Healthcare and education networks interaction as an indicator of social services stability following natural disasters.

ABSTRACT: Healthcare and education systems have been identified by various national and international organizations as the main pillars of communities' stability. Understanding the correlation between these main social services institutions is critical to determining the tipping point of communities following natural disasters. Despite being defined as social services stability indicators, to date, no studies have been conducted to determine the level of interdependence between schools and hospitals and their collective influence on their recoveries following extreme events. In this study, we devise an agent-based model to investigate the complex interaction between healthcare and education networks and their overall recovery, while considering other physical, social, and economic factors. We employ

SUBMITTER: Hassan EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7814048 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature