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Sydney hailstorms: the health role in the recovery process
Author(s) -
Lee Lynette A,
Collings Anne
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb139348.x
Subject(s) - natural disaster , health care , public health , mental health , environmental health , medicine , geography , nursing , political science , meteorology , psychiatry , law
We highlight the involvement of community health, public health and mental health staff in the recovery period after a natural disaster (hailstorm and ensuing wind and rain over three weeks) which, despite causing relatively few deaths or severe injuries, affected 20000 families and caused damage estimated at $1.5 billion. Many families were given information and advice, and 383 individuals were referred for health assessment and management by doctors and other healthcare workers over an eight‐month recovery period.