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Preparations for Maternal and Child Protection in Times of Disaster: Practical Tools for Regional and Multi-Occupational Collaboration

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It is important to provide appropriate aid and support for expectant and nursing mothers after a disaster. The role of administrators within governments is to establish relief centers for them in advance. For urgent preparation, it is necessary to create a concrete action plan, as well as a concrete system design, and an emergency response system. The number of expectant and nursing mothers should be precisely counted. Support tools for maternal and child health by local governments when disaster strikes include awareness-based pamphlets for maternal and child disaster relief and shelter assessment sheets. The sheet was created from the perspective of those who need special accommodation, which contains a checklist to determine the risks relating to maternal and child health after a disaster.

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Abbreviations

CBR:

Crude Birth Rate

GEJE:

Great East Japan Earthquake

GHAE:

Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake

IDP:

Internally Displaced Person

MCH:

Maternal and Child Health

OB/GYNs:

Obstetricians and Gynecologists

OCHA:

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

PCAT:

Primary Care for All-Team

UNFPA:

United Nations Population Fund

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the following research grants:

1. Health and Labor Sciences Research Grants (Research on Health Security Control) “Research on the Development of a Regional Collaborative Disaster Prevention System Including the Operation of Welfare Shelters for Those Who Require Assistance in Times of Disaster with the Central Focus on Pregnant and Nursing Women and Infants” (Research representative: Honami Yoshida, 2013–2015).

2. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research “Maternal and Child Health Required in Times of Disaster - from Research on the Impacts of the GEJE on Maternal and Child Health” (Research representative: Honami Yoshida, 2012–2014).

The author thanks to Dr. Kentaro Hayashi and others who provided help at the Primary Care for All Team (PCAT), PCOT project members that include Dr. Hiroshi Ota, Dr. Yumie Ikeda, Dr. Keiko Otsuka, Ms. Yukari Endo, and Mw. Shoko So, who have contributed to developing training for rescuing pregnant and nursing women in times of disaster; and Dr. Yosuke Fujioka and Dr. Shinji Tsunawaki who have worked to address the needs of pregnant women from the inception of the PCAT. The author also thanks to Mw. Naoko Nakane for her dedicated education on this field.

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Yoshida, H. (2021). Preparations for Maternal and Child Protection in Times of Disaster: Practical Tools for Regional and Multi-Occupational Collaboration. In: Lessons Learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake. SpringerBriefs in Population Studies(). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4391-8_4

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