Natural disaster management: experience of an academic institution after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Ecuador

Cordero‐Reyes, Andrea M.; Palacios, Iván; Ramia, Damian; West, Roy; Valencia, Marcelino Hernández; Ramia, N.; Egas, David A.; Bahamonde, Marisol; Grunauer, Michelle

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2016.12.003

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“…52 The roles of the university in disaster risk management include education, relief and support for the affected community, and understanding of the situation from a research perspective. The university also has a role in developing scenarios 53 and providing basic and advance training to volunteers. The university can offer assistance through research and education on disasters, policy proposals, involvement in the recovery phase as a member of the local community, commitment of a public role as an established NGO, and dispatch of volunteers and other aids.…”

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“…23 A multidisciplinary response team that addresses medical needs, mental health, education, food, nutrition, and sanitation is highly effective in contributing to timely and effective relief efforts. 53 However, the university can work in its own working dimension and can be improved by such modes as university to government, university to NGOs, university to other partner universities, and university to community.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Role of Academic Partnership in Disaster Risk Management: A Systematic Review

Seifi

Seyedin

Ghanizadeh

2019

Disaster med. public health prep.

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Objective:The aim of this systematic review is to investigate the community-based academic partnership roles in disaster risk management.Methods:The assessment of the documents was conducted by reviewing abstracts and full papers of the available studies, which provided considerable background and promoted knowledge in academic interventional roles in disaster risk management. The articles were searched with a wide range of key words related to the research topic. The studies included the research available between 2000 and September 2017 in the English language. The selection of articles was conducted based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) checklist.Results:Of 997 articles, we selected 12 full-text articles that met the criteria for the final review based on the study objective. The results show that, although universities can play multidirectional roles in disaster risk management phases, the development of the academic partnership potential and collaboration for disaster risk management and disaster risk reduction for stakeholders is necessary.Conclusion:The universities’ potential in providing sufficient disaster health literacy is not currently considered important enough in communities.Therefore, the proper context-bound models of development based on a community’s skills and universities’ potential should receive more attention.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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The Role of Academic Partnership in Disaster Risk Management: A Systematic Review

Seifi

Seyedin

Ghanizadeh

2019

Disaster med. public health prep.

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“…Recent studies have also shown the importance of nutrition support following a disaster (Nekouie Moghadam et al 2017;Cordero-Reyes et al 2017). However, the study by Nekouie Moghadam et al (2017) did not recommend any methods for nutritional intervention or prevention of inactivity in evacuated elderly people.…”

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Feeding Support Team for Frail, Disabled, or Elderly People during the Early Phase of a Disaster

Maeda

Shamoto²,

Furuya³

2017

Tohoku J. Exp. Med.

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Japan was struck by two catastrophic disasters on March 11, 2011 and on April 16, 2016. The former was the Great East Japan Earthquake (M9.0) and the latter was the Kumamoto Earthquake (M7.0). Most inhabitants in the affected areas of both disasters were forced to live in evacuation centers right after the earthquake. Poor oral hygiene, inactivity, malnourishment, appetite loss, eating problems, and swallowing problems due to lack of support for frail, disabled, or elderly evacuees occur during the early phases after a disaster. Disaster-related sequelae, such as pneumonia and disuse syndrome, may also occur as a result of inappropriate nutritional and physical support. Adequate oral intake and physical activity are important to the quality of life for evacuees. We learned lessons from our experiences of evacuee support after the two disasters, focused on feeding support, which consisted of nutritional and physical care. Our experiences revealed that more rapid intervention is necessary, particularly for frail, disabled, or elderly people. In this study, based on our experiences from the two dreadful disasters in Japan, we propose a new concept of medical assistance after a disaster, the Disaster Feeding Support Team (D-FST). The D-FST is composed of multidisciplinary professionals and provides comprehensive nutritional, physical, and health support. The D-FST also performs interventions for swallowing exercises, activity, health condition, and cognition that are related to eating circumstances. We suggest that D-FSTs are organized nationwide and initiate support activities immediately after the onset of a disaster.

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“…In April 2016, Ecuador experienced a massive 7.8 M earthquake along its unstable Nazca and South American plates—the strongest seism in almost four decades 9 . It resulted in about 700 deaths and 30,000 injuries, internally displacing an estimated 73,000 people 10 , 11 . Though it was felt nationwide, the earthquake affected two coastal provinces, Esmeraldas and Manabí, the hardest 11 .…”

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Post-earthquake Zika virus surge: Disaster and public health threat amid climatic conduciveness

Ortiz

Sharma

et al. 2017

Sci Rep

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A recent major earthquake (M7.8), coupled with appropriate climatic conditions, led to significant destruction in Ecuador. Temperature variations, which may be induced by anthropogenic climate change, are often associated with changes in rainfall, humidity and pressure. Temperature and humidity are associated with ecological modifications that may favour mosquito breeding. We hypothesized that the disruptive ecological changes triggered by the earthquake, in the context of appropriate climatic conditions, led to an upsurge in Zika virus (ZIKV) infections. Here we show that, after controlling for climatic and socioeconomic conditions, earthquake severity was associated with incident ZIKV cases. Pre-earthquake mean maximum monthly temperature and post-earthquake mean monthly pressure were negatively associated with ZIKV incidence rates. These results demonstrate the dynamics of post-disaster vector-borne disease transmission, in the context of conducive/favourable climatic conditions, which are relevant in a climate change-affected world where disasters may occur in largely populated areas.

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Natural disaster management: experience of an academic institution after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Ecuador

Cited by 16 publications

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The Role of Academic Partnership in Disaster Risk Management: A Systematic Review

The Role of Academic Partnership in Disaster Risk Management: A Systematic Review

Feeding Support Team for Frail, Disabled, or Elderly People during the Early Phase of a Disaster

Post-earthquake Zika virus surge: Disaster and public health threat amid climatic conduciveness

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