Disaster management that uses Web-based technology to enhance user collaboration around disasters is an emergent field. A number of dedicated 'disaster portals' exist but do not integrate large social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. These social networking sites can facilitate the analysis and sharing of collective intelligence around disaster information on a far greater scale by increa...

BACKGROUND Disasters often have negative health consequences. Studies of health problems presented in family practice before and after a disaster are rare. The present study analyzed health problems before and after a disaster and predictors of increased morbidity after the disaster as presented in family practice. METHODS A matched cohort study design with measurements 1 year before the disa...

The April 20, 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion was an engineering and environmental tragedy that led to the loss of 11 human lives and has had far-reaching environmental and economic impacts, the full extent of which is difficult if not impossible to calculate. In 2015 the explosion continues to impact those 11 individual’s families; it continues to have a far-reaching emotional impact ...

Disaster management is extremely important in today’s world, which is defined as the organization and management of resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies, in particular preparedness, response and recovery in order to lessen the impact of disasters. Disaster response is one of the critical stages of disaster management, which necessitates spontan...

Session 1 – Disaster Risk Management as Global Development Agenda This introductory presentation explains why disaster risk reduction is considered a development challenge. It reviews the trends in disaster occurrence, its impact, frequency and regional distribution. It also highlights the interrelation between disaster risk reduction and poverty alleviation and Millennium Development Goals. Th...

About the lead author (Dr Weiner): I am a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children’s Hospital Boston (CHB)/Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the CHB representative and a chartermember of the HMS Section on Disaster Medicine. I have been a National Disaster Medical Systemmember on the Disaster Medical Assistance Team, the International Medical Surgical Response Team, and the Pediatric S...

introduction: since nurses are the largest group of health care providers playing an important role in responding to disasters, evaluating the state of nursing and nursing knowledge about common patterns of disasters is undeniable in importance and necessity. however, based on studies conducted by researchers, there are few models for nursing that show nurses’ disaster readiness. this study was...

various disasters are still inevitable and over the last two decades, affected lives of at least 800 million people. iran is one of the most disaster-prone countries and about 90% of the country are at risks of earthquakes or floods. thus, the disaster management in our country is a priority. in recent years, several protocols have been put forward to manage the emergencies and disasters. in th...

the global investigation of disasters in recent years shows that their number has increased annually and the number of affected people and costs of disasters are increasing