Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health The Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks
Book contents
- Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
- Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Foreword by Dr Adrian James
- Foreword by Professor David Lockey
- Section 1 The Nature and Impacts of Twenty-First-Century Healthcare Emergencies
- Section 2 Clinical Aspects of Traumatic Injuries, Epidemics, and Pandemics
- Section 3 The Role of the Public in Emergencies: Survivors, Bystanders, and Volunteers
- Section 4 Responses to Meet the Mental Health Needs of People Affected by Emergencies, Major Incidents, and Pandemics
- Section 5 Sustaining and Caring for Staff During Emergencies
- Section 6 Designing, Leading, and Managing Responses to Emergencies and Pandemics
- Chapter 49 Preparing Effectively for Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, and Disease Outbreaks
- Chapter 50 Leadership, Organisation, and Implementation of Emergency Preparedness
- Chapter 51 Caring for People who Have Disabilities and Are Affected by Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, and Disease Outbreaks
- Chapter 52 Public Ethics in Emergencies: Learning from the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Chapter 53 Compliance with UK Government Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Patterns, Predictors, and Consequences
- Chapter 54 The Threat of Pandemics to Interwoven Material, Social, Health, and Political Resources: Conservation of Resources as a Strategy for Avoiding Repeating Past Failure
- Chapter 55 Using Social Media to Reduce the Risks of Community-Wide Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, and Disease Outbreaks
- Section 7 Key Lessons for the Way Forward
- A Glossary of Selected Key Terms Used in This Book
- Index
- References
Chapter 54 - The Threat of Pandemics to Interwoven Material, Social, Health, and Political Resources: Conservation of Resources as a Strategy for Avoiding Repeating Past Failure
from Section 6 - Designing, Leading, and Managing Responses to Emergencies and Pandemics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 January 2024
Book contents
- Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
- Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Foreword by Dr Adrian James
- Foreword by Professor David Lockey
- Section 1 The Nature and Impacts of Twenty-First-Century Healthcare Emergencies
- Section 2 Clinical Aspects of Traumatic Injuries, Epidemics, and Pandemics
- Section 3 The Role of the Public in Emergencies: Survivors, Bystanders, and Volunteers
- Section 4 Responses to Meet the Mental Health Needs of People Affected by Emergencies, Major Incidents, and Pandemics
- Section 5 Sustaining and Caring for Staff During Emergencies
- Section 6 Designing, Leading, and Managing Responses to Emergencies and Pandemics
- Chapter 49 Preparing Effectively for Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, and Disease Outbreaks
- Chapter 50 Leadership, Organisation, and Implementation of Emergency Preparedness
- Chapter 51 Caring for People who Have Disabilities and Are Affected by Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, and Disease Outbreaks
- Chapter 52 Public Ethics in Emergencies: Learning from the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Chapter 53 Compliance with UK Government Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Patterns, Predictors, and Consequences
- Chapter 54 The Threat of Pandemics to Interwoven Material, Social, Health, and Political Resources: Conservation of Resources as a Strategy for Avoiding Repeating Past Failure
- Chapter 55 Using Social Media to Reduce the Risks of Community-Wide Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, and Disease Outbreaks
- Section 7 Key Lessons for the Way Forward
- A Glossary of Selected Key Terms Used in This Book
- Index
- References
Summary
Conservation of resources (COR) theory demands that we examine the full spectrum of potential resource loss and resources at risk in circumstances of a life-threatening pandemic, in order to predict and respond to psychological, social, material, financial, and sociopolitical outcomes. In the case of the COVID-19 global pandemic, health experts and academics responded within their siloed expertise, which ignored economic and sociopolitical imperatives, resulting in near-disastrous consequences that they still fail to appreciate. Many people in the population at risk had their employment, availability to feed themselves and their families, and housing and shelter threatened, as well as their health and lives, but this interwoven network of resources was mostly ignored. This divide between the sociopolitical-economic domain and the public health domain led to public resistance and allowed an authoritarian political wedge to further complicate and undermine not only health, but also the very fabric of democracy.
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- Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental HealthThe Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks, pp. 411 - 416Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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