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The Potential Impacts of Single-use Plastic During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2024.334

Kelly R Klein, Jennifer Trumbo, Deborah Saber, Astha Kakkad

{"title":"The Potential Impacts of Single-use Plastic During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Kelly R Klein, Jennifer Trumbo, Deborah Saber, Astha Kakkad","doi":"10.1017/dmp.2024.334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.334","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: Plastics in the environment have moved from an \"eye-sore\" to a public health threat. Hospitals are one of the biggest users of single-use plastics, and there is growing literature looking at not only plastics in the environment but health care's overall contribution to its growth.Methods: This study was a retrospective review at a 411-bed level II trauma hospital over 47 months pre and post the last wave of COVID-19 affecting this hospital. Deidentified data were gathered: daily census in the emergency department, hospital census, and corresponding number of admitted COVID-19 patients. Additionally, for the same time frame, personal protective equipment (PPE) supply purchases and gross tonnage of nonhazardous refuse were obtained.Results: There was a large increase in PPE purchased without a significant change in gross tonnage of weight of trash.Conclusions: PPE is incredibly important to protect health care workers. However, single-use plastic is not sustainable for the environment or public health. Understanding the full effect of the pandemic on hospital waste production is critically important as health care institutions focus on strategies to decrease their carbon footprint and increase positive impacts on public health and the environment.","PeriodicalId":54390,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness","volume":"19 ","pages":"e19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143069741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Trajectories and Influencing Factors of Post-Traumatic Stress in Disaster-Affected People According to Their Income Level: A Longitudinal Study in South Korea.

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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2024.138

Yubin Lee, Myoungsoon You

{"title":"Trajectories and Influencing Factors of Post-Traumatic Stress in Disaster-Affected People According to Their Income Level: A Longitudinal Study in South Korea.","authors":"Yubin Lee, Myoungsoon You","doi":"10.1017/dmp.2024.138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.138","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Disasters often have long-lasting effects on the mental health of people affected by them. This study aimed to examine the trajectories and predictors of mental health in people affected by disasters according to their income level.Method: This study used data from the \"Long-Term Survey on the Change of Life of Disaster Victim\" conducted by the National Disaster Management Research Institute. Latent growth curve modeling and multigroup analysis were employed on 699 participants.Results: Individuals in the low-income class had a higher post-traumatic stress (PTS) intercept than those in the middle-high-income class. The PTS intercept was increased by unmet health care needs and financial hardship caused by disasters and was decreased by health care support. Social support, which was low in the low-income class, did not affect their PTS level; however, it lowered the PTS intercept in the middle-high-income class.Conclusions: These results suggest that it is important to address the mental health of disaster survivors by providing sufficient disaster relief services and compensation to ensure that disasters do not further exacerbate social inequalities. It is also crucial to provide emotional, informational, and material support using local community resources for those who have less or no access to in-person social networks.","PeriodicalId":54390,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness","volume":"19 ","pages":"e18"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143048704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Investigating the Post-Disaster Reproductive Health Challenges of Iranian Women: A Systematic Review. 调查灾后伊朗妇女的生殖健康挑战：系统回顾。

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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Pub Date : 2025-01-21 DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2024.92

Elham Rajabi, Mehrdad Farrokhi, Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani, Mehdi Noroozi, Hamidreza Khankeh

{"title":"Investigating the Post-Disaster Reproductive Health Challenges of Iranian Women: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Elham Rajabi, Mehrdad Farrokhi, Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani, Mehdi Noroozi, Hamidreza Khankeh","doi":"10.1017/dmp.2024.92","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.92","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: Disasters pose serious threats to people's health, including reproductive health (RH); therefore, we conducted this study to investigate Iranian women's post-disaster RH challenges.Methods: This study was conducted as a systematic review, and all published articles until the end of May 2022 were selected by searching in international and domestic scientific databases, including Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar, SID, and Magiran. The quality assessment of the studies was done using the Strobe checklist. We conducted this research based on PRISMA guidelines and analyzed the content by qualitative content analysis method.Results: Twelve related articles were included (8 high quality and 4 medium quality). Based on these articles, factors affecting post-disaster Iranian women's RH were divided into 2 categories: individual factors (physical injuries, psychological disorders, cultural and religious issues) and management factors (not prioritizing RH services in disasters, lack of supplies, suitable facilities and professional human resources, access limitation to RH care and services).Conclusions: We must enhance post disaster RH status by adopting suitable policies and decision-making in disaster risk management. We should prioritize RH services during the disaster response phase, providing facilities, equipment, and specialized and trained human resources.","PeriodicalId":54390,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness","volume":"19 ","pages":"e17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143016589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Characterizing Household Perceived Evacuation Behaviors in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic: 2020-2021. 2019 -2021年COVID-19大流行期间美国家庭感知疏散行为的特征

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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Pub Date : 2025-01-17 DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2024.269

Sumera Jiva, Arianna Hanchey, Stephanie Kieszak, Amy Schnall

{"title":"Characterizing Household Perceived Evacuation Behaviors in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic: 2020-2021.","authors":"Sumera Jiva, Arianna Hanchey, Stephanie Kieszak, Amy Schnall","doi":"10.1017/dmp.2024.269","DOIUrl":"10.1017/dmp.2024.269","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Evacuation can reduce morbidity and mortality by ensuring households are safely out of the path of, and ensuing impacts from, a disaster. Our goal was to characterize potential evacuation behaviors among a nationally representative sample.Methods: We added 10 questions to the existing Porter Novelli's (PN) ConsumerStyles surveys in Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Fall 2021.We conducted a weighted analysis using SAS 9.4 to examine distributions and estimate associations of potential evacuation behaviors of each survey separately.Results: When asked about barriers to evacuation if public authorities announced a mandatory evacuation because of a large-scale disaster, ~7% reported nothing would prevent them from evacuating. Over half of respondents across the 3 surveys (51.1%-52.4%) had no preparedness plans, and almost two-thirds of respondents (63.7%-66.2%) did not have an emergency supply kit.Conclusions: Knowing potential evacuation behaviors can help frame messages and provide a starting point for interventions to improve disaster preparedness and response. Overall, data show that there is much work to be done regarding evacuation behaviors and overall preparedness in the United States. These data can be used to tailor public messaging and work with partners to increase knowledge about evacuation.","PeriodicalId":54390,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness","volume":"19 ","pages":"e16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11792164/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143016586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Obesity after Natural disasters and Associated Risk Factors: A Systematic Review - ERRATUM. 自然灾害后肥胖及其相关危险因素：一项系统综述-勘误。

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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Pub Date : 2025-01-17 DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2025.2

Tahir Yousuf Nour, Kerim Hakan Altıntaş

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The PANDEM-2 Simulation Exercise: Training the Coordinated Response to a Large-Scale Pandemic in 2 European Public Health Emergency Operations Centers. 大流行-2模拟演习：在两个欧洲公共卫生应急行动中心培训对大规模流行病的协调反应。

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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Pub Date : 2025-01-14 DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2024.298

Claudia Houareau, Clara Spieker, Ulrike Grote, Knut Perseke, Maria An der Heiden, Robert Caglar, Amrei Wolter, Máire A Connolly, Jessica S Hayes, Mart Stein, Benjamin Kaluza, Maike Overmeyer, Ute Rexroth

{"title":"The PANDEM-2 Simulation Exercise: Training the Coordinated Response to a Large-Scale Pandemic in 2 European Public Health Emergency Operations Centers.","authors":"Claudia Houareau, Clara Spieker, Ulrike Grote, Knut Perseke, Maria An der Heiden, Robert Caglar, Amrei Wolter, Máire A Connolly, Jessica S Hayes, Mart Stein, Benjamin Kaluza, Maike Overmeyer, Ute Rexroth","doi":"10.1017/dmp.2024.298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.298","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: In the course of the EU funded Pandemic Preparedness and Response (PANDEM-2) project, a functional exercise (FX) was conducted to train the coordinated response to a large-scale pandemic event in Europe by using new IT solutions developed by the project. This report provides an overview of the steps involved in planning, conducting, and evaluating the FX.Methods: The FX design was based on the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) simulation exercise cycle for public health settings and was carried out over 2 days in the German and Dutch national public health institutes (PHI), with support from other consortium PHIs. The planning team devised an inject list based on a scenario script describing the emergence of an influenza pandemic from a novel H5N1 pathogen.Results: The multi-disciplinary participant teams included 11 Dutch and 6 German participants. The FX was supported by 9 international project partners from 8 countries. Overall, participants and observers agreed that the FX goals were achieved.Conclusions: The FX was a suitable format to test the PANDEM-2 solutions in 2 different country set-ups. It demonstrated the benefit of regular simulation exercises at member state level to test and practice public health emergency responses to be better prepared for real-life events.","PeriodicalId":54390,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness","volume":"19 ","pages":"e14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142980428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Mental Health Status and Related Factors of Citizens 6 Months after Mass Death and Injury Due to Crowd Crush Incident: Focused on the Itaewon Disaster in 2022. 群体性伤亡事件发生6个月后市民心理健康状况及相关因素——以2022年梨泰院灾难为例

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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Pub Date : 2025-01-10 DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2024.342

Yun-Jung Choi, Heewon Song, Hae-In Namgung, Na Rae Lee

{"title":"Mental Health Status and Related Factors of Citizens 6 Months after Mass Death and Injury Due to Crowd Crush Incident: Focused on the Itaewon Disaster in 2022.","authors":"Yun-Jung Choi, Heewon Song, Hae-In Namgung, Na Rae Lee","doi":"10.1017/dmp.2024.342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.342","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Crowd crush disasters result in psychological risks such as anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This descriptive research study identified the mental health status of Koreans after the Itaewon crowd crush disaster and explored related factors.Methods: Data were collected May 2-9, 2023 using an online survey. Participants included 205 adults aged 19-69 years recruited through South Korean local and online university communities. Their mental health and related factors were measured at 6 months post-disaster. Data were analyzed using IBM® SPSS® Statistics 26.0. and R 3.4.2.Results: Significant differences in anxiety, depression, and PTSD among participants who experienced the disaster as victims; changes in drinking frequency and alcohol consumption; and differences in anxiety and PTSD according to family type were observed. Comparing the 3 and 6 month surveys, there were no significant changes in anxiety, depression, PTSD, general mental health, or mental well-being. When mental health severity was divided according to victimization, a significant difference in the severity of anxiety, depression, and PTSD was observed.Conclusions: Participants' levels of anxiety, depression, and PTSD varied according to their direct and indirect experience of the disaster, with higher levels of PTSD even without direct experience with the disaster.","PeriodicalId":54390,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness","volume":"19 ","pages":"e11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142958905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Undergraduate Students' Onlooker Response Prior to Arrival of Emergency Medical Services: An Assessment of Willingness to Respond. 大学生在紧急医疗服务到来前的旁观者反应：反应意愿的评估。

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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Pub Date : 2025-01-10 DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2024.308

Heather K Hayanga, Andrew J Rosenblum, Joseph A McGuire, Kinza Noor, Dylan Thibault, Kaitlin Woods, Matthew R Richardson, Akeya Carter-Bozman, Wesley Thomas, Steven Smith, J W Awori Hayanga, Daniel J Barnett

{"title":"Undergraduate Students' Onlooker Response Prior to Arrival of Emergency Medical Services: An Assessment of Willingness to Respond.","authors":"Heather K Hayanga, Andrew J Rosenblum, Joseph A McGuire, Kinza Noor, Dylan Thibault, Kaitlin Woods, Matthew R Richardson, Akeya Carter-Bozman, Wesley Thomas, Steven Smith, J W Awori Hayanga, Daniel J Barnett","doi":"10.1017/dmp.2024.308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.308","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: This study sought to assess undergraduate students' knowledge and attitudes surrounding perceived self-efficacy and threats in various common emergencies in communities of higher education.Methods: Self-reported perceptions of knowledge and skills, as well as attitudes and beliefs regarding education and training, obligation to respond, safety, psychological readiness, efficacy, personal preparedness, and willingness to respond were investigated through 3 representative scenarios via a web-based survey.Results: Among 970 respondents, approximately 60% reported their university had adequately prepared them for various emergencies while 84% reported the university should provide such training. Respondents with high self-efficacy were significantly more likely than those with low self-efficacy to be willing to respond in whatever capacity needed across all scenarios.Conclusions: There is a gap between perceived student preparedness for emergencies and training received. Students with high self-efficacy were the most likely to be willing to respond, which may be useful for future training initiatives.","PeriodicalId":54390,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness","volume":"19 ","pages":"e13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142958926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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What Do Patients Seek Care for at a Health Facility in the Aftermath of an Earthquake? Experiences From an Emergency Medical Team in Türkoğlu, Türkiye 2023. 地震后，病人在医疗机构寻求什么治疗？紧急医疗小组在Türkoğlu的经验，<s:1> rkiye 2023。

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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Pub Date : 2025-01-10 DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2024.343

Diana Maddah, Ramnath Vadi, Nihal Aloğlu, Mustafa Boz, David Wightwick, Gael Istanbouly, Rosa Maria Tannous, Alessandra Morelli, Dalzar Abdullah Tawfeeq, Johan von Schreeb

{"title":"What Do Patients Seek Care for at a Health Facility in the Aftermath of an Earthquake? Experiences From an Emergency Medical Team in Türkoğlu, Türkiye 2023.","authors":"Diana Maddah, Ramnath Vadi, Nihal Aloğlu, Mustafa Boz, David Wightwick, Gael Istanbouly, Rosa Maria Tannous, Alessandra Morelli, Dalzar Abdullah Tawfeeq, Johan von Schreeb","doi":"10.1017/dmp.2024.343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.343","url":null,"abstract":"On February 6, 2023, a strong earthquake (7.8 Richter scale) shook southwestern Türkiye, and also affected areas in northwest Syria, resulting in over 50 000 fatalities and more than 100 000 injured in Türkiye, in addition to the displacement of approximately 3 million people. In response to an international request for assistance from the Turkish government, the United Kingdom (UK) government deployed an Emergency Medical Team (EMT) Type 1 to provide outpatient care. This report describes the type of medical conditions treated at the facility from 1 week to 3 months post-earthquake. Consultations and diagnoses were recorded using standardized UK EMT patient records and reported through the WHO Minimum Data Set (MDS) format. A total of 7048 patient consultations were documented during the deployment.The majority of cases involved infectious conditions, primarily respiratory illnesses, rather than trauma. Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, were also prevalent, particularly among adults and older patients. The report outlines some recommendations to better adapt data collection in order to improve EMT preparedness for future earthquake responses.","PeriodicalId":54390,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness","volume":"19 ","pages":"e12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142958927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Retrospective Evaluation of Anesthesia in Patients Undergoing Surgery after the February 6, 2023 Earthquake in Turkey. 2023年2月6日土耳其地震后手术患者麻醉的回顾性评价

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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Pub Date : 2025-01-08 DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2024.339

Ezgi Erkilic, Mehlika Kurtay, Gülay Yılmaz, Ahmet Demirörs, Esra Mahmut Baltacı, Düşüm Sözsahibi, Ali Furkan Efe, Tülin Gümüş, Orhan Kanbak, Handan Güleç, Ayça Dumanlı Özcan, Levent Öztürk

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