to document humanitarian needs. (Read more.).

Human Rights Abuses↗
PubMed1975

Cyclone Tracy.

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