Haiti has experienced a dramatic loss of its PFs, as detailed by Hedges et al. (2018). The tree-cutting of forests during colonial times, shifting cultivation, poor conservation policy, frequent natural disaster
Introduction Extreme events and disasters, such as earthquakes and floods, cause distress and are associated with some people developing mental disorders. Primary stressors inherent in many disasters can include injuries sustained or watching someone die. The literature recognises the distress which primar...
Q6: What are the constraints in the adoption and operationalization of a mobile PHC? What are the feasible methods to overcome such limitations? Q7: What will be the method of operation of a mobile PHC during different scenarios such as landslides, floods, earthquakes, etc.? How the mobile ...
The impacts of floods on the use of primary and secondary health care services have not been extensively investigatedCitation2. Over 62% of the 547 publications in the US from 1997 to 2008 in the field of emergency preparedness in public health systems were commentaries or reviews rather than p...
When the global impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic were beginning to become apparent, UNESCO (2020b) released a report outlining how the pandemic could be used to improve schooling and make education systems more inclusive; to “build back better” (para. 10). Despite this worthy manifesto, pr...
sustainability Article Safety Risks of Primary and Secondary Schools in China: A Systematic Analysis Using AHP–EWM Method Jincang Yang 1,2, Xueqin Dong 3 and Sishi Liu 4,* 1 School of Safety Science and Emergency Management, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; ywaimv1314@...
risks. Primary and secondary schools, as crowded places, also have more frequent emergencies, which will pose a great threat to the personal safety of most students. Therefore, it is particularly necessary to study the emergency evacuation behaviour of teaching buildings in primary and secondary ...