Healthcare Services Demand in Post-disaster Settings: The 2014 Earthquake in Ludian County, Yunnan Province, China

doi:10.1007/s13753-016-0107-4

	Healthcare Services Demand in Post-disaster Settings: The 2014 Earthquake in Ludian County, Yunnan Province, China
	Wong, Ho Ting 1,2; Li, Sijian 1
刊名	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK SCIENCE
	2016-12-01
卷号	7 期号:4 页码:445-449
关键词	China Earthquake disaster Healthcare services demand Post-disaster healthcare
ISSN号	2095-0055
DOI	10.1007/s13753-016-0107-4
通讯作者	Li, Sijian(si.jian.li@polyu.edu.hk)
英文摘要	Healthcare relief teams dispatched to rural areas often face difficulties due to limited initial and ongoing health information in the affected community. The present study investigated patterns of healthcare service demand for a rural displaced population in a post-disaster situation. Three weeks after the 2014 Ludian County earthquake, the Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction (IDMR) at Sichuan University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University organized a disaster nursing team to support the rural community in Longtoushan, at the epicenter of the earthquake. A cross-sectional, records-based study of 2484 records obtained from a temporary hospital in Longtoushan (for the period of 14 September-1 October 2014) was conducted. The daily number of records by patients' sociodemographic characteristics and medical diagnoses were plotted on a time series graph to explore the temporal change during the study period. Findings indicate that healthcare service demand from younger age groups was higher than that of the older adult group. Three major health problems were observed: respiratory disease, skin problems, and ear, eye, and throat (EET) problems. All of these very real health problems are chronic issues that require long-term care. They are not health issues directly related to the disaster emergency itself. Yet disaster relief nursing teams were selected on the basis of their ability to cope primarily with traumatic disaster-related injuries. The existing practice of teaming up disaster relief professions might not be optimal. To better understand the healthcare needs of a displaced population, short- and long-term planning is needed. Planning will allow disaster response professionals to better organize and deploy healthcare personnel to manage the above-listed problems in a post-disaster situation.
资助项目	Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Management Research Centre
WOS关键词	SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE
WOS研究方向	Geology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences ; Water Resources
语种	英语
出版者	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
WOS记录号	WOS:000391822700011
资助机构	Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Management Research Centre
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/65067]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Li, Sijian
作者单位	1.Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Sch Nursing, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wong, Ho Ting,Li, Sijian. Healthcare Services Demand in Post-disaster Settings: The 2014 Earthquake in Ludian County, Yunnan Province, China[J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK SCIENCE,2016,7(4):445-449.
APA	Wong, Ho Ting,&Li, Sijian.(2016).Healthcare Services Demand in Post-disaster Settings: The 2014 Earthquake in Ludian County, Yunnan Province, China.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK SCIENCE,7(4),445-449.
MLA	Wong, Ho Ting,et al."Healthcare Services Demand in Post-disaster Settings: The 2014 Earthquake in Ludian County, Yunnan Province, China".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK SCIENCE 7.4(2016):445-449.