居住在避难所的社区在2022年东肯塔基州洪水期间的经验
Lilanthi Balasuriya1, Oshea Johnson1,2, Tammy Riley3
1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
|December 10, 2024
概括
2022年肯塔基州洪水发生6周后,许多流离失所家庭经历了重大的心理健康挑战,包括抑郁,焦虑和梦. 改善获得心理健康服务的机会对于灾难恢复工作至关重要.
科学领域:
- 灾难心理健康 灾难心理健康
- 社区需求评估 社区需求评估
- 公共卫生监督是对公共卫生的监督.
背景情况:
- 2022年7月28日,肯塔基州东部发生洪水,造成600多人流离失所.
- 了解受2022年肯塔基州洪水影响的家庭的心理健康需求是主要目标.
- 专注于灾后居住在洪水疏散避难所的家庭.
研究的目的:
- 评估2022年肯塔基州洪水流离失所的家庭的心理健康需求.
- 确定心理健康症状的普遍性和护理障碍.
- 为受影响人口提供灾难恢复战略的信息.
主要方法:
- 在三个临时避难所的家庭中进行便利抽样.
- 快速的社区需求评估,使用面对面的采访.
- 在2022年9月6日至9日期间采用修改的两阶段集群方法 (CASPER).
主要成果:
- 进行了61个家庭访谈;27.7%的家庭接受了行为健康服务,19.6%的家庭接受了悲伤咨询.
- 报告的精神健康症状的高患病率:动荡 (36.7%),难以集中注意力 (47.5%),梦 (62.3%),自杀想法/自伤 (6.6%).
- 抑郁情绪 (27.0%),快乐 (20%+),焦虑 (75%+) 和持续的担忧 (34.0%) 是常见的;36.1%的人面临心理健康服务的障碍.
结论:
- 在2022年肯塔基州洪水六周后流离失所的家庭中,抑郁情绪,快乐感,焦虑和梦普遍存在.
- 获得心理健康服务是有效恢复灾难的关键优先事项.
- 解决心理健康需求对于受洪水影响的人口的福祉至关重要.
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