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Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on the Employment Status and Mental Health Conditions of Affected Coastal Communities

The Great East Japan Earthquake devasted the old community in coastal areas characterized by primary industry. The number of unemployed people increased from 150,000 to 190,000 after the earthquake. All of the adult residents of Shichigahama (18 years old or older), located in the coastal area of th...

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Autores principales: Katayanagi, Mitsuaki, Seto, Moe, Nakaya, Naoki, Nakamura, Tomohiro, Tsuchiya, Naho, Narita, Akira, Kogure, Mana, Sugawara, Yumi, Kodaka, Akira, Utsumi, Yusuke, Usukura, Hitomi, Kunii, Yasuto, Hozawa, Atsushi, Tsuji, Ichiro, Tomita, Hiroaki
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7662503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33153208
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218130
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author Katayanagi, Mitsuaki
Seto, Moe
Nakaya, Naoki
Nakamura, Tomohiro
Tsuchiya, Naho
Narita, Akira
Kogure, Mana
Sugawara, Yumi
Kodaka, Akira
Utsumi, Yusuke
Usukura, Hitomi
Kunii, Yasuto
Hozawa, Atsushi
Tsuji, Ichiro
Tomita, Hiroaki
author_facet Katayanagi, Mitsuaki
Seto, Moe
Nakaya, Naoki
Nakamura, Tomohiro
Tsuchiya, Naho
Narita, Akira
Kogure, Mana
Sugawara, Yumi
Kodaka, Akira
Utsumi, Yusuke
Usukura, Hitomi
Kunii, Yasuto
Hozawa, Atsushi
Tsuji, Ichiro
Tomita, Hiroaki
author_sort Katayanagi, Mitsuaki
collection PubMed
description The Great East Japan Earthquake devasted the old community in coastal areas characterized by primary industry. The number of unemployed people increased from 150,000 to 190,000 after the earthquake. All of the adult residents of Shichigahama (18 years old or older), located in the coastal area of the Miyagi prefecture, whose houses were totally or majorly damaged, were recruited for a survey conducted in October 2011. All of the residents who responded with written informed consent were included in this study. Among 904 individuals who had a job before the Great East Japan Earthquake, 19% became unemployed. Concerning gender and age, 9% of young men, 34% of elderly men, 21% of young women, and 49% of elderly women became unemployed. Concerning the type of industry, 38%, 15%, and 16% of people who had belonged to the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries, respectively, before the disaster became unemployed. Those who became unemployed exhibited a significantly higher risk of insomnia compared to those who maintained jobs. The study pointed out the severe impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on populations who had belonged to the primary industry, especially among elderly women, and its effect on sleep conditions.
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spelling pubmed-76625032020-11-14 Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on the Employment Status and Mental Health Conditions of Affected Coastal Communities Katayanagi, Mitsuaki Seto, Moe Nakaya, Naoki Nakamura, Tomohiro Tsuchiya, Naho Narita, Akira Kogure, Mana Sugawara, Yumi Kodaka, Akira Utsumi, Yusuke Usukura, Hitomi Kunii, Yasuto Hozawa, Atsushi Tsuji, Ichiro Tomita, Hiroaki Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The Great East Japan Earthquake devasted the old community in coastal areas characterized by primary industry. The number of unemployed people increased from 150,000 to 190,000 after the earthquake. All of the adult residents of Shichigahama (18 years old or older), located in the coastal area of the Miyagi prefecture, whose houses were totally or majorly damaged, were recruited for a survey conducted in October 2011. All of the residents who responded with written informed consent were included in this study. Among 904 individuals who had a job before the Great East Japan Earthquake, 19% became unemployed. Concerning gender and age, 9% of young men, 34% of elderly men, 21% of young women, and 49% of elderly women became unemployed. Concerning the type of industry, 38%, 15%, and 16% of people who had belonged to the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries, respectively, before the disaster became unemployed. Those who became unemployed exhibited a significantly higher risk of insomnia compared to those who maintained jobs. The study pointed out the severe impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on populations who had belonged to the primary industry, especially among elderly women, and its effect on sleep conditions. MDPI 2020-11-03 2020-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7662503/ /pubmed/33153208 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218130 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Katayanagi, Mitsuaki
Seto, Moe
Nakaya, Naoki
Nakamura, Tomohiro
Tsuchiya, Naho
Narita, Akira
Kogure, Mana
Sugawara, Yumi
Kodaka, Akira
Utsumi, Yusuke
Usukura, Hitomi
Kunii, Yasuto
Hozawa, Atsushi
Tsuji, Ichiro
Tomita, Hiroaki
Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on the Employment Status and Mental Health Conditions of Affected Coastal Communities
title Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on the Employment Status and Mental Health Conditions of Affected Coastal Communities
title_full Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on the Employment Status and Mental Health Conditions of Affected Coastal Communities
title_fullStr Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on the Employment Status and Mental Health Conditions of Affected Coastal Communities
title_full_unstemmed Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on the Employment Status and Mental Health Conditions of Affected Coastal Communities
title_short Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on the Employment Status and Mental Health Conditions of Affected Coastal Communities
title_sort impact of the great east japan earthquake on the employment status and mental health conditions of affected coastal communities
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7662503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33153208
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218130
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