Health problems among disaster responders to the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake: a cross-sectional study
Physical and mental health problems are commonly perceived by disaster responders and may reduce the effectiveness of disaster response. Raising awareness of health risks among disaster response workers and employers is essential to ensure proper duty of care and should include reparations and medical support during and after disaster response operations.
Authors
- Karin Hugelius (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0534-4593)
- Karin Blomberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9209-5179)
- Jason Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4824-2896)
Institutions
- Örebro University (SE)
- Röda Korsets Högskola (SE)
- Umeå University (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2024-12-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-024-01143-2
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Disaster Response and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.23
Funders
- Örebro Universitet