The Impact of Typhoon Haiyan on Health Staff: A Qualitative Study in Two Hospitals in Eastern Visayas, The Philippines

The Impact of Typhoon Haiyan on Health Staff: A Qualitative Study in Two Hospitals in Eastern Visayas, The Philippines

Background and objective: Understanding how natural disasters affect their victims is key to improve prevention and mitigation. Typhoon Haiyan strongly hit the Philippines in 2013. In Leyte, health staff of two hospitals had a key role as responders, but also as victims. Scarce literature is availab...

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Main Authors: Julita Gil Cuesta, Joris A. F. van Loenhout, Maria L. de Lara-Banquesio, Juan M. Isiderio, Isabelle Aujoulat, Debarati Guha-Sapir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
disasters
health personnel
qualitative research
typhoon
floods
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00208/full

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