dc.contributor.author | Walker-Springett, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Butler, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Adger, WN | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-02T11:10:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-11-26 | |
dc.description.abstract | The interactions between flood events, their aftermath, and recovery leading to health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals are complex, and the pathways and mechanisms through which wellbeing is affected are often hidden and remain under-researched. This study analyses the diverse processes that explain changes in wellbeing for those experiencing flooding. It identifies key pathways to wellbeing outcomes that concern perceptions of lack of agency, dislocation from home, and disrupted futures inducing negative impacts, with offsetting positive effects through community networks and interactions. The mixed method study is based on data from repeated qualitative semi-structured interviews (n=60) and a structured survey (n=1000) with individuals that experienced flooding directly during winter 2013/14 in two UK regions. The results show for the first time the diversity and intersection of pathways to wellbeing outcomes in the aftermath of floods. The findings suggest that enhanced public health planning and interventions could focus on the precise practices and mechanisms that intersect to produce anxiety, stress, and their amelioration at individual and community levels. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research was undertaken with funding from the National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Environmental Change and Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in partnership with Public Health England (PHE), and in collaboration with the University of Exeter, University College London, and the Met Office, and funding from the UK Economic and Social Research Council [Grant: ES/M006867/1]. The public interview transcripts can be found in the UK Data Archive (www.data-archive.co.uk). The authors wish to thank Louisa Evans and Saffron O’Neill for collaboration and the members of the public and the stakeholders that participated in the research. For comments on earlier drafts and versions of this paper, thanks also go to Angie Bone, Sari Kovats, and participants in the Sydney Ideas Lecture, Sydney University, March 2015, our report launch meeting at the Royal Geographical Society, London, June 2016, and the RGS annual conference sessions, Exeter, September 2015. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 43, pp. 66 - 74 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.11.005 | |
dc.identifier.other | S1353-8292(16)30434-8 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/25565 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27898313 | en_GB |
dc.rights | Copyright © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0/). | en_GB |
dc.subject | Community | en_GB |
dc.subject | Flooding | en_GB |
dc.subject | Mental stress | en_GB |
dc.subject | Mixed methods | en_GB |
dc.subject | Psychological health | en_GB |
dc.subject | Public health | en_GB |
dc.title | Wellbeing in the aftermath of floods. | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2017-02-02T11:10:47Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1353-8292 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | England | en_GB |
dc.description | Published online | en_GB |
dc.description | Journal Article | en_GB |
dc.description | This is the final version of the article. Available from Elsevier via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1873-2054 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Health Place | en_GB |