Evacuation During Hurricane Sandy: Data from a Rapid Community Assessment
| Autor: | Cynthia R. Driver, Christina Norman, Hilary Parton, Shakara Brown |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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030505 public health
World trade center Medicine (miscellaneous) Poison control Human factors and ergonomics medicine.disease Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Geography Environmental health Injury prevention Needs assessment medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Medical emergency 0305 other medical science Landfall Research Article |
| Zdroj: | PLoS Currents |
| ISSN: | 2157-3999 |
| Popis: | Introduction: In anticipation of Hurricane Sandy in 2012 New York City officials issued mandatory evacuation orders for evacuation Zone A. However, only a small proportion of residents complied. Failure to comply with evacuation warnings can result in severe consequences including injury and death. To better ascertain why individuals failed to heed pre-emptive evacuation warnings for Hurricane Sandy we assessed factors that may have affected evacuation among residents in neighborhoods severely affected by the storm. Methods: Data from a mental health needs assessment survey conducted among adult residents in South Brooklyn, the Rockaways, and Staten Island from December 13-18, 2012 was assessed. Several disasters related questions were evaluated, and prevalence estimates of evacuation and evacuation timing by potential factors that may influence evacuation were estimated. Measures of association were assessed using chi-square and t-test. Results: Our sample consisted of 420 residents of which, only 49% evacuated at any time for Sandy. Evacuation was higher among those who witnessed trauma to others related to the World Trade Center attacks (66% vs. 40%, p=0.024). Those who reported extensive household damage after Sandy, had a higher rate of evacuation than those with minimal damage (83% vs. 30%, p |
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