| Abstract | Disasters are events that challenge the individual
ability to adapt, which carries the risk of adverse
mental health outcome including serious post-traumatic
psychopathologies such as depression and anxiety. The
cross-sectional study has been conducted in a coastal
area of southern part of Bangladesh. The study revealed
that among the displaced person due to river erosion,
majority 48.4% were in the age group of 31 to 40year. By
education 36.6% had primary level of education. Health
status evaluation shows, the majority 75.3% of them are
currently suffering from various Gynecological problem
followed by gastroenteritis (30.1%), Peptic ulcer disease
(25.8%) , fever (20.4%), bad headache/Migraine (16.1%),
respiratory problem/ Breathing difficulties (15.1%),
Diabetes (8.6%), Heart problem (4.3%) and Jaundice
(4.3%). The relationship condition with family among the
displaced people shows, before displacement 47.3% was
more cordial (highest parameter) with their family whereas,
after displacement it deteriorate to 71.0% to very cordial
(second parameter) with their family than followed by
24.7% cordial with their family. According to psychosocial
health, 10.8% of them are within mild depression scale
followed by 1.1% of them having moderate depression.
Same way, 10.8% of them are within mild depression
scale followed by 1.1% of them having moderate
depression. There is an association between age & level
of depression found. Though mild depression is existing
in every age group but above 35 years is more (10.9%).
Lower age group that is up to 34 yrs (86.2%) of them is
more exposed to profound anxiety. 89.5% illiterate people
are more exposed to profound anxiety. 15.9% of them
are suffering from mild depression and 90.9% of them
are suffered from anxiety whose family members are
within 5 to 7 persons in number. Overall health status and
psycho-social condition is found poor. Health care and
nutritional promotion, increased accessibility to services,
reduction of stigma and discrimination through community
mobilization and advocacy, life skills, rights protection and
decentralization planning systems to mainstream their
issues into development in order to improve their quality of
life were recommended. |
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