Socioeconomic and Psychological Aspects of Disasters
JoAnn E. Glittenberg
Recovery and reconstruction following major sociocultural upheavals, such as natural disasters war, result in multiple changes. In addition to loss of life property, social structures ways are temporarily sometimes permanently altered. Sources change both from within due damage well the outside through new ideas, relief, economic aid. Some aspects may be viewed positively, a society measures benefits, while still other worthless or detrimental survival group. Because magnitude 1976 Guatemalan Earthquake, unprecedented outpouring disaster relief aid, longitudinal study funded by National Science Foundation was begun 1977 (18 months after event) extended 1982 (in selected areas). Chiefly because financial expense, most research studies limited short-term follow-up several weeks year traumatic event. However, many scientists have urged importance doing (1–3). This had an overall goal, process recovery over five period post-Earthquake. A quasiexperimental design used compare 19 experimental 7 control sites. The guiding question was: Does catastrophy upheaval stimulate so that level living post-disaster is higher than pre-disaster state? Level Living operationalized include housing conditions, cost living, quality measures. results specific portion Earthquake Study (as it popularly called), urban resettlements, presented this paper.
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine