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An unforgettable event: a qualitative study of the 1997-98 El Nino in northern Peru

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dc.contributor.author Bayer, Angela M.
dc.contributor.author Danysh, Heather E.
dc.contributor.author Garvich, Mijail
dc.contributor.author Gonzalvez, Guillermo
dc.contributor.author Checkley, William
dc.contributor.author Alvarez, Maria
dc.contributor.author Gilman, Robert Hugh
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-10T18:11:35Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-10T18:11:35Z
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/8012
dc.description.abstract During the 1997-98 El Nino, Tumbes, Peru received 16 times the annual average rainfall. This study explores how Tumbes residents perceived the impact of the El Nino event on basic necessities, transport, health care, jobs and migration. Forty-five individuals from five rural communities, some of which were isolated from the rest of Tumbes during the event, participated in five focus groups; six of these individuals constructed nutrition diaries. When asked about events in the past 20 years, participants identified the 1997-98 El Nino as a major negative event. The El Nino disaster situation induced a decrease in access to transport and health care and the rise in infectious diseases was swiftly contained. Residents needed more time to rebuild housing; recover agriculture, livestock and income stability; and return to eating sufficient animal protein. Although large-scale assistance minimized effects of the disaster, residents needed more support. Residents' perspectives on their risk of flooding should be considered in generating effective assistance policies and programmes. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Wiley
dc.relation.ispartofseries Disasters
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Disasters en_US
dc.subject El Nino-Southern Oscillation en_US
dc.subject Needs Assessment en_US
dc.subject Rural Population/statistics & numerical data en_US
dc.subject Adult en_US
dc.subject Aged en_US
dc.subject climate change en_US
dc.subject El Nino en_US
dc.subject Female en_US
dc.subject floods en_US
dc.subject Focus Groups en_US
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject Male en_US
dc.subject Middle Aged en_US
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject qualitative research en_US
dc.subject Qualitative Research en_US
dc.subject Relief Work/organization & administration en_US
dc.title An unforgettable event: a qualitative study of the 1997-98 El Nino in northern Peru en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12046
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.00
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.00.00
dc.relation.issn 1467-7717


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