Richard Garfield, Peter Fonjungo, Gnakub Soke, Henry Baggett, Joel Montgomery, Richard Luce, John Klena, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, Steve Ahuka, Dieudonne Mwamba, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfam, Simon Agolory
{"title":"Ebola Outbreak Control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.","authors":"Richard Garfield, Peter Fonjungo, Gnakub Soke, Henry Baggett, Joel Montgomery, Richard Luce, John Klena, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, Steve Ahuka, Dieudonne Mwamba, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfam, Simon Agolory","doi":"10.1017/dmp.2024.172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.172","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Health Security is a major concern for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is the second largest country in Africa, borders nine other countries, has more than 80 million inhabitants, and has suffered from decades of neglect and conflicts together with multiple recurrent disease outbreaks, including Ebola.</p>","PeriodicalId":54390,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness","volume":"18 ","pages":"e287"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142689446","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}
Jennifer Schroeder Tyson, Danny Scalise, Adam Hege, Maggie Sugg, Manan Roy
{"title":"Public Health Policy that Leads with Equity in Rural Appalachia: Recommendations to Confirm Vaccination Status in an Equitable Manner.","authors":"Jennifer Schroeder Tyson, Danny Scalise, Adam Hege, Maggie Sugg, Manan Roy","doi":"10.1017/dmp.2024.277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.277","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Vaccination is the most important method to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and vaccination is key to this goal. This paper highlights considerations for policy development around vaccination attestation and proof requirements, specifically in rural Appalachia. Migrant and immigrant farmworkers are integral to the food and goods supply chain globally; they have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, therefore these policies need to take extensive precautions for farmworkers to systematically and easily comply with vaccination status submission procedures. In this paper, we present steps to equitably manage and implement vaccine mandates: (1) Develop and establish policies to support safe workplace standards for everyone, including vaccination policies; (2) Utilize equitable methods to collect vaccine verification; (3) Use effective and inclusive methods to implement the policies by using these techniques; (4) Integrate key populations to develop and strengthen policies to improve health equity.</p>","PeriodicalId":54390,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness","volume":"18 ","pages":"e284"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142689463","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}
Pedro Arcos González, Rick Kye Gan, José Antonio Cernuda Martínez
{"title":"National Burden and Epidemiological Features of Mass Casualty Incidents in Spain, from 2014 to 2022.","authors":"Pedro Arcos González, Rick Kye Gan, José Antonio Cernuda Martínez","doi":"10.1017/dmp.2024.299","DOIUrl":"10.1017/dmp.2024.299","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Mass Casualty Incidents (MCIs) pose significant challenges to health care systems, especially regarding emergency preparedness and response. This study aims to analyze the epidemiological characteristics and burden of MCIs in Spain from 2014 to 2022, focusing on the type, frequency, and impact of these incidents on public health and emergency services.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A population-based retrospective observational study examined MCIs in Spain between January 2014 and December 2022. Data were collected from various emergency services. Incidents involving 4 or more victims requiring medical assistance and ambulance mobilization were included. The study categorized MCIs into 5 types: road traffic accidents, fires and explosions, chemical poisonings, maritime accidents, and others.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1618 MCIs resulting in 8556 victims were identified, averaging 15 (95% CI, 11-19) incidents per month, with 79% due to road traffic accidents and 13% to fires and explosions, which also had the highest average of 7.6 victims per incident. Despite maritime accidents comprising only 1.9% of incidents, they had the highest fatality rate. MCIs were more frequent on weekends, in January and July, and between 3:00 PM and 9:00 PM. The average response time was 38 minutes, with 35% of victims sustaining severe injuries.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Despite a slight decrease in annual MCIs from 2014 to 2022 in Spain, the trend is not statistically significant. The study highlights the need for a national registry and standardized data collection to enhance emergency preparedness and response planning and facilitate the reduction of the MCI burden.</p>","PeriodicalId":54390,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness","volume":"18 ","pages":"e281"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142689472","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}
{"title":"Online Social Interaction for COVID-19 in Asia.","authors":"Seungil Yum","doi":"10.1017/dmp.2024.289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.289","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While prior studies have barely explored social interaction for COVID-19 across Asia, this study highlights how people interact with each other for the COVID-19 pandemic among India, Japan, and South Korea based on social network analysis by employing NodeXL for Twitter between July 27 and July 28, 2020. This study finds that the Ministry of Health and Prime Minister of India, news media of Japan, and the president of South Korea play the most essential role in social networks in their country, respectively. Second, governmental key players play the most crucial role in South Korea, whereas they play the least role in India. Third, the Indian are interested in COVID-19 deaths, the Japanese care about the information of COVID-19 patients, and the South Korean focus on COVID-19 vaccines. Therefore, governments and disease experts should explore their social interaction based on the characteristics of social networks to release important news and information in a timely manner.</p>","PeriodicalId":54390,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness","volume":"18 ","pages":"e286"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142689473","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}
{"title":"Relationship Between Resilience, Emergency Response Capacity, and Occupational Stressors of New Nurse During the Re-outbreak of COVID-19 in China.","authors":"Zhen Chen, Renhua Li, Xu Zhao, Ziqiong Li, Sumei Zhou, Kebiao Zhang","doi":"10.1017/dmp.2024.157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.157","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The emergency response capacity of nurses is quite important during the COVID-19 epidemic. This study aimed to determine the relationship of resilience with emergency response capacity and occupational stresses during COVID-19 re-outbreak.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a cross-sectional study that involved 241 new nurses. Questionnaires (including demographic characteristics and self-report questionnaires) were sent via QR code and used to conduct an online survey of new nurses. Resilience, emergency response capacity, and occupational stressors were measured using questionnaires.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mean resilience score was 62.68 ± 14.04, which corresponds to a moderate level. Age, marital status, and work experience were significantly associated with resilience (<i>P</i> = 0.037, <i>P</i> = 0.046, <i>P</i> = 0.011) and emergency response capacity <i>(P =</i> 0.018, <i>P</i> = 0.045, <i>P</i> < 0.000). Total score and 3 dimensions of resilience were positively correlated with emergency response competency questionnaire and 3 dimensions <i>(P <</i> 0.01). Total scores of the nurse job stress scale and patient care dimension were negatively correlated with resilience scores <i>(P <</i> 0.05). Resilience played a partial mediating role in occupational stressors and emergency response capacity, and mediating effect accounted for 45.79% of the total effect.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The nursing superintendent must pay more attention to the resiliency of new nurses to reduce occupational stressors and improve emergency response capacity while helping new nurses cope with COVID-19 re-outbreak.</p>","PeriodicalId":54390,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness","volume":"18 ","pages":"e285"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142689657","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}
{"title":"Changing Trends of Excess Self-protective Behavior, and Association with Belief in Prevention Myths During the COVID-19 Epidemic in China: A Panel Study.","authors":"Sihui Peng, Tingzhong Yang, Ian R H Rockett","doi":"10.1017/dmp.2024.292","DOIUrl":"10.1017/dmp.2024.292","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This prospective observational study examined changing trends of excess self-protective behavior (EPB), and their association with perceived risk, perceived severity, and irrational beliefs about prevention during the Chinese COVID-19 epidemic. Participants were recruited for an online panel survey. There are 150 participants for the baseline and 102 for the final survey. There were 5 waves of interviews. Perceptions of risk and disease severity were measured by single items. Irrational beliefs about prevention and EPB comprised 5 common prevention misconceptions. Descriptive statistics and the CATMOD program were used for data analysis. The prevalence of participants perceiving personal risk of contracting COVID-19 and severe consequences of the disease was 18.6% and 25.5%, respectively, at baseline, and declining to 4.9% and 17.6% at final observation. The 5 selected EPB also showed a diminishing trend. Belief in COVID-19 prevention myths trended upwards. Perceived risk was positively associated with each EPB, and perceived severity with disinfection of clothes and hoarding of products. Myth adherence was positively associated with disinfection of clothes and both hand washing and sanitization. This study yields new information about EPB among the Chinese public. Policy modifications and public education interventions are essential for minimizing the adverse health effects of subscribing to irrational beliefs.</p>","PeriodicalId":54390,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness","volume":"18 ","pages":"e280"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142683565","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}
{"title":"Sustainable Development in the Digital World: The Importance of Cybersecurity.","authors":"Ahmet Doğan Kuday","doi":"10.1017/dmp.2024.306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.306","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54390,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness","volume":"18 ","pages":"e279"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142683568","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}
{"title":"Successful Large Hospital Evacuation With 11 350 Patients Transferred in the 2021 Zhengzhou Flood - CORRIGENDUM.","authors":"Zichen Zhou, Yongzhong Zhang, Jianjun Gou, Nan Kan, Feida Zhao, Lulu Yao, Shike Hou","doi":"10.1017/dmp.2024.319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.319","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54390,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness","volume":"18 ","pages":"e278"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142683566","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}
{"title":"Investigating Associations Between Climate Change Anxiety and Children's Mental Health in Pakistan: Impacts and Priority Actions.","authors":"Shazia Soomro, Dianen Zhou, Iftikhar Ahmed Charan","doi":"10.1017/dmp.2024.267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.267","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Climate anxiety has a negative impact on the mental health and psychological wellbeing of the vulnerable population. The goal is to assess many factors that affect mental health and psychological wellbeing, as well as how climate change affects mental health in Pakistan's vulnerable population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study provides evidence-based insights on the long- and medium-term impacts of extreme weather events on mental health. To obtain information on these variables, this research uses a quantitative approach and a cross-sectional survey design with a multivariate regression model for empirical tests on a sample of parents and children with an impact on mental health from climate change anxiety.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results indicate that individuals experience shock and climate change anxiety, and their effects on mental health and psychological wellbeing. Climate change can have detrimental effects on children's mental health. (1) disaster risk health (2) children's stress index (3) public health concerns, (4) climate change anxiety, (5) generalized anxiety disorder, and (6) major depression disorder, as reported by the children with mental health outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings of this study show that climate change has a stressful effect on mental health. The paper concludes with a discussion on strategies to address the anticipated mental health issues among children due to climate change.</p>","PeriodicalId":54390,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness","volume":"18 ","pages":"e277"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142677809","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}
{"title":"Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards Acceptance of Health Science Information among WeChat Public Account Users: A Cross-Sectional Study - ERRATUM.","authors":"Yanan Wang, Peiqiang Liu, Qiong Zhang","doi":"10.1017/dmp.2024.315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.315","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54390,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness","volume":"18 ","pages":"e276"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142677810","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}