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Types of Actors Concerned
Entries for Healthcare and emergency services
Importance of training first responders about religious norms and sensibilities to be considered during a disaster
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Customs/traditions/rituals
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Response, Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Healthcare and emergency services
Perceptions of the symbol of the uniform and how it affects trust
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Response, Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: Local authorities, Healthcare and emergency services, Military, Law enforcement agencies, National civil protection body
Importance of an awareness of cultural and community differences amongst disaster practitioners
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Languages, Communication
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Response, Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Government, Red Cross, NGOs, Healthcare and emergency services
The importance of training on how to deal with multi-ethnic and religious neighbourhoods
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Customs/traditions/rituals, Gender roles, Ethnicity
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Response, Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services
The importance of training disaster practitioners on how to deal with poor vs wealthier neighbourhoods
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Socio-economic status
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Response, Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Healthcare and emergency services, Law enforcement agencies, Military, NGOs, Red Cross
The importance of communicating directly to encourage appropriate response behaviours amongst certain communities
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Communication, Livelihoods
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations
Disaster Phases: Recovery, Response
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services
Importance of considering communication channels used by the elderly, who may not be active on social media
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Open-mindedness, Communication, Age-related roles
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Response
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Media, Healthcare and emergency services
Language barriers in disaster situations
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Languages, Communication
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Preparedness, Response, Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services
Differences in relationships with authority figures across cultural groups
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Communication, Attitudes toward authorities, Ethnicity
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Response, Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services
Illicit lifestyle' communities and communication in disaster situations
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Social exclusion
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Response
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services
Differences in risk-awareness in young vs elderly citizens
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Age-related roles
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Preparedness, Response
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Healthcare and emergency services
Citizen perception of risk linked to their knowledge of the area
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Local knowledge
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Government, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services
The impact of socio-economic status on a community's disaster response
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Socio-economic status, Livelihoods
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations
Disaster Phases: Response
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Government, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services
The influence of individual wealth on disaster recovery
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Livelihoods, Socio-economic status
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations
Disaster Phases: Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Red Cross, NGOs, Local authorities, Government, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services
Risk perception in urban vs rural communities
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Local knowledge, Attitudes toward authorities
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Preparedness, Response, Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Government, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services
Differences in behaviour amongst different ethnic groups in a disaster is more likely to be linked to a lack of local knowledge rather than to cultural factors
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Local knowledge, Ethnicity
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations
Disaster Phases: Preparedness, Response
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Healthcare and emergency services
Gender differences linked to culture and disaster responses
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Gender roles
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Response, Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services
Fatalism, a challenge to prevention
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Customs/traditions/rituals
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Response, Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services
Religious beliefs may hinder first responders in a disaster situation
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Customs/traditions/rituals, Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Preparedness, Response, Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Government, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services
"Territorial belonging" of individuals and its impact on the response to a disaster
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Livelihoods
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Response
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Government, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services
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