Healthcare and education networks interaction as an indicator of social services stability following natural disasters

Abstract Healthcare and education systems have been identified by various national and international organizations as the main pillars of communities’ stability. Understanding the correlation between these main social services institutions is critical to determining the tipping point of communities...

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Autores principales:	Emad M. Hassan, Hussam Mahmoud
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ccc8a1f4612d47659a2b1e63dcbd7bbf2021-12-02T15:23:47ZHealthcare and education networks interaction as an indicator of social services stability following natural disasters10.1038/s41598-021-81130-w2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/ccc8a1f4612d47659a2b1e63dcbd7bbf2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81130-whttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Healthcare and education systems have been identified by various national and international organizations as the main pillars of communities’ stability. Understanding the correlation between these main social services institutions is critical to determining the tipping point of communities following natural disasters. Despite being defined as social services stability indicators, to date, no studies have been conducted to determine the level of interdependence between schools and hospitals and their collective influence on their recoveries following extreme events. In this study, we devise an agent-based model to investigate the complex interaction between healthcare and education networks and their overall recovery, while considering other physical, social, and economic factors. We employ comprehensive models to simulate the functional processes within each facility and to optimize their recovery trajectories after earthquake occurrence. The results highlight significant interdependencies between hospitals and schools, including direct and indirect relationships, suggesting the need for collective coupling of their recovery to achieve full functionality of either of the two systems following natural disasters. Recognizing this high level of interdependence, we then establish a social services stability index, which can be used by policymakers and community leaders to quantify the impact of healthcare and education services on community resilience and social services stability.Emad M. HassanHussam MahmoudNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2021)
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description	Abstract Healthcare and education systems have been identified by various national and international organizations as the main pillars of communities’ stability. Understanding the correlation between these main social services institutions is critical to determining the tipping point of communities following natural disasters. Despite being defined as social services stability indicators, to date, no studies have been conducted to determine the level of interdependence between schools and hospitals and their collective influence on their recoveries following extreme events. In this study, we devise an agent-based model to investigate the complex interaction between healthcare and education networks and their overall recovery, while considering other physical, social, and economic factors. We employ comprehensive models to simulate the functional processes within each facility and to optimize their recovery trajectories after earthquake occurrence. The results highlight significant interdependencies between hospitals and schools, including direct and indirect relationships, suggesting the need for collective coupling of their recovery to achieve full functionality of either of the two systems following natural disasters. Recognizing this high level of interdependence, we then establish a social services stability index, which can be used by policymakers and community leaders to quantify the impact of healthcare and education services on community resilience and social services stability.
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title	Healthcare and education networks interaction as an indicator of social services stability following natural disasters
title_short	Healthcare and education networks interaction as an indicator of social services stability following natural disasters
title_full	Healthcare and education networks interaction as an indicator of social services stability following natural disasters
title_fullStr	Healthcare and education networks interaction as an indicator of social services stability following natural disasters
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Healthcare and education networks interaction as an indicator of social services stability following natural disasters

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