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Reproductive and Mental Health during Natural Disaster: Implications and Issues for Women in Developing Nations – A Case Example
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Author(s): Jasim Anwar (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 27
Source title:
Transforming Public Health in Developing Nations
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mohamud Sheikh (The School of Public Health and Community Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia), Aziza Mahamoud (Sidra Medical and Research Center, Qatar)and Mowafa Househ (King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz University for Health Sciences, College Of Public Health and Health Informatics, Saudi Arabia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8702-8.ch012
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Abstract
With the ever-increasing number of natural disasters, it is important to understand the impact on the health and wellbeing of survivors, especially women. The reproductive and mental health of women contributes significantly to their overall wellbeing. The Chapter gives an overview of natural disasters with an emphasis on consequences of earthquakes of health and wellbeing of the survivors. It includes a critical review of published studies on psychological trauma and reproductive health following earthquake disasters. Among the psychological consequences of earthquakes, this chapter describes post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety. The last section of this chapter reviewed reproductive health in relation to the mental health consequences following natural disasters.
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