background:  some  disaster-stricken  people  in  iran  are  still  experiencing  challenges  of resuming normal life several months after the incident. however, there is not sufficient and in-depth understanding of the factors affecting the complex process of post disaster recovery in iran and rural areas in particular. this study aimed to explore the status of social capital in the process of...

Natural disasters can cause significant numbers of severe, disabling injuries, resulting in a public health emergency and requiring foreign assistance. However, since medical rehabilitation services are often poorly developed in disaster-affected regions and not highly prioritized by responding teams, physical and rehabilitation medicine (PRM) has historically been underemphasized in global dis...

BACKGROUND Natural disasters result in significant numbers of disabling impairments. Paradoxically, however, the traditional health system response to natural disasters largely neglects health-related rehabilitation as a strategic intervention. OBJECTIVES To examine the role of health-related rehabilitation in natural disaster relief along three lines of inquiry: (1) epidemiology of injury an...

background: the safety of rehabilitation centers is of great importance to ensure the well-being of patients. the present study aimed to determine non-structural and functional vulnerability of state rehabilitation centers of tehran city welfare organization in disasters using national standard instruments in 2014. materials and methods: this study has a descriptive and cross-sectional design. ...

With increasing frequency of natural disasters, there has been greater focus recently on the importance and role of rehabilitation services in disaster management. In past disasters, rehabilitative needs were often neglected, with emphasis on acute response plans focused on saving lives and treating acute injuries. There was a lack of, or inadequate, rehabilitation-inclusive disaster response p...

background: disasters have adverse impacts on different aspects of human life. psychosocial rehabilitation is one of the fields which is usually overshadowed and ignored by physical rehabilitation or its importance does not receive proper attention. this research attempts to study some lessons learned from psychosocial rehabilitation based on disaster experiences in iran. materials and methods:...

The emerging, critical role of the medical specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), also known as physiatry, in disaster response deserves notice in this global forum dedicated to integrating relevant medical specialty perspectives into disaster medicine and public health preparedness. Trauma rehabilitation, the rehabilitation of injuries associated with physical trauma, focuse...

PURPOSE There has been an increase in the number of natural disasters in recent history, and the rate of disability is increasing among survivors. The most recent major natural disaster was the earthquake(s) that occurred in Nepal on 25 April 2015 and 12 May 2015. In total, more than 8500 people were killed and over 18,500 people were left injured. This article aims to demonstrate the role of r...