Studies

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This is a collection of studies and reports, the conclusions and opinions do not necessarily represent the views the creators of this website or any of the organizations it links to.

Psychology of Risk Communication

http://riskcomm.org/works/cancerriskelicitation.pdf

Collection of Studies on Disaster Preparedness

The Importance of Evidence-Based? Disaster Planning http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/emergency_response/importance_disaster_planning.pdf
Erik Auf der Heide, MD, MPH From the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, US Department of Health & Human Services, Atlanta, GA.

Common Misconceptions about Disasters: Panic, the “Disaster Syndrome,” and Looting
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/emergency_response/common_misconceptions.pdf
Erik Auf der Heide MD, MPH From the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, US Department of Health & Human Services, Atlanta, GA.

Fire Safety

White Paper on Smoke Detectors:
http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//PDF/Research/SmokeAlarmsWhitePaper0406.pdf

USFA Firefighter Injury and Fatality reports: http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/statistics/index.shtm

Disaster Mental Health

Trauma Terrorism and Disaster: http://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/26068/excerpt/9780521826068_excerpt.pdf

Studies of Previous Disasters

Notes from the Oklahoma City's Recovery, A (APA) District Branch Perspective http://www.psych.org/psych_pract/recovery.cfm

Hurricane Floyd 1999 - increased nonfatal suicidal behavior http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4917a3.htm

Hurricane Katrina Mental Health Baseline Survey: http://www.hurricanekatrina.med.harvard.edu/pdf/baseline_report%208-25-06.pdf

An Examination of Behavior and Hazards Faced by Physically Disabled People During the Loma Prieta Earthquake http://www.crid.or.cr/digitalizacion/pdf/eng/doc10170/doc10170-a.pdf

Business Lessons from the 2001 Niqually Earthquake http://www.crew.org/papers/nisquallylessons.html

Flood of 1986 (resulting from a previous Pineapple Express? storm http://www.micmacmedia.com/Sierra_Stories/1986_Flood_Disaster_/1986_flood_disaster_.html

September 11 Predictors of PTSD and Delayed PTSD After Disaster
The Impact of Exposure and Psychosocial Resources http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2712250/

Social Vulnerabilities

Integrated Natural Disaster Risk Assessment: The Socio-Economic Dimension of Earthquake
Risk in the Urban Area http://services.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=eci/geohazards

Public Health Preparedness and Response for At-Risk? Populations: Harnessing the Power of Health Information and Communication Technologies http://www.boozallen.com/media/file/Public-Health-At-Risk-Populations.pdf

Children in Disasters

Collection of Studies on How Disasters Effect Children http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/18_1/index.htm

Increased Chance of Negative Outcome

Cost Benefit Analysis Risk Reduction

Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: An Independent Study to Assess the Future Savings from Mitigation Activities http://www.nibs.org/MMC/MitigationSavingsReport/natural_hazard_mitigation_saves.htm

http://www.wvdhsem.gov/WV_Disaster_Library/Library/Earthquake/FEMA-Home%20Retrofit%20Case%20Studies.pdf

Nisqually earthquake Clearinghouse http://www.ce.washington.edu/~nisqually/index.html

Do Natural Disasters have a long term impact on growth? http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:col:000089:006647&r=env

Collection of articles on Costs of Disasters, Stanford http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/jacksonlibrary/articles/hottopics/disasters.html

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