The Role of Social Determinants in Mental Health and Resilience After Disasters: Implications for Public Health Policy and Practice

Frontiers in Public Health

Wanying Mao¹  Vincent I. O. Agyapong² 

[1] Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada;null;

关键词: mental health;    resilience;    disaster;    social determinant;    public health policy;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2021.658528

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

In this general literature review, we will explore the impacts and contribution of social determinants to mental health and resiliency following both natural and man-made disasters. Natural disasters, such as wildfires, earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes, as well as man-made disasters, such as civil wars, have been known to inflict significant damage to the mental health of the victims. In this paper, we mainly explore some most studied vulnerability and protective social determinant factors such as gender, age, ethnicity, socials support and socioeconomic status for the mental health and resiliency in survivors of such disasters. Several other possible factors such as previous trauma, childhood abuse, family psychiatric history, and subsequent life stress that were explored by some studies were also discussed. We conducted a literature search in major scientific databases, using keywords such as: mental health, social determinants, disasters, wildfires, earthquakes, terrorist attacks, and resilience. We discuss the implications for public health policy and practice.

【 授权许可】

CC BY