Natural Disaster

Natural Disaster Prevention and Reduction

Natural disaster risks: An introduction

Hurricane Katrina generated the largest losses of any natural disaster in the history of the United States. The hurricane hit Florida on August 25, 2005 and Louisiana on August 29. Despite having been downgraded from a Category 4 to a Category 3 hurricane, the storm inflicted unprecedented losses. This special issue of the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty deals with the implications of catastrop...

Psychosocial Rehabilitation: Some Lessons Learned From Natural Disaster in Iran

Background: Disasters have adverse impacts on different aspects of human life. Psychosocial Rehabilitation is one of the fields which is usually overshadowed and ignored by physical rehabilitation or its importance does not receive proper attention. This research attempts to study some lessons learned from Psychosocial Rehabilitation based on disaster experiences in Iran. M...

Impact of a Natural Disaster on Diabetes

OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the health of individuals with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This was an observational study in 1,795 adults with an A1C measurement 6 months before and 6-16 months after Hurricane Katrina in three health care systems: private (Tulane University Hospital and Clinic [TUHC]), state (Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans [MCLNO...

Expert Systems for Natural Disaster Event Extraction