Journal of Emergency Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 23(2), P. 341 - 350

Published: March 14, 2024

Disasters pose significant and unique challenges for prenatal postpartum women birthing people along with their families, particularly within the immediate response recovery timeframe. In this study, data pertaining to barriers needs post-storm were collected from -postpartum mothers affected by Hurricanes Ida Ian in 2021 2022, respectively. First, following landfall of Hurricane Ida, researchers employed a systematic social media approach gather families infants under age 2 who had been impacted storm. After made landfall, used rapid-ethnographic conduct both in-person virtual collection similarly investigate experiences issues facing at time Across two deployments collection, gathered 167 respondents through online surveys, interviews, or interviews. This mixed-methods allowed integral surrounding faced during Ian, especially when co-occurring crises taking place, such as coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic nationwide formula shortages. Contextual information was fieldwork observations regarding evacuation decision-making, unsafe feeding practices, lack support vulnerable populations, including mothers, disasters. study highlights have times disasters, various ways that they may be adverse outcomes. Implications include potential policies interventions these

Language: Английский