TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Building resilience to Australian flood disasters in the face of climate change
JO  - Medical journal of Australia
A1  - Vardoulakis, Sotiris
A1  - Matthews, Veronica
A1  - Bailie, Ross S.
A1  - Hu, Wenbiao
A1  - Salvador-Carulla, Luis
A1  - Barratt, Alexandra L.
A1  - Chu, Cordia
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - As the flood waters are receding in parts of New South Wales and Queensland and new forecasts of heavy rain are released, important questions emerge about the resilience of the Australian health system, and ultimately of our communities, to the intensifying extreme events we have experienced in recent years in the context of climate change.     Unprecedented floods in Northern Rivers, NSW, and in south-east Queensland have caused deaths and devastation and disrupted health and other services and facilities. Deaths from drowning, injuries, poisonings and infections are typically the immediate health impacts of floods.1 However, these direct impacts are only the tip of the health iceberg. Flood-affected communities in Australia and other parts of the world have experienced long-lasting mental health effects, such as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder...<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0025-729X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51595
ID  - ref1
ER  -