Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13(12), 1241; doi:10.3390/ijerph13121241
Synergising Public Health Concepts with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: A Conceptual Glossary
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School of Public Health, Massey University, Palmerston North Campus, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
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Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Massey University, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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School of Public Health, Massey University, Wellington Campus, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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Received: 31 August 2016 / Revised: 5 December 2016 / Accepted: 6 December 2016 / Published: 14 December 2016
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Evolving Relationship between Science and Disaster Risk Reduction)
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Abstract
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015) is a global strategy for addressing disaster risk and resilience that has been ratified by member countries of the United Nations. Its guiding principles emphasise building resilience through inter-sectoral collaboration, as well as partnerships that facilitate community empowerment and address underlying risk factors. Both public health and the emergency management sector face similar challenges related to developing and implementing strategies that involve structural change, facilitating community resilience and addressing individual risk factors. Familiarity with public health principles enables an understanding of the holistic approach to risk reduction that is outlined within the Sendai Framework. We present seven concepts that resonate with contemporary public health practice, namely: the social determinants of health; inequality and inequity; the inverse care law; community-based and community development approaches; hard to reach communities and services; the prevention paradox; and the inverse prevention law. These ideas from public health provide a useful conceptual base for the ”new” agenda in disaster risk management that underpins the 2015 Sendai Framework. The relevance of these ideas to disaster risk management and research is illustrated through drawing on the Sendai Framework, disaster literature and exemplars from the 2010–2011 earthquakes in Canterbury, New Zealand. View Full-TextKeywords:
public health; disaster; Sendai Framework; inequity; community development; inverse care law; prevention paradox
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Phibbs, S.; Kenney, C.; Severinsen, C.; Mitchell, J.; Hughes, R. Synergising Public Health Concepts with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: A Conceptual Glossary. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13, 1241.
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