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Displaying 3 of about 3 resultsA five-year study analyzing the health and wellbeing impacts of the Black Saturday Bushfires in Australia tracked the interplay between mental health and social connections of natural disaster survivors. The results should inform efforts by government, emergency services, community agencies and communities to prepare for future disasters and develop eff…
This paper demonstrates the harmful effects that social expectations of masculinity can have on coping mechanisms and decision-making. Expectations based on gender have broad implications for families and communities and for the ways in which emergency management personnel and procedures operate.
The findings conclude that constructed ideals of masculi…
Human Organization, Winter 2015, Vol. 74, No. 4:
This volume of Human Organization is dedicated to a special issue on applied anthropology of risk, hazards, and disasters. It includes articles on: (i) Applied Anthropology of Risk, Hazards, and Disasters by A.J. Faas and Roberto E. Barrios; (ii) The Construction of Vulnerability along the Zarumilla River…