Publications by authors named "Mauren Lopes de Carvalho"
[The theme of disaster in health care: profile of technical and scientific production in the specialized database on disasters of the Virtual Health Library - VHL].
Cien Saude Colet
September 2014
In the specialized database of the Virtual Health Library (VHL), the DISASTER database highlights the importance of the theme for the health sector. The scope of this article is to identify the profiles of technical and scientific publications in the specialized database. Based on systematic searches and the analysis of results it is possible to determine: the type of publication; the main topics addressed; the most common type of disasters mentioned in published materials, countries and regions as subjects, historic periods with the most publications and the current trend of publications.
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- Natural disasters significantly affect public health, but their impacts are not well understood in this country, both in the short and long term.
- This article analyzes disaster data from the Brazilian Atlas of Natural Disasters (1991-2010) and the National Department of Civil Defense, categorizing events into meteorological, hydrological, climatological, and geophysical/geological types.
- Key findings highlight that hydrological disasters resulted in the highest mortality and morbidity, climatological events affected the most people, and geophysical events had the highest average deaths per incident, emphasizing the need for a stronger health sector role in addressing these issues post-2015.
The quest for healthier cities and citizens has contributed to the strengthening of public policies championing the bicycle as a means of transportation and offering benefits to individual wellbeing in various countries, however there is also an increased risk of accidents. The scope of this review is to analyze scientific output dealing with the relationship between cycling as a means of transportation and public health. PubMed, LILACS and SciELO were the chosen databases used in the research and 66 complete articles were selected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Socio-environmental vulnerability, disaster risk-reduction and resilience-building: lessons from the earthquake in Haiti and torrential rains in the mountain range close to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil].
Cien Saude Colet
June 2012
Article Synopsis
- Disasters tend to have more severe impacts in countries with lower social and economic development, highlighting the need for effective risk-reduction and resilience-building policies in sustainable development initiatives like those discussed at the Rio+20 Summit.
- The article uses examples, such as the Haiti earthquake and flooding in Brazil, to illustrate how socio-environmental vulnerability contributes to disasters and hampers prevention efforts.
- It emphasizes the importance of adopting socio-environmental measures that focus on ecological sustainability and social justice as foundational elements for improving disaster resilience and reducing risks in vulnerable communities.