1. Impact of type of reconstructed residence on social participation and mental health of population displaced by disasters
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Tomomi Suzuki, Tetsuya Akaishi, Harumi Nemoto, Yusuke Utsumi, Moe Seto, Hitomi Usukura, Yasuto Kunii, Yumi Sugawara, Naoki Nakaya, Tomohiro Nakamura, Naho Tsuchiya, Akira Narita, Mana Kogure, Atsushi Hozawa, Ichiro Tsuji, Tadashi Ishii, and Hiroaki Tomita
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Abstract After disasters, people are often forced to reconstruct or move to new residences. This study aimed to reveal the association between the types of reconstructed residences and psychosocial or psychiatric conditions among the population. A total of 1071 adult residents in a coastal town, whose houses were destroyed by the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake, enrolled in the study five years after the disaster. The type of reconstructed post-disaster residences (reconstructed on the same site/disaster-recovery public condominium/mass-translocation to higher ground/privately moving to remote areas) and the current psychosocial indicators were investigated. The results revealed that individuals living in public condominiums showed significantly worse scores on the Lubben Social Network Scale-6 (p
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- 2021
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