在2020年沃尔布里奇火灾中测量心理健康结果
Laura McCombs1, Nancy A Brown2
1Department of Emergency Management, Benedictine University, Rohnert Park, California. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9119-8224.
Journal of emergency management (Weston, Mass.)
|July 17, 2024
概括
沃尔布里奇火灾对居民的心理健康产生了重大影响. 由于火灾造成的直接损失是导致幸存者增加压力和焦虑的关键因素.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 灾难心理学 灾难心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 索诺马县的沃尔布里奇火灾 (2020年8月) 促使进行了一项调查,以评估居民的经验和应急响应的有效性.
- 了解灾难的影响对于改善未来的应急管理和居民支持至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析沃尔布里奇火灾对索诺马县居民的心理健康影响.
- 通过使用定量全球担忧模型,识别导致心理健康状况较差的因素.
- 为加强应对灾害和改善居民福祉的战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 一种混合方法的方法,利用来自1583名英语和55名西班牙语受访者的调查数据.
- 对包括语言,丧失,紧急警报和家庭规模在内的因素进行定量分析.
- 对有关先前灾害,健康状况和环境因素 (烟雾,COVID-19) 的开放式响应进行定性分析.
主要成果:
- 定量分析确定了影响心理健康结果的特定因素.
- 开放式的回应显示,以前的灾难经历,先前存在的健康问题和环境条件 (烟雾,COVID-19) 加剧了压力和焦虑.
- 居民经历的即时损失与自我声明的压力和焦虑有显著的相关性.
结论:
- 沃尔布里奇火灾对居民造成了可衡量的负面心理健康后果.
- 损失,环境因素和以前的经历是灾难心理健康的关键考虑因素.
- 调查结果强调,需要为灾难期间遭受损失的个人提供有针对性的支持.
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