An Overview of the Strengths and Challenges related to Health on the First 10 Days after the Large Earthquake in the West of Iran, 2017

Peyravi, Mahmoudreza; Marzaleh, Milad Ahmadi; Khorram‐Manesh, Amir

doi:10.18502/ijph.v48i5.1829

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“…According to some studies, mental health risk factors such as depression for disasters are different in children and adults; hence, being under rubble, experiencing fear and injury, witnessing the others' injury and death, and noticing weaknesses in the social support system would lead to more severe cases of depression in children (Tang, Liu, Liu, Xue, & Zhang, 2014). Recent studies on Iranian earthquake victims have also indicated that, especially in ten days after the earthquake, the main health needs of earthquake victims were a healthy environment, mental health, and mother and infant and child health, as well as health care requirements such as eld hospital, medicine, and epidemic diseases (Peyravi, Ahmadi Marzaleh, & Khorram-Manesh, 2019). Furthermore, more recent studies on resilience also indicate that environmental and social factors, in addition to personal traits, play a key role in recovering the injured person and his growth, especially in younger ages (Amini-Tehrani et al, 2020;Ungar, Ghazinour, & Richter, 2013).…”

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“…In the case of women, the multifactorial role of their mental health should be further examined, and the political-legal dimensions and their psychological lifestyle need to be considered comprehensively (Shooshtari, Abedi, Bahrami, & Samouei, 2018). Accordingly, the organized post-earthquake management can be considered as an effective factor in preventing further physical and psychological health complications among survivors (Peyravi et al, 2019).…”

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Life, Trauma, and Growth in Adult Female Survivors of Bam Earthquake: The Phenomenology of 16-Year Post-Earthquake Lived Experience

Jafarizadeh¹,

Pourhusein²,

Borghei³

et al. 2021

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Background: Earthquake, as a natural disaster, is considered to be one of the traumatic events. Considering the concept of trauma and two consequences of the earthquake (namely stress and growth), the present study aimed to delve into the 16-year post-earthquake living experience of adult female Bam earthquake’s survivors and its relationship with their current lives.Methods: This qualitative study was carried out in 2018, in which the interpretive phenomenological analysis method was adopted, and in-depth semi-structured interviews were run. In this study, six 22-34-year-old adult female survivors in the age range of 6-18 years at the time of the Bam Earthquake (2007) were selected using the purposive sampling method. Moreover, thematic analysis was used to extract the themes.Results: The participants’ lives could be depicted using the following themes: life before the earthquake, the moment of the earthquake, the first days after the earthquake, back to life, fear, regret, and excellence after the trauma.Conclusion: According to the findings, the pre-earthquake life and post-earthquake social support, including the same identity of the earthquake (e.g., Bam) survivors, are the significant dimensions making the tolerance of the earthquake experience possible. Moreover, the proximal experiences of fear and regret, as common orientations of traumatized individuals towards the future and the past, were also reflected in this study. Furthermore, all the participants reported Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG) experiences in their current personality, indicating the intertwined relationship between traumatic injury and trauma tolerance. This study's findings would provide researchers and practitioners with a deeper understanding of the same population's strengths and weaknesses. Policymakers are recommended to include supporting policies for earthquake survivors’ resilience in their public health plans.

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Life, Trauma, and Growth in Adult Female Survivors of Bam Earthquake: The Phenomenology of 16-Year Post-Earthquake Lived Experience

Jafarizadeh¹,

Pourhusein²,

Borghei³

et al. 2021

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“…One of these faults, called Astaneh, on the northwest of Damghan, accounted for the sixth largest earthquake in the world, measuring 7.6 M and killing 200.000 (17). In previous studies which investigated the natural disasters in Iran, due to numerous faults and high seismicity in the country, earthquake is considered as the biggest hazard in the country (2,24). Additionally, in the present study, the probability of landslides following an earthquake is also higher in the mountaineer regions of three rural HCFs.…”

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Risk factors threatening health care facilities in disasters and emergencies

Pourmohammadi

Heydari

Fatemi

et al. 2020

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Background: Iran is exposed to a wide variety of natural and man-made hazards. Health care facilities can play a significant role in providing lifesaving measures in the minutes and hours immediately following impact or exposure. The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors threatening the preparedness of health care facilities in disasters and emergencies. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Damghan, Semnan province in 2019. The samples consist of all the eleven health care facilities which are located in Damghan County. A developed checklist including 272 questions in four sections; understanding threatening hazards, functional, structural and non-structural vulnerability of health care facilities was used to collect the data. The data were analyzed using STATA 11 software. The risk factors were determined and prioritized based on mean and total vulnerability score. Results: The results showed that the health care facilities were exposed to 22 different natural and man-made hazards throughout the county. The overall preparedness of the health care centers was 45%. The average functional, structural, and nonstructural vulnerability was assessed at 40.58%, 45.12%, and 50%, respectively. Conclusion: The findings of this study showed an average preparedness of the health care facilities in the studied area. Conducting the mitigation measures is necessary for reducing the structural and non-structural vulnerability. Disaster educational programs and exercises are recommended among the health staff in order to increase the functional capacity and enhance the preparedness in the HCFs at time of emergencies and disasters.

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“…A powerful earthquake struck Kermanshah province in west of Iran near the Iran-Iraq border at 18:18:16 UTC (21,48:16 local time) on November 12, 2017. More than 600 people lost their lives, about 10,000 were injured, and thousands of building were damaged [2,12]. Consequently, thousands of the affected people were displaced in Sar-e Pul-e Zahab, Ezgeleh and surrounding villages [2], which needed urgent government and humanitarian assistance, especially in the early days of the disaster.…”

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Challenges and barriers of humanitarian aid management in 2017 Kermanshah earthquake: a qualitative study

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Background: Examining various problems after disasters is important for the affected people. Managing humanitarian aid and donations among the affected people is considered as one of the most important problems after disasters. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the challenges and barriers of humanitarian aid management in 2017 Kermanshah Earthquake. Methods: This study was conducted from November 2017 to January 2018, with qualitative case study design. The population included 21 people including 6 humanitarian aid manager, 6 volunteers, 4 aid workers, and 5 affected people. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and purposeful sampling, which continued until saturating the data. The strategies recommended by Guba were used for evaluating the trustworthiness of the data. The data was analyzed with conventional content analysis method according to method suggested by Graneheim and Lundman. Results: Based on the results, two themes, nine categories, and 19 sub-categories were identified considering the challenges and barriers of humanitarian aid and donors' management during the 2017 Kermanshah Earthquake. The categories included education, command and coordination, communication and information, rules, security, traffic and overcrowding, assessment, providing system, and cultural setting. Also, two themes including managerial and structural barriers were extracted. Conclusion: Adopting an effective management and appropriate policies with respect to humanitarian aid and modifying structural and managerial barriers can improve the performance and management of humanitarian aid.

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An Overview of the Strengths and Challenges related to Health on the First 10 Days after the Large Earthquake in the West of Iran, 2017

Cited by 10 publications

References 22 publications

Life, Trauma, and Growth in Adult Female Survivors of Bam Earthquake: The Phenomenology of 16-Year Post-Earthquake Lived Experience

Life, Trauma, and Growth in Adult Female Survivors of Bam Earthquake: The Phenomenology of 16-Year Post-Earthquake Lived Experience

Risk factors threatening health care facilities in disasters and emergencies

Challenges and barriers of humanitarian aid management in 2017 Kermanshah earthquake: a qualitative study

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