Disasters: Impact
1. Mortality
& Morbidity
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Disasters cause deaths, injuries, and illnesses
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Disasters may overwhelm medical resources and
health services
2.
Health Care Infrastructure
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Disasters may destroy hospitals
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Disasters may disrupt routine health services
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Disasters may disrupt preventive activities
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Consequence: long-term increases in morbidity
and mortality
3.Environment
& Population
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Disasters may increase potential for
communicable diseases
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Disasters may exacerbate environmental hazards
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Consequences: increases in morbidity and
premature death, decreased quality of life
4.Psychological
and Social Behavior
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Disasters may cause generalized panic or
paralyzing trauma
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Disasters may provoke increases in anxiety,
depression and neuroses
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Disasters may lead to post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) at epidemic levels
5.Food
Supply
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Disasters may disrupt the food supply
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Disasters leading to food shortages may cause
specific micronutrient deficiencies
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Disasters may provoke severe nutritional
consequences including famine and starvation
6.Forced
Migration/ Population displacement
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Disasters may cause large spontaneous or
organized population movements
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Population movement may increase morbidity and
mortality
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Population movement may precipitate epidemics
of communicable diseases in both displaced and host communities
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Crowding of populations and overlay of refugee
and host populations may lead to injuries and violence
PHASES OF EMOTIONAL REACTION
1.
HEROIC PHASE: occurrence
2.
HONEYMOON PHASE: Getting help from health
care agencies
3.
DISILLUSIONMENT PHASE: start to compare
with previous life style
4.
RECONSTRUCTION PHASE: will come back to
normal life- occupation, new building
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