Emergency preparedness for higher risk populations: psychosocial considerations
Emergency preparedness for higher risk populations: psychosocial considerations
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DOI：
10.1093/rpd/ncp084
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发表时间：
2009-06-01
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通讯作者：
Boutette, Paul
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作者：
Lemyre, Louise;Gibson, Stacey;Boutette, Paul
本文的目的是针对“弱势群体”，因为某些人群确实需要特殊照顾、特殊规划和特殊整合需求。然而，这个问题应该根据高风险群体来重新定义。文本解释了（1）存在背景脆弱性，（a）更高的敏感性，即更高的风险暴露，（b）更高的敏感性，即更高的损害或更高的脆弱性，以及（c）应急系统中的弱点和差距； (2) 这些较高的易感性、敏感性和系统弱点涉及重要的社会心理因素，这可能源于社会人口状况或社区的连锁反应；最后，（3）使用“弱势群体”一词来解决这些“软肋”可能会产生误导和损害，因为它剥夺了人们的权力、污名化并阻碍了人们进行更彻底的分析。
This paper was meant to be on 'vulnerable populations', as some population sub-groups do require special care, special planning and special integration of needs. However, the issue should be reframed in terms of groups at higher risks. The text explains how (1) there are contextual vulnerabilities, in (a) higher susceptibility, i.e. higher exposure to risk, (b) higher sensitivity, i.e. higher damage or higher brittleness, and (c) weaknesses and gaps in the emergency system; (2) that these higher susceptibility, sensitivity and system weaknesses involve important psychosocial considerations, which may stem from socio-demographic status or ripple effects in the community; and finally, (3) that addressing those 'soft spots' using the phrase 'vulnerable populations' can be misleading and disserving because it disempowers, stigmatises and deters one from a more thorough analysis.