Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Social Vulnerability

The characteristics of a person or community that affect their capacity to anticipate, confront, repair, and recover from the effects of a natural or human-caused disaster.(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC71 79070/)

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Abstract

The characteristics of a person or community that affect their capacity to anticipate, confront, repair, and recover from the effects of a natural or human-caused disaster.(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC71 79070/)

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3 entry terms
  • Social Vulnerabilities
  • Vulnerabilities, Social
  • Vulnerability, Social

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for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

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2022

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  1. I01w.880w.853.919w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Social Vulnerability. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000091482. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000091482
  2. Social Vulnerability. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_vulnerability
  3. Social Vulnerability. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q581445