ArticleBMC public health2013
Beyond Bushfires: Community, Resilience and Recovery - a longitudinal mixed method study of the medium to long term impacts of bushfires on mental health and social connectedness.
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- The long-term impact of bushfires on the mental health of Australians: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2022Pooled it
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- Tourism operator mental health and its relationship with SME organisational resilience during disasters.Tourism management perspectives · 2022Article
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- Prediction and Understanding of Resilience in Albertan Families: Longitudinal Study of Disaster Responses (PURLS) - Protocol.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Article
- Ethical Use and Impact of Participatory Approaches to Research in Post-Disaster Environments: An Australian Bushfire Case Study.BioMed research international · 2018Article
- Expanding protection motivation theory: investigating an application to animal owners and emergency responders in bushfire emergencies.BMC psychology · 2017Review
- "Don't Just Do Something … Stand There!" Emergency Responders' Peri-Incident Perceptions of Animal Owners in Bushfire.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2017Article
- Social attachments and traumatic stress.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2016Article
- Supporting Rural Australian Communities after Disaster: the Warrumbungle Bushfire Support Coordination Service.PLoS currents · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundNatural disasters represent an increasing threat both in terms of incidence and severity as a result of climate change. Although much is known about individual responses to disasters, much less is known about the social and contextual response and how this interacts with individual trajectories in terms of mental health, wellbeing and social connectedness. The 2009 bushfires in Victoria, Australia caused much loss of life, property destruction, and community disturbance. In order to progress future preparedness, response and recovery, it is crucial to measure and understand the impact of disasters at both individual and community levels. METHODS/
designThis study aims to profile the range of mental health, wellbeing and social impacts of the Victorian 2009 bushfires over time using multiple methodologies and involving multiple community partners. A diversity of communities including bushfire affected and unaffected will be involved in the study and will include current and former residents (at the time of the Feb 2009 fires). Participants will be surveyed in 2012, 2014 and, funding permitting, in 2016 to map the predictors and outcomes of mental health, wellbeing and social functioning. Ongoing community visits, as well as interviews and focus group discussions in 2013 and 2014, will provide both contextual information and evidence of changing individual and community experiences in the medium to long term post disaster. The study will include adults, adolescents and children over the age of 5. DISCUSSION: Conducting the study over five years and focussing on the role of social networks will provide new insights into the interplay between individual and community factors and their influence on recovery from natural disaster over time. The study findings will thereby expand understanding of long term disaster recovery needs for individuals and communities.
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