Currently, NLM is not updating the Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) website, and is limiting updates to the Disaster Lit database to COVID-19 related data collection tools found in the DR2.
We are no longer adding links to other new disaster-related information. The content of select resources from Disaster Lit will be digitized and made available through Digital Collections and Bookshelf.
Annotation:This Web page provides various resources and useful information for those in the disaster behavioral health field. Topics are Acute Interventions, American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal-Specific Resources, Animals and Disasters, Chemical and Biological Events, Children and Youth, Disaster Responders, Disaster Response Template Toolkit, Disaster-Specific Resources, Drought, Earthquake, Flood, Hurricane, Technological Disaster, Terrorism, Tornado, Tsunami, Wildfire, Faith-based Communities and Spiritual Leaders, Immediate Disaster Response, Languages Other Than English, Mass Violence/Community Violence, Military Personnel and Their Families, Older Adults, People With Disabilities and Other Functional and Access Needs, Public Health Resources, Disease Outbreak, Influenza, Water Contamination Crisis, Zika, Resilience and Stress Management, Rural Populations, Substance Use Disorders and Disasters, Suicide and Disasters, and Women and Disasters....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:This 32-page report summarizes three case studies that are examples of how to integrate gender-based violence (GBV) risk reduction and gender/GBV considerations in shelter programs. The projects were in Benin (floods, 2010-2011), Philippines (typhoon, 2015) and Nepal (earthquake, 2015). The report was developed with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Global Shelter Cluster Working Group on Gender-Based Violence. A key factor contributing to the success of this project was a high level of engagement and participation of women in the beneficiary communities....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:This 18-page document discusses the intersection of violence against women and girls, and disaster risk management. Natural disasters, including tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods, disproportionately affect women and girls, who are at greater risk of violence and exploitation than men and boys in the face of uprooted housing and traditional support structures, disrupted access to services, and both structural and social obstacles to accessing food, relief, supplies, and latrines. The report makes ethical and safety recommendations for violence against women and girls interventions....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:This study examines women's vulnerability and resilience to disasters in the context of the 2013 Colorado floods. It explores the opinions and experiences of community leaders and local officials in identifying how women in their communities were particularly vulnerable or resilient to the floods. It discusses the interest in determining how the disaster and emergency management cycle can be modified to include the perspectives of women, as well as other minority groups, to reduce vulnerability and enhance resilience....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:This 10-page document provides information about flood-prone areas of Viet Nam, where most people are at high risk of drowning either because they cannot swim or lack information about how to protect themselves in a flood. Women and children are particularly vulnerable because many of them commute to work by boat. The report describes how Oxfam and the governments of Viet Nam and Australia have worked with affected communities to develop and implement a participatory disaster management program with a systematic gender-awareness approach....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:This 22-page literature review serves as a foundation for new research by Women's Health Goulburn North East in Australia on women's experiences of violence in the aftermath of the bushfires in 2009. It focuses on natural disasters such as bushfires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, and cyclones. It reviews how gender is implicated in disasters, and how disasters echo society....[See more] [See less]
