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Social Participation Strategies and Resilience in Mexican Population Affected by the 2017 Earthquakes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 August 2019

Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga Open the ORCID record for Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga [Opens in a new window]  and
Ruth Ana María González Villoria
Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga*
Affiliation:
Postgraduate Department, University of Sierra Sur, Oaxaca, Mexico
Ruth Ana María González Villoria
Affiliation:
Postgraduate Department, University of Sierra Sur, Oaxaca, Mexico
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Correspondence and reprint requests to Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga, University of Sierra Sur, Guillermo Rojas Mijangos SN, Ciudad Universitaria, Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Oaxaca, (70805) Mexico (e-mail: ariabeldanho@gmail.com).
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Abstract

Objective:

To describe social participation strategies and resilience in the people affected by the 2017 earthquakes in Mexico.

Methods:

A cross-sectional study was carried out with 1504 participants from Mexico City, State of Mexico, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Puebla, and Morelos in November and December 2017. A nonprobabilistic convenience sampling method was used to recruit voluntary participants who met the inclusion criteria: age 18 or over and residents in damaged states at the time of the earthquakes. Postearthquake social participation strategies were assessed with the formats used in the postearthquake Chilean survey in 2010. The Spanish-validated version of the resilience scale RS-14 was applied for measuring resilience in the Mexican population.

Results:

The most frequent social participation strategies were related to emotional support and aid supplying water, food, and clothing. The highest resilience was observed in the state of Oaxaca and in Mexico City. Men, people age 40 or over, and people who defined themselves as indigenous were the most resilient.

Conclusions:

Factors related to resilience were male gender, age over 40, did not participate in activities of help to the community, no household damage, and belonging to an indigenous community.

Keywords

resiliencepsychologicalearthquakesdisaster medicinedisasters.
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , June 2020 , pp. 335 - 342
Copyright
Copyright © 2019 Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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