A disaster is a “serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving
widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which …

Building community resilience, or the capability to rebound from a disaster (Pfefferbaum et
al., 2005), is a cornerstone of national health security. Recent regional meetings with …

Each of these Handbooks survey the field in a critical manner, evaluating theoretical models
in light of the best available empirical evidence. Distinctively sociological approaches are …

Community resilience, or the sustained ability of a community to withstand and recover from
adversity, has become a key policy issue at federal, state, and local levels, including in the …

Warning research has identified people's major information sources as environmental cues,
social cues, and social warnings from authorities, news media, and peers. Social sources …

Climate change-related hazards and disasters, known to adversely impact physical and
mental health outcomes, are also expected to result in human migration above current …

Social capital constitutes an important resource in vulnerable cities of the developing world
where formal disaster management capacities are weak, responses are limited, and socio …

The purpose of this study was to systematically examine the psychometric properties of the
14-item Resilience Scale (RS–14; Wagnild, 2009a). Exploratory and confirmatory factor …

Natural disasters including hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, and fires often
involve substantial physical and mental impacts on affected populations and thus are public …

Despite the importance of social network sites (SNSs) in addressing emerging public health
risks, there is still a relative lack of studies examining the effects of risk communication via …