农村自然灾害压力:社区资源使用和影响的调查
Kristin K Gaffney1, Ellen Duysen2, Sharon Medcalf3
1Department of Biostatistics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Journal of agromedicine
|August 8, 2024
概括
农村社区利用社会支持和个人信仰来管理灾害压力. 然而,参与政府援助和物业修复可能会加剧压力,强调需要适应应急管理策略.
科学领域:
- 灾难心理健康 灾难心理健康
- 农村社区的适应力 农村社区的适应力
- 灾后恢复资源的资源在灾后恢复.
背景情况:
- 自然灾害对农村社区产生重大影响,影响心理和情感福祉.
- 了解资源利用对于在农业和非农业环境中有效减轻灾害压力至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定农村社区在龙卷风和洪水后管理压力的资源方面的经验和偏好.
- 评估各种资源对农村人口灾后压力水平的影响.
主要方法:
- 农村自然灾害压力和恢复调查对受灾农村地区的159名参与者进行了调查 (2021年12月至2022年2月).
- 一组125名参与者完成了评估22个资源对灾后压力的影响的组件,并补充了定性数据.
主要成果:
- 最常使用的资源包括谈论事件,朋友,邻居和家人.
- 社区团体和个人信仰活动在减轻压力方面最有效.
- 联邦紧急事务管理局/政府援助,物业维修和媒体消费被确定为增加压力的资源.
结论:
- 农村居民已经确定了减轻压力的关键资源,主要是基于社会和信仰的支持.
- 某些常见的灾后活动,如与政府机构互动和物业维修,可能会无意中增加压力.
- 应急管理应优先利用社区和个人支持系统应对和恢复计划,以减轻负面心理健康结果.
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