However, because the conditions encountered by response and recovery workers may involve complex, uncontrolled environments, possibly involving multiple or mixed chemical exposures, hazardous substances, microbial agents, temperature extremes, long work shifts, or stressful experiences, all such workers should receive some assessment as a precaution. (cdc.gov)
Physiological responses1
In response to such appraisals, psychological, behavioral, and physiological responses are activated that enable people to engage in coping strategies that promote adaptation to or accommodation to the situation. (iresearchnet.com)
Psychological16
One reason is that both conditions arose from the horrific environmental and psychological exposures at the WTC site. (cdc.gov)
Acute toxicity symptoms have been reported and the study of long-term medical and psychological effects is ongoing. (wikipedia.org)
and whether neurobehavioral disorders caused by chronic low-dose exposure to neurotoxicants, which may manifest as psychological distress, are a public health phenomenon near hazardous waste sites. (cdc.gov)
Research into the psychological effects of disasters began with the study of natural disasters in the 1950s. (cdc.gov)
Scientists and clinicians recognized that a small number of people exposed to the stress of various natural disasters, such as fires, hurricanes, and floods, could develop psychological sequelae such as major depression, chronic anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). (cdc.gov)
For excellent summaries on the psychological sequelae to natural disasters, see Rubonis and Bickman (13), Dew and Bromet (14), and Green and Solomon (15). (cdc.gov)
There are important differences between technologic and natural disasters that are believed to affect the psychological and social responses to technological disasters. (cdc.gov)
or chronic exposure, as in residence near a leaking hazardous waste site can cause people to experience psychological uncertainty, worry, and chronic stress. (cdc.gov)
Stress becomes detrimental when coping strategies are ineffective, demands exceed ability to cope, or activation of psychological, behavioral, and physiological response systems is sustained or unusually intense. (iresearchnet.com)
Because both biological and psychological response systems are activated, some theorists argue that stress is an emotion. (iresearchnet.com)
To examine whether survivors' personal characteristics, and pre-disaster psychological problems, and disaster-related variables, are related to their post-disaster health. (cambridge.org)
After adjustment for demographic and disaster-related variables, pre-existing psychological problems were significantly associated with post-disaster self-reported health problems and post-disaster problems presented to the GP. (cambridge.org)
This association was found for both psychological and physical post-disaster problems. (cambridge.org)
In trying to prevent long-term health consequences after disaster, early attention to survivors with pre-existing psychological problems, and to those survivors who are forced to relocate or are exposed to many stressors during the disaster, appears appropriate. (cambridge.org)
Pre-disaster psychological health is often measured retrospectively. (cambridge.org)
These results indicate that both life threat and betrayal are relevant factors in the etiology of PTSD and contribute to an emerging literature that suggests betrayal may impact the development of psychological symptoms following trauma exposure. (auburn.edu)
Floods1
In developing countries, diarrhea is a seasonal scourge usually worsened by natural phenomena, as evidenced by monsoon floods in Bangladesh in 1998, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, or the earthquake in Haiti in 2010. (medscape.com)
Acute2
Previous studies show consistent evidence of acute toxic effects, mainly neurological, ocular (eye), and respiratory, of those living in exposed communities and among clean-up workers. (wikipedia.org)
Current thought among disaster relief workers holds that most people will suffer no or only transient effects from the stress of a natural disaster ( i.e. , acute stress disorder) or, in other words, 'people reacting normally to an abnormal situation' (B. Flynn, 1995, personal communication). (cdc.gov)
Severity1
The likelihood of such adverse health outcomes will depend on factors such as work load and work duration, type and severity of work exposures, and work organization, as well as the workers' prior physical and mental health status, knowledge about and experience with disaster work, and precautions taken while working (e.g., work practices, personal protective equipment). (cdc.gov)
Suggests1
Another reason, as our work suggests, is that these exposures led to basic biological changes that impact both mental and physical health. (cdc.gov)
Consequences2
Working in physically demanding, unclean, or unstable work environments, such as hurricane recovery areas, raises the question of whether work exposures will have adverse health consequences. (cdc.gov)
editorial] Consequences of toxic disasters for rescue, recovery, and clean-up workers require integrated mental and physical health monitoring . (cdc.gov)
PTSD6
In addition to routine questionnaires completed by responders at their monitoring visits, we conduct standard interviews designed to diagnose WTC-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). (cdc.gov)
What are the relationships of current DSM-IV PTSD and lower respiratory illness to impairments in functioning? (cdc.gov)
Are the effects of lower respiratory illness explained by PTSD? (cdc.gov)
The aim of this talk is to assess the patterns for PTSD, lower respiratory symptoms (LRS), and psychosocial impairments in WTC responders seen at the SB/LI WTC-HP. (cdc.gov)
Hierarchical logistic regression analyses examined the relative contribution of current DSM-IV WTC- PTSD and LRS to impairments, adjusting for demographic, exposure, and health risk factors. (cdc.gov)
For WTC responders, PTSD and lower respiratory distress are particularly impacted. (cdc.gov)
Longitudinal2
2015. World Trade Center disaster and sensitization to subsequent life stress: A longitudinal study of disaster responders . (cdc.gov)
Two studies were combined: a longitudinal survey using the electronic medical records of survivors' general practitioners (GPs), from 1 year before to 1 year after the disaster, and a survey in which questionnaires were filled in by survivors, 3 weeks and 18 months after the disaster. (cambridge.org)
Survivors1
1] At least one third of survivors sustain moderate to severe neurologic sequelae. (medscape.com)
Behavioral1
Its substrates comprise several molecules central to structural synaptic plasticity, and studies in rodents have documented its role in cognition and the behavioral and neurobiological response to stress. (preprints.org)
20201
After Hurricane Laura hit the Gulf Coast in 2020, the average number of COVID-19 hospitalizations increased, compared to before the storm, and was significantly higher in counties most affected by the storm. (globalchange.gov)
Because of potential health risks inherent in post-disaster work, screening programs should be undertaken to determine the extent, if any, to which individual workers have been adversely affected by their work and to identify as early as possible any affected workers needing preventive measures or medical care. (cdc.gov)
This document is intended for occupational health professionals and other clinicians who are responsible for physical and mental health oversight of workers who have deployed or worked in hurricane disaster response (e.g., response and recovery workers). (cdc.gov)
High priority worker groups include those most likely to have exposures to hazardous agents or conditions and those reporting outbreaks of similar adverse health outcomes. (cdc.gov)
Writing in The Nation, Antonia Juhasz reported that according to the health departments of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, from June to September 2010, when they stopped keeping track, more than 700 people sought health services with complaints "believed to be related to exposure to pollutants from the oil spill. (wikipedia.org)
Unlike a natural disaster which has a discernible low point and a recovery phase during which life begins to return to 'normal' many chronic technological disasters have no discernible starting points, no distinct low points, may last for many years, and may leave behind people at risk for latent health effects (2). (cdc.gov)
Her work includes serving as CDC's subject matter expert for polio eradication in the Horn of Africa, conducting research in the field of global multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, studying the transmission of and response to global water borne disease and serving as the epidemiology team lead for the Travelers' Health Task Force for the Zika response. (cdc.gov)
Effects1
Through screening, adverse effects in individuals can be recognized in a timely way to provide intervention for the individual, while identifying potential risks to others in the same population of workers or populations with similar exposures. (cdc.gov)
Study1
The study objective is to test mechanisms thought to be responsible for the comorbidity between psychiatric and medical sequelae of World Trade Center (WTC) exposures. (cdc.gov)
Relationship1
Initial information gathered from questionnaires answered by 224 women "shows a statistically significant relationship between their reported symptoms and exposure to the spill. (wikipedia.org)
Work1
Although all stress response systems work in concert, the immune system has received considerable attention because of its role in infection and disease. (iresearchnet.com)
Clean-up workers1
Considering the number of residents and clean-up workers exposed, it has been seen as the most demanding on-water response in U.S. history. (wikipedia.org)
Medical1
It provides guidance on an appropriate medical screening approach for these workers as they complete their response activities or return home from the affected areas. (cdc.gov)
Recovery1
These events are not clear-cut, easily defined disasters, and the slow onset and recovery may make the adjustment more difficult (17). (cdc.gov)
Important1
When developing a post-exposure screening program, it is important to determine who should be screened and the reasons for screening them. (cdc.gov)
Stress1
Baum and colleagues then looked for this same chronic stress response in a community located near a leaking hazardous waste site and found similar results. (cdc.gov)
People1
However, she believed the number to be much higher because in her numerous interviews covering over two years, most people did "not know to report their symptoms as related to the oil spill, nor did their physicians ask. (wikipedia.org)
Disease1
Crowded housing and reduced hygiene increased disease spread during disaster-related evacuations. (globalchange.gov)
Cases1
Disparities in exposure to particulate pollution may partially explain why Indigenous, Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, Black, and Latinx Americans have experienced higher rates of COVID-19 cases, hospitalization, and death compared to White Americans. (globalchange.gov)
Process1
The new definition states that drowning is a process resulting in primary respiratory impairment from submersion in a liquid medium. (medscape.com)
Communities1
Certain communities-including essential workers, older adults, low-wealth communities, and communities of color-are disproportionately impacted by these compounded exposures (KM 15.2 ). (globalchange.gov)