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Author Abeysinghe, Sudeepa

Title Health, Wellbeing and Community Recovery in Fukushima
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (230 p.)
Series Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change Ser
Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change Ser
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Editors -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1: The Reconstruction of Community and Wellbeing in Fukushima -- Situating the Case within the Field -- The 3.11 Disaster -- Defining Health and Disaster -- The Health Consequences of 3.11 -- Reflections on the 3.11 Disaster -- References -- Part I: Reflections from the Field -- Chapter 2: Reflections from Frontline Healthcare Workers
My Ten Years after Experiencing the Great East Japan Earthquake and Experiences from Now On, by Katsuka Onoda -- The Ten Years Since Then, and the Next Ten Years, by Rika Sato -- Chapter 3: Psychiatric Care after the Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima -- References -- Chapter 4: Fukushima Hamadō ri (Coastal Area) High School Academy : Learning and Understanding about Nuclear Disaster with Fukushima High School Students -- Introduction -- Overseas Study in Belarus -- Overseas Study in the United Kingdom -- Domestic Study in Rakkasho Village -- Conclusion
Chapter 5: The Increased Disaster-Related Deaths after the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and the System for Their Compensation -- Introduction -- Study Sessions with Doctors -- Systems for Compensation -- Listening to the Deceased -- References -- Part II: Living with Risk -- Chapter 6: Getting the Measure of Radiation Monitoring in Fukushima, Ten Years On -- Introduction to Radiation Monitoring in Fukushima -- 'What is it for?!' -- Between Measuring and Monitoring -- Initial Questions of Safety and Later How to Live Again -- Unique Markers and Navigating New Ways of Knowing
Allowing Discussion, Validating Concerns and Other Ways of Knowing -- (Re)building Communities -- Indicating Improvement, Stability and Decline -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Prioritising Health Risks after the 3.11 Disaster: The Application of Wellbeing Indicators -- What Is 'Risk Research'? -- Multiple Health Risks after a Nuclear Disaster -- Indicators for Risk Comparison -- Application of Happy Life Expectancy to Compare Risks between Radiation Exposure and Psychological Distress after the 3.11 Disaster -- How to Determine Which Risk Issues to Prioritise
Measures that Contribute to Post-Disaster Wellbeing -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Commensurability and Post-Disaster Mental Health after 3.11 -- Introduction -- The Fieldwork -- Commensurability in Practice -- Screening Scales and Diagnostic Tools -- Kokoro no Kea -- Conclusion: Towards the Subjunctive in DMH -- References -- Part III: Social Difference and Inequality -- Chapter 9: Japan's Gender Perspective after the Explosions at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant -- Introduction -- Reflecting on My Own Experience in Relation to the Field -- Disasters and Gender
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Disasters and Gender in Japan
Subject Disaster relief-Japan
Form Electronic book
Author Leppold, Claire
Ozaki, Akihiko
Lloyd Williams, Alison
ISBN 9781000597196
1000597199
9781032022734
1032022736
9781003182665
1003182666