French experiences with Health Impact Assessment of disasters

Several catastrophes in France have been followed by health evaluation programs/studies. After the AZFfactory explosion (Toulouse, 2001, 30 deaths, 3000 injured persons), a large Health Impact Assessment (HIA) program was set up which demonstrated a large impact on mental health (post-traumatic stre...

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Published inEuropean journal of public health Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 3 - 4
Main Authors Verger, Pierre, Aulagnier, Marielle, Schwoebel, Valérie, Lang, Thierry
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Oxford University Press 01.02.2007
Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
Subjects
Communication
Decision making
Decision Making - physiology
Disaster Planning - methods
Disaster recovery
Disasters
Ears & hearing
Epidemiology
Explosions
Floods
France
Health Policy
Health Status Indicators
Humans
Industrial accidents
Mental health
Population
Post traumatic stress disorder
Program Evaluation - methods
Public health
Public Health - methods
Radiation
Surveillance
Terrorism
France
Toulouse France
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Summary:Several catastrophes in France have been followed by health evaluation programs/studies. After the AZFfactory explosion (Toulouse, 2001, 30 deaths, 3000 injured persons), a large Health Impact Assessment (HIA) program was set up which demonstrated a large impact on mental health (post-traumatic stress disorder and depressive symptoms) and hearing impairment.
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ISSN:1101-1262
1464-360X
DOI:10.1093/eurpub/ckl077