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May 20th, 2022 - Tropical Cyclones and the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe: A Call for Enhanced Disaster Preparedness.|2022|Gwinji PT,Murewanhema G,Musuka G,Dzinamarira T,|

Apr 29th, 2022 - To find the relationship between psychological capital, coping style, and disaster preparedness in public hospital nurses. A cross-sectional study of 515 registered nurses from a public hospital in northeast Sichuan Province, China who were enroll...

Apr 24th, 2022 - Disaster preparation can reduce the impact of an earthquake on residents. Residents are more likely to undertake disaster preparedness if they perceive it to be effective. However, few studies have analyzed the influence of trust on this perceptio...

Apr 20th, 2022 - As Caribbean countries continue to update their disaster recovery and resilience practices, it is essential to reassess regional disaster preparedness challenges. Noting the frequency of tropical storm hazards and related disasters within the Cari...

Apr 14th, 2022 - Preparedness in different sections of a society can improve the reactions of individuals at the time of disasters and strengthen the cooperation and coordination between people and organizations. The present study aimed to investigate the prepared...

Aug 19th, 2008 - Plausible disasters may yield hundreds or thousands of critically ill victims. However, most countries, including those with widely available critical care services, lack sufficient specialized staff, medical equipment, and ICU space to provide ti...

May 5th, 2021 - In order to respond correctly to disasters, medical teams must have the necessary training and sufficient equipment. However, in many countries, disaster nursing education is not adequately included in nursing curricula (Kalanlar and Kublai, 2015)...

Dec 19th, 2020 - The purpose of this pilot randomized controlled study is to adapt a previously tested intervention to improve resting state network and blood pressure in 36 (n=12 intervention; n=12 attention control; n = 12 control) Black and African American old...

Oct 30th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. NEW YORK (AP) — A president who downplayed the coronavirus threat, scorned masks and undercut scientists at every turn. Governors who resisted or ...

Sep 25th, 2020 - "We need to get to the point where we don't need a separate textbook for dermatology in Blacks." -- Chesahna Kindred, MD, of the Kindred Hair & Skin Center in Columbia, Maryland, on racial disparities in dermatology training. "I think it's better ...

Aug 24th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Nearly half of all US breast cancer survivors who responded to a recent Internet-based survey reported experiencing delays in cancer care in the e...

Jun 25th, 2020 - MedPage Today's Greg Laub interviewed Irwin Redlener, MD, director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University in New York City for his thoughts on wearing masks to reduce transmission of COVID-19. Following is a transc...

Apr 29th, 2020 - (Reuters Health) - Less than half of U.S. households have an "action plan" to meet up and communicate in the event of a disaster, and preparedness varies based on socioeconomic characteristics, a new study suggests. The cross-sectional study looke...