Importance of Cross-Organizational Collaboration for Disaster Preparedness for Maternal and Child Health Care

Autor: Honami Yoshida
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Lessons Learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake ISBN: 9789811043901
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-4391-8_3
Popis: HUG (Hinanjo Un-ei Game), an evacuation shelter simulation game developed by Shizuoka Prefecture, was adopted as the base for promoting cross-organizational and multidisciplinary collaboration in local communities. HUG is a simulation game in which participants place the cards containing evacuees personal information such as their age, gender, citizenship, and special circumstances into the floor plans assuming the gym and classrooms in the evacuation shelter. Participants experience finding solutions to various events occurring in the evacuation center. The game experience gives participants the opportunity to determine how to assign evacuees to individual rooms while considering the needs of evacuees requiring special assistance. The program also allows public health nurses, disaster prevention managers, and other government employees to gain experience in dealing with more than 100 issues that must be considered in improving the environment and safety of pregnant and nursing women and children. This experience will be useful especially for training voluntary disaster relief organizations that play a central role in operating evacuation shelters.
Databáze: OpenAIRE