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Medicine, General & Internal
Natalia Festa, Kaitlin F. Throgmorton, Nora Heaphy, Maureen Canavan, Thomas M. Gill
Summary: This study examined the preparedness of US nursing homes in coastal areas for hurricane-related inundation and found regional variations in emergency preparedness. Some areas showed deficiencies in emergency preparedness, while there were opportunities to reduce regional heterogeneity and improve nursing home preparedness.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Pamela Murray-Tuite, Y. Gurt Ge, Christopher Zobel, Roshanak Nateghi, Haizhong Wang
Summary: In interdisciplinary research on hurricanes, alignment of decision-making agents, time, and space is crucial. Sociobehavioral science, transportation engineering, power systems engineering, and decision support systems play important roles in this context. Resolving differences in decision-making agents and data collection frequency is essential for the success of interdisciplinary teams in protective-action-related disaster research.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Chisato Otsuka, Hana Fukutomi, Yukari Niwa
Summary: This study investigates the factors that determine people's intention to prepare for evacuation in case of urban flood disasters through a questionnaire survey of residents in Tokyo. The results show that the level of interest in flood damage and the perception of the benefits of evacuation behavior can influence people's intention to prepare for evacuation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Mahyar Ghorbanzadeh, Simone Burns, Linoj Vijayan Nair Rugminiamma, Eren Erman Ozguven, Wenrui Huang
Summary: In 2017, Hurricane Irma, a Category 4 hurricane, struck Florida, resulting in the largest evacuation in the state's history. This study assessed the spatiotemporal traffic impacts of Irma on Florida's major highways using real-time traffic data, finding that imperfect forecasts and path uncertainty led to high levels of congestion and severe delays on the state's main evacuation routes.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD
(2021)
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Psychology, Clinical
Annette M. La Greca, Kaitlyn E. Brodar, Naomi Tarlow, Evan Burdette
Summary: Extreme weather events have an impact on mothers' health-risk behaviors, with posttraumatic stress symptoms and depressive symptoms potentially mediating these relationships. Stressful experiences before, during, and after hurricanes are associated with mothers' health-risk behaviors via postevent emotional distress. Health interventions should consider the effects of extreme weather events on parents and children.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jim McLennan, Danielle Every, Amy Reynolds
Summary: The study found that in Australia, individuals with severe disabilities were less well prepared for natural hazard emergencies compared to those without disabilities. This highlights the need for greater social support for residents with disabilities during such emergencies.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
John L. Renne, Estefania Mayorga
Summary: This study analyzes the evacuation planning in America's fifty largest cities and finds that there have only been marginal improvements since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The research introduces an Evacuation Preparedness Rating System to evaluate the effectiveness of emergency evacuation plans, emphasizing the importance of protecting vulnerable populations.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2022)
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Psychology, Clinical
Annette M. La Greca, Naomi Tarlow, Kaitlyn E. Brodar, BreAnne A. Danzi, Jonathan S. Comer
Summary: Evacuation experiences can significantly impact the psychological well-being of mothers and children, particularly after natural disasters. Using a risk and resilience model, evacuation stressors were found to be significant predictors of psychological functioning.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA-THEORY RESEARCH PRACTICE AND POLICY
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Reiko Nihonyanagi, Keiko Tsukasaki, Tomoya Itatani, Hisao Nakai, Daisuke Toda
Summary: This study investigates the preparedness of patients undergoing hemodialysis for emergency dialysis in the event of a natural disaster, and identifies the factors influencing such preparedness. The study finds that a significant proportion of patients lack preparedness, which is associated with employment status, lack of awareness about disaster information acquisition methods, lack of explanations on proper disaster response from dialysis facility staff, and belief that their family away from home would not be concerned about them. This highlights the inadequate disaster preparedness among patients undergoing dialysis and the need for strengthened guidance and education.
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Environmental Sciences
Neiler Medina, Arlex Sanchez, Zoran Vojinovic
Summary: Disasters caused by natural hazards are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity, resulting in infrastructure damage and loss of life. Evacuating hazardous areas is a way to reduce disaster risk, but there is still disagreement on which variables can predict individual or household decision to evacuate.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Beatriz Acero, Rafael Diaz, Joshua G. Behr
Summary: Evacuation orders are issued before a hurricane hits an urban area to ensure people's safety, but not everyone follows them. This paper analyzes the role of evacuation zones and the perception of flooding risk in the evacuation decision-making. The findings highlight the importance of proper evacuation zone awareness and trust in authorities in increasing evacuation intention rates, providing insights for emergency managers and policymakers to plan and communicate risks effectively.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2023)
Article
Nursing
Zahra Chegini, Morteza Arab-Zozani, Edris Kakemam, Mojgan Lotfi, Afsaneh Nobakht, Hanieh Aziz Karkan
Summary: This study evaluated the levels of disaster core competencies and preparedness among nurses in the emergency department in six hospitals in Qazvin, Iran. The results showed that there are gaps in disaster preparedness and core competencies for emergency nurses, with communication skills being the lowest. Older nurses with disaster experience and less professional experience perceived better disaster core competencies.
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Economics
Prosper K. Anyidoho, Rachel A. Davidson, Tarun Rambha, Linda K. Nozick
Summary: This study advances the prediction of population evacuation behavior during hurricanes by comparing the practical utility of five different models. The results suggest that logistic regression model is easiest to implement and provides good predictive power for estimating the total evacuation rate of a region, while the dynamic discrete choice model is recommended for spatial and/or timing predictions. The best models currently available can estimate the total evacuation rate within a range of one to nine percentage points, the evacuation rate for each county within 10 to 15 percentage points, and the departure curve within several hours.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
(2022)
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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Jia Liu, Yun Chen, Yong Chen
Summary: This paper conducts a comprehensive analysis of crowd evacuation research using reference co-citation analysis, author co-citation analysis, and keyword co-occurrence analysis. It identifies key issues and future research directions in the field of crowd evacuation.
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION INTEGRATION
(2021)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Matthew C. Nowlin, Wesley Wehde
Summary: Social capital plays a crucial role in post-disaster behavior responses, with bonding and linking social capital influencing evacuation behavior significantly.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2021)