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The psychological impact of disaster on first responders in the aftermath of Bahanaga train tragedy: A mixed methods approach.
Indian J Psychiatry
November 2024
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Background: First responders are at high risk for adverse mental health outcomes following trauma exposure during disaster response. This mixed methods study aimed to quantify psychological impacts and explore personal experiences among first responders after the Bahanaga train accident that killed 294 passengers in the month of June 2023.
Methods: For qualitative data, in-depth interviews (IDIs) were conducted, and quantitative data was collected using the PTSD checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), generalized anxiety disorder scale (GAD-7), and patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety.
The role of parent-adolescent communication interventions in improving sexual and reproductive health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Reprod Health
November 2024
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Background: Across sub-Saharan Africa, adolescents face the triple tragedy: unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortion, and sexually transmitted infections including HIV due to various reasons, among them, poor parent-adolescent communication on sexual and reproductive health. Effective interventions such as improving parent‒adolescent communication has been recognized as a protective factor for adolescent sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Research shows that parent-adolescent communication is associated with reduced adolescent engagement in risky sexual behaviours, including early sexual initiation, lower rates of teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and increased self-efficacy in decision making.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Wounded Healer in Shared Traumatic Reality After the Seventh of October Attack: "That the Personal World and the Professional World are Shattered".
J Patient Exp
October 2024
Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
In Shared Traumatic Reality (STR), therapists and patients face similar threats, leading to increased stress and blurred personal-professional boundaries for healthcare providers. It impacts everyone in the community, as witnessed in the southern region of Israel. The challenge for caregivers aiding displaced individuals was unique-providing therapy while caring for their children.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDeadly yet Preventable? Lessons From South Korea's Halloween Crowd Crush.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep
September 2024
Unit of Psychiatry, Department of Public Health and Medicinal Administration, University of Macau, Macao, China.
Article Synopsis
- - In 2022, a tragic crowd crush in Itaewon, South Korea, claimed 159 lives, primarily young adults, during a Halloween event free from pandemic restrictions.
- - Despite numerous calls to the police about the growing dangers in the crowd, responses were delayed for hours, highlighting a significant failure in disaster preparedness and public safety management.
- - The response from government officials post-tragedy emphasized the need for better public health and safety systems, criticizing the focus on superficial language rather than addressing the preventable nature of the disaster.
The ghost dead: ethical and medico legal analysis on the Mediterranean tragedies.
Clin Ter
July 2024
Institute of Legal Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
Background: Cadaveric identification represents a legal, moral and medico-legal obligation and also fulfills the ethical function to allow the living to offer their dead a merciful burial. In the Mediterranean basin we have been witnessing for years a struggle for life where hundreds of migrants die in an attempt to reach Europe. For these people right to be recognized is not easy because of ante-death biological data are not always available for comparison, and DNA analysis is not always feasible cause for the absence of data with which to compare.
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