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0390/2012 - Floods and Public Health – A Review of Causes, Consequences and Responses to Prevention and Mitigation
ENCHENTES E SAÚDE PÚBLICA – UMA REVISÃO NA LITERATURA CIENTÍFICA RECENTE DAS CAUSAS, CONSEQUÊNCIAS E RESPOSTAS PARA PREVENÇÃO E MITIGAÇÃO

Author:

• CARLOS MACHADO DE FREITAS - Freitas, CM - Rio de janeiro, Rio de Janeiro - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública - <caco.de.freitas@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Elisa Francioli Ximenes - Ximenes EF - Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas em Desastres (CEPED/FIOCRUZ) e Fundação para o Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico em Saúde, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - <elisaxim@gmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Saúde e Ambiente

Abstract:

Floods are among the natural disasters more frequently and affect the lives of approximately 102 million people each year, mainly in developing countries and urban areas with trends of increasing in the coming decades. The aim of this paper is to offer subsidies to a better understanding of these events through the results and experiences found in recent public health scientific literature. Through the search in Pubmed were analyzed 70 articles that fulfilled the criteria to address at least one of the items selected for analysis which were: 1) causes; 2) consequences; 3) responses and actions to prevention and mitigation environmental and health risk. Tables for each of the items selected were organized in order to systematize and synthesize the results for causes (attributed to natural and human activities); environmental, infrastructure and services, and health consequences (injuries and diseases classified according chapters of ICD-10); responses and actions of prevention and mitigation. We concluded that given the scenarios of increased frequency and severity of these events the challenges of public health for disaster risk reduction require integrated responses with broad policies for sustainable development.

Keywords:

Floods Public Health Environmental Health Natural Disaster

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Freitas, CM, Ximenes EF. Floods and Public Health – A Review of Causes, Consequences and Responses to Prevention and Mitigation. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Apr). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/floods-and-public-health-a-review-of-causes-consequences-and-responses-to-prevention-and-mitigation/9886?id=9886



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