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Preventable tragedies — heat disaster and the elderly
Author(s)	Norma D Thomas, Hussein Soliman
Journal title	Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 38, no 4, 2002
Pages	pp 53-66
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Weather conditions ; Disasters [natural] ; Ill health ; Death ; Preventative medicine ; United States of America.
Annotation	The socio-economic, cultural and atmospheric factors that contribute to deaths in the older population as the result of heatwave disasters are examined. The framework for this study is the Vulnerability Perspective (in: P Blakie et al, "At risk: natural hazards, people's vulnerability and disasters", 1994) and the Hazard Coping Theory (in: I Burton et al, "The environment as a hazard", 1978). Even though it is possible to predict heatwaves better than many other natural disasters, the message does not always reach older people and their caregivers, who themselves may be of advanced age and isolated. The model of the Philadelphia (PA) Hot Weather Health Watch Warning System (PWWS) is also discussed. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-030515225 A
Classmark	R4: RG: CH: CW: LK2: 7T
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