Abstract
For mothers and children facing the disaster, three perspectives must be taken into account: the perspective of aid providers, the perspective of local governments, and the perspective of the person experiencing the disaster. How to design a systematic approach to evacuations affecting mothers and children should be considered based on evacuee’s real experiences. For example, families with younger children could not stay in refugee facilities because children frequently cried and were noisy. Supplies were not given for evacuees at home. Thus real statements of evacuee tell us what should be done. Consideration for the safety needs of families with women and infants is still insufficient, which may cause population declines in the disaster area. An increasing number of municipalities in Japan now construct the system to offer effective services based on evacuees’ demands.
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Abbreviations
- DMAT:
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Disaster Medical Assistance Team
- GEJE:
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Great East Japan Earthquake
- MCH:
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Maternal and Child Health
- PCAT:
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Primary Care for All Team
- RQ:
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Citizens Disaster Relief Network Japan
- WASH:
-
Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Promotion
- WE:
-
Women’s Eye
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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). Issues to be Solved on Mother and Child Health Care in the Disaster. 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_5
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