Browsing by Author "Patel, Sonny"
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Challenges and opportunities experienced by performing artists during COVID-19 lockdown: Scoping review
Brooks, Samantha K.; Patel, Sonny (Elsevier BV, 2022)Highlights • Performing artists experienced loss of work, income, and social connections. • Some experienced negative psychological effects as a result. • Many also reported exploring new avenues and shifting to remote ... -
Converging Impact of the Ongoing Conflict and COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in Ukraine
Patel, Sonny; Zvinchuk, Oleksandr; Sukhovii, Oleksii; Neylan, Julian H.; Erickson, Timothy (2021)Since the Russian annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the subsequent occupation of parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Ukraine has been facing increasing security and healthcare challenges. The ... -
Corruption and disasters in the built environment: a literature review
Sanderson, David; Patel, Sonny; Loosemore, Martin; Sharma, Anshu; Greenwald, Kelsy; Patel, Ronak (Wiley, 2022-07-11)This paper presents the findings of a review of academic literature concerning the degree to which corruption worsens naturally-triggered disasters in the built environment. The research employed a ‘systematic literature ... -
Delivering the promise of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in fragile and conflict-affected contexts (FCAC): A case study of the NGO GOAL's response to the Syria conflict
Patel, Sonny; McCaul, Bernard; Cáceres, Gabriela; Peters, Laura E.R.; Patel, Ronak; Clark-Ginsberg, Aaron (Elsevier BV, 2021-04)The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) has helped to reduce global disaster risk, but there has been a lack of progress in disaster risk reduction (DRR) for people living in fragile and conflict affected ... -
Incorporating Issues of Elderly Loneliness into the Coronavirus Disease–2019 Public Health Response
Patel, Sonny; Clark-Ginsberg, Aaron (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2020-05-07)As the systems that people depend on are increasingly strained by the coronavirus disease–2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, public health impacts are manifesting in different ways beyond morbidity and mortality for elderly ... -
The Landscape of Disinformation on Health Crisis Communication During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ukraine: Hybrid Warfare Tactics, Fake Media News and Review of Evidence
Patel, Sonny; Moncayo, Omar E.; Conroy, Kristina; Jordan, Doug; Erickson, Timothy (2020)The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world in ways not seen since the 1918-1920 Spanish Flu. Disinformation campaigns targeting health crisis communication during this pandemic seek to cripple the medical response to the ... -
Practitioner approaches to measuring community resilience: The analysis of the resilience of communities to disasters toolkit
Patel, Sonny; Patel, Ronak; Clark-Ginsberg, Aaron; McCaul, Bernard; Bremaud, Isabelle; Cáceres, Gabriela; Mpanje, Desire (Elsevier BV, 2020-11)To be useful for operational programs, measures of resilience must not just be valid, but be easy to use and useful. Unfortunately, while resilience measurement techniques have progressed tremendously over the past decade, ... -
The Psychological and Welfare Consequences of the Chernobyl Disaster: A systematic literature review, focus group findings and future directions
Samet, Jonathan M.; Patel, Sonny (USC Institute for Global Health, 2011-04-18)On April 26, 1986, a nuclear disaster occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, contaminating areas of what are now modern-day Belarus, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine. Beyond radiation exposure and cancer risks, the ... -
Psychological Consequences of the Flint Water Crisis: A Scoping Review
Brooks, Samantha K; Patel, Sonny (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2021-05-07)Objective: To summarize existing literature on the mental health impact of the Flint Water Crisis. Methods: In March 2020, we searched 5 databases for literature exploring the psychological consequences of the crisis. ... -
Research fatigue in COVID-19 pandemic and post-disaster research: causes, consequences and recommendations
Patel, Sonny; Webster, Rebecca K.; Greenberg, Neil; Weston, Dale; Brooks, Samantha K. (Emerald, 2020-06-23)Purpose: Research fatigue occurs when an individual or population of interest tires of engaging with research, consequently avoiding further participation. This paper considers research fatigue in the context of the current ... -
Selected Health Consequences of the Chernobyl Disaster: A Further Systematic Literature Review, Focus Group Findings, and Future Directions
Samet, Jonathan; Patel, Sonny (USC Institute for Global Health, 2013-04-25)In this report, we extend the earlier research on neuropsychological consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. We add findings from further focus groups conducted in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine, and extend the literature review ... -
Technological advancements to address elderly loneliness: Practical considerations and community resilience implications for COVID-19 pandemic
Conroy, Kristina; Krishnan, Srikripa; Mittelstaedt, Stacy; Patel, Sonny (2020)Purpose: Loneliness has been a known severe public health concern among the elderly population during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this paper is to discuss the practicalities of using emerging technologies to address ... -
When Disaster Management Agencies Create Disaster Risk: A Case Study of the US's Federal Emergency Management Agency
Clark-Ginsberg, Aaron; Easton-Calabria, Lena C.; Patel, Sonny; Balagna, Jay; Payne, Leslie A. (Emerald, 2021-09-28)Purpose – Disaster management agencies are mandated to reduce risk for the populations that they serve. Yet, inequities in how they function may result in their activities creating disaster risk, particularly for already ...