youth are our future assets in emergency and disaster management

Youth Are Our Future Assets in Emergency and Disaster Management.

Please cite this paper as: Khorram-Manesh A. Youth Are Our Future Assets in Emergency and Disaster Management. Bull Emerg Trauma. 2017;5(1):1-3. *Corresponding author: Amir Khorram-Manesh Address: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Center, Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden. Tel: +46-707-722741 e-mail: amir.khorra...

Disaster Management and Emergency Medicine in Malaysia

Building our youth for the future

Adolescents and young adults are at increased risk for HIV due to the many developmental, psychological, social, and structural transitions that converge in this period of the lifespan. In addition, adolescent deaths resulting from HIV continue to rise despite declines in other age groups. There are also young key populations (YKPs) that bear disproportionate burdens of HIV and are the most vul...

Our Youth, Our Future: Moving Forward to Address Youth Development in Kenya

Kenya is a young nation, with 75 percent of its population being under the age of 30 years and 22 percent being between the ages of 15 to 24 years. For Kenyan young people – and for young people worldwide – the critical transition from childhood to young adulthood is delicate and challenging and is dependent on support and guidance from the family, community, school, and society at large. Adole...

Our past, present, and future are in our hands.

History is sometimes a combination of facts and hearsay—perspectives from varying points of view and some twisted accounts of occurrences with opinions and interpretations thrown in for color. It is challenging to piece together the facts of an event and how it leads to another, the motivations of the people behind the events, and the effects they have on people, institutions, and society, at t...

Relationship Between Self-Management Strategy and Self-Efficacy Among Staff of Ardabil Disaster and Emergency Medical Management Centers

Background: The nature of the work in the emergency department is as if the unwilling persons are in trouble. Self-efficacy is necessary to overcome obstacles in this type of job. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between self-management strategy and self-efficacy of emergency staff, stressing on the mediating role of job stress and safety behavior. Materials an...