Impact of Disasters on Different Age Groups
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What is the definition of a hazard according to the text?

  • A potentially dangerous physical occurrence or human activity with negative consequences (correct)
  • A positive outcome from a natural event
  • A situation that causes social and economic benefits
  • An event that leads to environmental improvements
  • Which factors contribute to vulnerability according to the text?

  • Social and economic factors only
  • Environmental factors only
  • Physical factors only
  • Physical, social, economic, and environmental factors (correct)
  • Who is at the highest risk for developing future mental problems based on the severity of exposure?

  • Rescue workers
  • Those who experience the disaster firsthand (correct)
  • Health care practitioners
  • People aware of the disaster through news only
  • Which group is described as suffering more adverse effects during disasters?

    <p>Females, especially when children are present at home</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some factors that can underline disasters according to the text?

    <p>Globalized Economic Development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is more likely to experience severe mental problems after disasters according to the text?

    <p>Children</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In hazard-exposed areas, who is more likely to live there according to the text?

    <p>Impoverished people</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The condition determined by physical, social, economic and environmental factors or processes, which increase the susceptibility of a community to the impact of ______

    <p>hazard</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which age group is generally more stressed after disasters according to the text?

    <p>Elderly population</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Severity of exposure measures those who experience disaster firsthand which has the highest risk of developing future mental problems, followed by those in contact with the victims such as rescue workers and health care practitioners and the lowest risk are those most distant like those who have awareness of the disaster only through ______

    <p>news</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The 'elements at risk from a natural or man-made ______ event

    <p>hazard</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Gender and family - The female gender suffers more adverse effects. This worsens when children are present at home. Marital relationships are placed under ______

    <p>strain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In developing countries like the Philippines, severe mental problems resulting from disasters are more prevalent due to factors like Climate Change, Environmental Degradation, Globalized Economic Development, Poverty and Inequality, Poorly Planned and Managed Urban Development, and Weak ______.

    <p>Governance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A new wave of urbanization in hazard-exposed countries presents new opportunities for resilient investment but also increases the risk due to poorly planned and managed urban ______.

    <p>Development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Impoverished people are more likely to live in hazard-exposed areas and are less able to invest in ______-reducing measures.

    <p>risk</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Children exhibit more stress after disasters than adults do, while adults in the age range of 40-60 are more stressed after disasters but in general, ______ exhibit more stress after disasters.

    <p>adults</p> Signup and view all the answers

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