"Disasters" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Calamities producing great damage, loss of life, and distress. They include results of natural phenomena and man-made phenomena. Normal conditions of existence are disrupted and the level of impact exceeds the capacity of the hazard-affected community.
| Descriptor ID |
D004190
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.230.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Natural Disasters- Natural Disasters
- Disaster, Natural
- Disasters, Natural
- Natural Disaster
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2005 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2006 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2007 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Disasters" by people in Profiles.
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After the fall: Responding to the Champlain Towers building collapse. Front Public Health. 2022; 10:1104534.
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Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy with Puerto Rican youth in a post-disaster context: Tailoring, implementation, and program evaluation outcomes. Child Abuse Negl. 2022 07; 129:105671.
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A systematic concept analysis of healthcare team resilience in times of pandemic disasters. Nurs Forum. 2022 Jul; 57(4):671-680.
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Compound natural and human disasters: Managing drought and COVID-19 to sustain global agriculture and food sectors. Sci Total Environ. 2021 Feb 01; 754:142210.
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Impact of disaster exposure severity: Cascading effects across parental distress, adolescent PTSD symptoms, as well as parent-child conflict and communication. Soc Sci Med. 2020 11; 264:113293.
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Spinal Immobilization in Disasters: A Systematic Review. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2020 Aug; 35(4):406-411.
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Caregiver support buffers posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms following a natural disaster in relation to binge drinking. Psychol Trauma. 2022 Oct; 14(7):1142-1148.
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Operational Communications: Adapting a Hospital Daily Check-In (DCI) for Expanded Use During Emergency Events. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2020 12; 14(6):687-690.
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Designing and executing a functional exercise to test a novel informatics tool for mass casualty triage. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2019 10 01; 26(10):1091-1098.
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From the Editors. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2019 Jul/Sep; 33(3):199-200.