Island communities and disaster resilience: Applying the EnRiCH community resilience framework

Objective To explore the beliefs, attitudes, and perspectives of community resilience in St. Kitts and Nevis. Design Qualitative Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis using the EnRiCH Community Resilience Framework for High‐Risk Populations (EnRiCH Framework) to identify factors that enhance or cre...

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Published in:Public health Nursing 2022-01, Vol.39 (1), p.62-70
Main Authors: Snyder, Audrey, Matthew, Stephanie, Leahy, Nancy, Gaul, Raiden, Hood, Tiffany Lee, Hijmans, Kyler, Milbrath, Gwyneth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
community based participatory research
community resilience
disaster
Disaster management
Disaster Planning
Disasters
Emergency preparedness
Empowerment
enrich framework
Enrichment
high‐risk populations
Humans
Leadership
Local population
Participatory research
Populations
Qualitative analysis
Resilience
Resilience, Psychological
Resource management
Risk management
Risk reduction
Risk Reduction Behavior
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Summary:Objective To explore the beliefs, attitudes, and perspectives of community resilience in St. Kitts and Nevis. Design Qualitative Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis using the EnRiCH Community Resilience Framework for High‐Risk Populations (EnRiCH Framework) to identify factors that enhance or create barriers to community resilience to disasters in St. Kitts and Nevis. Sample Twenty‐one key informants and 23 community informants provided insight into the history of disasters. Results Unique strengths and barriers that significantly influenced this high‐risk population's adaptive capacity were identified. A discrepancy between the way disaster preparedness was perceived by government officials and the local population was noted. Cultural factors promoted connectedness and communication and created barriers to empowerment and collaboration. Innovative strategies were suggested that could enhance upstream leadership, downstream management, and resource management during disasters. Conclusions Island communities represent a unique opportunity to examine risk reduction and vulnerability within the context of community and societal characteristics. This research addresses a significant gap in the literature on interventions that utilize a strengths‐based approach to building adaptive capacity and resilience to disasters among at‐risk populations. The EnRiCH Framework can be used to develop an approach to strengthen adaptive capacity and improve resilience to disasters.
ISSN:0737-1209
1525-1446
DOI:10.1111/phn.13007