The COVID-19 pandemic represents a massive global health crisis. Because the crisis
requires large-scale behaviour change and places significant psychological burdens on …

BackgroundDisasters are traumatic events that may result in a wide range of mental and
physical health consequences. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is probably the most …

Generally speaking, vulnerability to environmental hazards means the potential for loss.
Since losses vary geographically, over time, and among different social groups, vulnerability …

There is considerable federal interest in disaster resilience as a mechanism for mitigating
the impacts to local communities, yet the identification of metrics and standards for …

The Protective Action Decision Model (PADM) is a multistage model that is based on
findings from research on people's responses to environmental hazards and disasters. The …

Crisis management has become a defining feature of contemporary governance. In times of
crisis, communities and members of organizations expect their leaders to minimize the …

Traumatic experiences are relatively common. More than two thirds of persons in the
general population may experience a significant traumatic event at some point in their lives …

Disasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do not
wreak their damage equally across populations, and every disaster has social dimensions at …

The description of “best practices” is widely used to improve organizational and professional
practice. This analysis describes best practices in crisis communication as a form of …

Especially since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, governments worldwide have
invested considerable resources in the writing of terrorism emergency response plans …