Disaster Response for Recovery |
"The results ... show a significant mental and physical benefit to those who listened to this emergency radio station"
Following Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda in the Philippines in November 2013 all radio and TV stations were off the air in the Tacloban City, the 'ground zero' of the disaster. First Response Radio (Philippines), a member of CDAC (Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities} arrived on day 5 and by the next day had an emergency radio station on 98.7PM. The station ran for 6 weeks, broadcasting from the top of City Hall. While it is known through anecdotal evidence that communication is vital to help disaster affected communities survive and recover, independent research is key for monitoring and evaluation. Following Typhoon Haiyan Karin Hugelius of Orebro University completed 3 separate but related studies that measure what was accomplished and the positive impact on the affected community.
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It was a kind of silence that is deafening. And the radio broke through it, someway. The music and to hear another voice, in the middle of the night. That made me able to hang in there for one night more...” The first study evaluated the content broadcast by FRR (i.e. encouragement, physical health, mental health, distribution of relief items etc) over the first few weeks of the emergency phase; the second focus groups study asked what value members of the affected community got from the station and the final study made a statistically significant A/B comparison 30 months after the typhoon, between those members of the community who had access to this Emergency Radio broadcast, and those who did not. The results of the final study show a significant mental and physical health benefit to those who listened to this emergency radio station. These studies are published separately in professional journals and also combined into the PhD dissertation published by Örebro University. Training radio staff, humanitarian agencies and government organizations to liaise with disaster relief coordinators and make appropriate programs for disaster affected communities is what First Response Radio does. | ||
Paper I "Disaster Radio for Communication of Vital Messages and Health-Related Information: Experiences from typhoon Haiyan, the Philippines"
Paper III "Being Both Helpers and Victims: Health Professionals' Experiences of Working During a Natural Disaster"
PhD Dissertation Paper "Disaster Response for Recovery: Survivor's experiences, and the use of disaster radio to promote health after natural disasters.
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Paper II "To Silence the Deafening silence": Survivor's needs and Experiences of the Impact of Disaster Radio for Their Recovery After a Natural Disaster"
Paper IV "Health Among Disaster Survivors and Health Professionals After Typhoon Haiyan: a self-selected Internet-based web survey."
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World Radio Day 2018 at IOM HQ
For World Radio Day 13 February 2018, IOM hosted a forum to explore radio’s vital role in community engagement in collaboration with the Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities (CDAC) Network. Participants learned about initiatives to provide information to communities following a disaster as well as to help people make informed decisions about migration.
The first session focused on the link between the use of radio and the health of disaster-affected communities, sharing the findings of a study that took place in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda in the Philippines in 2013, when all radio and TV stations except for First Response Radio's emergency station were off the air in Tacloban City, the "Ground Zero" of the disaster.
Text from: http://features.iom.int/stories/rafeatures.iom.int/stories/radio-programmes/dio-programmes/
by Jean-Luc Mootoosamy and Jorge Galindo
The first session focused on the link between the use of radio and the health of disaster-affected communities, sharing the findings of a study that took place in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda in the Philippines in 2013, when all radio and TV stations except for First Response Radio's emergency station were off the air in Tacloban City, the "Ground Zero" of the disaster.
Text from: http://features.iom.int/stories/rafeatures.iom.int/stories/radio-programmes/dio-programmes/
by Jean-Luc Mootoosamy and Jorge Galindo
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Presentation by Ms. Magnolia
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