Determinants and supporting factors for rebuilding nursing workforce in a post-disaster setting.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The workforce shortage is one of the major issues associated with the recovery of Minamisoma City in Fukushima Prefecture, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and the subsequent accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants in March 2011. While the radiation risks are often discussed as a major factor of evacuation, little is known about the actual reasons why the residents chose to evacuate, and what enables them to return. This study aims to find the essential factors for rebuilding the workforce in a post-disaster setting by analysing the residents' decisions about evacuation and the return to Minamisoma. In particular, we focus on the experiences of nurses as an example of healthcare workers, who play an important role in the disaster recovery. METHODS:The data w

SUBMITTER: Hirohara M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6884864 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature