2nd Edition of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM)
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2020) | Viewed by 86902
Special Issue Editors
Interests: health emergency and disaster risk management; climate change and health; humanitarian medicine; disaster public health; complex interventions; case studies
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Interests: environmental epidemiology; public health; climate change and health
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Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
Disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, floods, heat waves, nuclear accidents, and large scale pollution incidents take lives and incur very large health problems. The majority of large-scale disasters affect the most vulnerable populations, which are often comprised of extreme ages, remote living areas, and endemic poverty, as well as people with low literacy. Health emergency disaster risk management (Health-EDRM) [1] refers to the systematic analysis and management of health risks surrounding emergencies and disasters, and plays an important role in reducing the hazards and vulnerability along with extending preparedness, response, and recovery measures. This concept encompasses risk analyses and interventions, such as accessible early warning systems, timely deployment of relief workers, provision suitable drugs, and medical equipment to decrease the impact of disasters on people before, during, and after an event(s). Currently, there is a major gap in the scientific literature regarding Health-EDRM to facilitate major global policies and initiatives for disaster risk reduction globally.
A Special Issue of IJERPH focusing on Health-EDRM has published 19 papers successfully since 2018 describing/reporting the latest disaster risks and health risk analyses, as well as interventions for health-related disaster risk management. In response to the emerging research needs in Health-EDRM, a second edition of the Special Issue is now calling for submissions. Disaster risk profiling and interventions can be at the personal/household, community, and system/political levels, and can be targeted at specific health risks including respiratory issues caused by indoor burning, re-emergence of infectious disease due to low vaccination coverage, and gastrointestinal problems resulting from unregulated waste management. Research outcomes and findings of multi-disciplinary studies are highly encouraged to submit to this Special Issue.
Prof. Emily Ying Yang Chan
Dr. Holly Ching Yu Lam
Guest Editors
Reference:
[1] Chan, E.Y.Y.; Murray, V. What are the health research needs for the Sendai Framework? The Lancet 2017, 390, e35–e36. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31670-7.
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Keywords
- Health emergency disaster risk management
- Natural disasters
- Intervention
- Community resilience
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