In: Nursing
Many risk factors are inherent to some families are unchangable like gender minority status economics status etc . We can migrate the effects of the disaster.
Awareness,education preparedness, and prediction, and warning systems can reduce the disruptive impacts of natural disasters on families and communities. Mitigation measures such as Adoption of zoning , land use practice and building code are needed however to prevent and reduce the actual damage from hazards .
sudden onset of natural and technological disaster impose a substantial health burden. Either directly on the population or indirectly on the capacity of the health survice to adress the primary health care needs .
A public health approach to a disaster risk management will aim to decrease the vulnerability by adopting prevention and mitigation measures to reduce the physical impact and increase the coping capacity and preparedness of the health sector and community in addition to providing traditional emergency care on ee the disaster has occurred.
factors affecting vulnerabilities
- age
- gender
- poverty