Disasters

"Disasters" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Calamities producing great damage, loss of life, and distress. They include results of natural phenomena and man-made phenomena. Normal conditions of existence are disrupted and the level of impact exceeds the capacity of the hazard-affected community.

Descriptor ID	D004190
MeSH Number(s)	N06.230.100
Concept/Terms	Disasters Disasters Disaster Natural Disasters Natural Disasters Disaster, Natural Disasters, Natural Natural Disaster

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Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Environment [N06.230]
Disasters [N06.230.100]

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Bar chart showing 28 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2000

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2000	3	0	3
2004	1	0	1
2005	2	0	2
2007	2	0	2
2008	0	1	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	2	0	2
2011	0	1	1
2012	0	1	1
2014	1	1	2
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2017	1	0	1
2018	1	1	2
2021	1	0	1
2022	1	0	1
2023	2	0	2
2024	2	0	2
2026	1	0	1

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Festa N, Alexovitz K, Davis-Plourde K, Dosa D, Cohen AB, Gill TM. Evaluating Differences in Disaster-Related Staffing for Nursing Homes by Ownership Status. J Appl Gerontol. 2026 10; 45(10):1924-1931.

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Milsten AM, Kang CS, Nemeth I. Maladaptive behaviors in disasters: case study evaluation of Hurricane Hugo, Hurricane Katrina and the Haiti Earthquake. Front Public Health. 2024; 12:1396517.

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Paudel PK, Dhakal S, Sharma S. Pathways of ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction: A global review of empirical evidence. Sci Total Environ. 2024 Jun 15; 929:172721.

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Davis T, Pilcher K, Novaro R, Hertelendy AJ, Hart A, Nouaime G, Ciottone GR. Quantitative Analysis of United States National Guard COVID-19 Disaster Relief Activities April-June 2020. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2023 12 14; 17:e562.

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Cheng L, Hertelendy AJ, Hart A, Law LS, Hata R, Nouaime G, Issa F, Echeverri L, Voskanyan A, Ciottone GR. Factors associated with international humanitarian aid appeal for disasters from 1995 to 2015: A retrospective database study. PLoS One. 2023; 18(6):e0286472.

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Dosa D, Jester D, Peterson L, Dobbs D, Black K, Brown L. Applying the age-friendly-health system 4M paradigm to reframe climate-related disaster preparedness for nursing home populations. Health Serv Res. 2023 02; 58 Suppl 1:36-43.

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Litvak M, Miller K, Boyle T, Bedenbaugh R, Smith C, Meguerdichian D, Reisman D, Biddinger P, Licurse A, Goralnick E. Telemedicine Use in Disasters: A Scoping Review. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2022 04; 16(2):791-800.

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Lee J, Blackmon BJ, Lee JY, Cochran DM, Rehner TA. An exploration of posttraumatic growth, loneliness, depression, resilience, and social capital among survivors of Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. J Community Psychol. 2019 03; 47(2):356-370.

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Kim H, Baidwan NK, Kriebel D, Cifuentes M, Baron S. Asthma among World Trade Center First Responders: A Qualitative Synthesis and Bias Assessment. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 05 23; 15(6).

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Summerhill EM, Hoyle GW, Jordt SE, Jugg BJ, Martin JG, Matalon S, Patterson SE, Prezant DJ, Sciuto AM, Svendsen ER, White CW, Veress LA. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report: Chemical Inhalational Disasters. Biology of Lung Injury, Development of Novel Therapeutics, and Medical Preparedness. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Jun; 14(6):1060-1072.

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