Post-disaster recovery is a marathon, not a sprint: The need for a state-sponsored recovery scheme

This study explores the recovery experiences of survivors of a flash flood event, five years after a natural disaster in South East Queensland. In-depth interviews were conducted with 33 of the original cohort of 120 post-disaster interviewees who experienced sudden traumatic bereavement and/or the...

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Autor principal:	Amanda Gearing
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Publicado:	Asia Pacific Network 2018
Materias:	Australia community recovery economic recovery natural disasters disaster recovery personal recovery Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1e9cb18bf9e24449a477b479987a26a12021-12-02T09:09:39ZPost-disaster recovery is a marathon, not a sprint: The need for a state-sponsored recovery scheme10.24135/pjr.v24i1.4021023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/1e9cb18bf9e24449a477b479987a26a12018-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/402https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 This study explores the recovery experiences of survivors of a flash flood event, five years after a natural disaster in South East Queensland. In-depth interviews were conducted with 33 of the original cohort of 120 post-disaster interviewees who experienced sudden traumatic bereavement and/or their own near-death experience. The data reveals that many of the survivors and rescuers were in worse—or far worse—situations than they had been in the weeks and months immediately after the disaster. Interviewees identified the worsening of their situation as being caused by systems failures by civil authorities, health care systems, welfare programmes and the insurance industry. Further research is recommended to assess the needs of people affected by natural disasters and the viability of a state-funded recovery scheme that could expedite personal, family and community recovery. The proposed scheme is based on the Queensland WorkCover scheme that scaffolds recovery and return to work for injured workers. Amanda GearingAsia Pacific NetworkarticleAustraliacommunity recoveryeconomic recoverynatural disastersdisaster recoverypersonal recoveryCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 24, Iss 1 (2018)
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spellingShingle	Australia community recovery economic recovery natural disasters disaster recovery personal recovery Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650 Amanda Gearing Post-disaster recovery is a marathon, not a sprint: The need for a state-sponsored recovery scheme
description	This study explores the recovery experiences of survivors of a flash flood event, five years after a natural disaster in South East Queensland. In-depth interviews were conducted with 33 of the original cohort of 120 post-disaster interviewees who experienced sudden traumatic bereavement and/or their own near-death experience. The data reveals that many of the survivors and rescuers were in worse—or far worse—situations than they had been in the weeks and months immediately after the disaster. Interviewees identified the worsening of their situation as being caused by systems failures by civil authorities, health care systems, welfare programmes and the insurance industry. Further research is recommended to assess the needs of people affected by natural disasters and the viability of a state-funded recovery scheme that could expedite personal, family and community recovery. The proposed scheme is based on the Queensland WorkCover scheme that scaffolds recovery and return to work for injured workers.
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title_short	Post-disaster recovery is a marathon, not a sprint: The need for a state-sponsored recovery scheme
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Post-disaster recovery is a marathon, not a sprint: The need for a state-sponsored recovery scheme

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