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The Role of Social Determinants in Mental Health and Resilience After Disasters

Implications for Public Health Policy and Practice

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ID22085546
AuthorsWanying Mao (0000-0003-0690-0766, University of Alberta), Vincent I O Agyapong (0000-0002-2743-0372, University of Alberta, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume9
Pages658528-658528
Publication date2021-05-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2021.658528
PMID34095062
OpenAlexW3163752134
LanguageEN
Citations received35
References cited121

In this general literature review, we will explore the impacts and contribution of social determinants to mental health and resiliency following both natural and man-made disasters. Natural disasters, such as wildfires, earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes, as well as man-made disasters, such as civil wars, have been known to inflict significant damage to the mental health of the victims. In this paper, we mainly explore some most studied vulnerability and protective social determinant factors such as gender, age, ethnicity, socials support and socioeconomic status for the mental health and resiliency in survivors of such disasters. Several other possible factors such as previous trauma, childhood abuse, family psychiatric history, and subsequent life stress that were explored by some studies were also discussed. We conducted a literature search in major scientific databases, using keywords such as: mental health, social determinants, disasters, wildfires, earthquakes, terrorist attacks, and resilience. We discuss the implications for public health policy and practice

Computer security · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Geography · Mental health · Natural disaster · Poison control · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological resilience · Public health · Social determinants of health · Social vulnerability · Socioeconomic status · Suicide prevention · Disaster Response and Management · Medicine · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology

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