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Disaster Preparedness: What Do We Do Now?
Author(s) -
Keeney Gwen Brumbaugh
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the journal of midwifery and womens health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.543
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1542-2011
pISSN - 1526-9523
DOI - 10.1016/j.jmwh.2004.05.003
Subject(s) - damages , disaster preparedness , preparedness , disaster planning , emergency management , disaster response , business , health care , medical emergency , occupational safety and health , environmental planning , suicide prevention , poison control , environmental health , medicine , geography , political science , pathology , law
Disasters are events that exceed the capacity of the people affected to recover from the adverse affects. Understanding types of disasters and components of disaster responses provides a basis for developing disaster preparedness plans. Disaster preparedness is a process for assessing risks and capacities for responding when disasters occur. Planning can mitigate damages and facilitate rapid and effective disaster response services. Health care workers, including midwives and women's health care providers, can access resources to be prepared as competent responders in disaster contexts to meet the needs of women and their communities.