What is it about?
This article reports on qualitative action-based research into disaster preparedness in human service organisations. The key findings explore potential strategies for enhancing policy and practice through knowledge development with regard to disaster preparedness, strengthening interrelationships between policies and practices, nurturing professional relationships, responding to organisational challenges, and addressing marginalisation.
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Why is it important?
It is well established that the impacts of disasters inequitably impact on marginalised groups and communities. Human service organisations work with community members and usually have valuable insights into their community's informal (and formal) networks. This knowledge can contribute to how well or not the community responds to and recovers from a disaster. In addition, human service organisations typically experience heightened demand during times of disaster and yet their capacity for ongoing service delivery is often hampered by a lack of disaster preparedness. This article presents a holistic approach to building capability and resilience within human service organisations, focusing on planning and preparedness.
Perspectives
This article draws on transformative approaches to enhance perspectives on disaster preparedness.
Dr Karen Bell
Charles Sturt University
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This page is a summary of: Disaster Preparedness in Social Work: Enhancing Policy in Australian Human Service Organisations, The British Journal of Social Work, July 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcae111.
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