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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access published online on May 15, 2009
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, doi:10.1093/rpd/ncp084
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR HIGHER RISK POPULATIONS: PSYCHOSOCIAL CONSIDERATIONS

Louise Lemyre1,2,3,*, Stacey Gibson1,2, Jennifer Zlepnig1, Robin Meyer-Macleod1 and Paul Boutette1

1 GAP-Santé Research Laboratory, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
2 School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
3 Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

* Corresponding author: Louise.Lemyre{at}uottawa.ca

This paper was meant to be on ‘vulnerable populations’, as some population sub-groups do require special care, special planning and special integration of needs. However, the issue should be reframed in terms of groups at higher risks. The text explains how (1) there are contextual vulnerabilities, in (a) higher susceptibility, i.e. higher exposure to risk, (b) higher sensitivity, i.e. higher damage or higher brittleness, and (c) weaknesses and gaps in the emergency system; (2) that these higher susceptibility, sensitivity and system weaknesses involve important psychosocial considerations, which may stem from socio-demographic status or ripple effects in the community; and finally, (3) that addressing those ‘soft spots’ using the phrase ‘vulnerable populations’ can be misleading and disserving because it disempowers, stigmatises and deters one from a more thorough analysis.


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