Local Governments’ Disaster Emergency Communication and Information Collection for Nutrition Assistance

Noriko Sudo, Miyu Urakawa, Nobuyo Tsuboyama-Kasaoka, Kanami Yamada, Yoshiyuki Shimoura and Nobuo Yoshiike
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Noriko Sudo: Natural Science Division, Faculty of Core Research, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
Miyu Urakawa: Nutrition and Food Science Course, Faculty of Human Life and Environmental Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
Nobuyo Tsuboyama-Kasaoka: Section of Global Disaster Nutrition, International Center for Nutrition and Information, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan
Kanami Yamada: Nutrition and Food Science Course, Faculty of Human Life and Environmental Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
Yoshiyuki Shimoura: The Japan Dietetic Association, Tokyo 105-0004, Japan
Nobuo Yoshiike: Department of Nutrition, Aomori University of Health and Welfare, Aomori City 030-8505, Japan

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 23, 1-11

Abstract: We examined local governments’ disaster emergency communication and information collection and distribution systems. Postal surveys were conducted for all prefectures, cities with public health centers, and specified districts in Tokyo Metropolis in 2005 and 2013. Municipalities were included in the 2013 survey only. The response rate for the 2013 survey was 71.2% (n = 1272). Thirty-six prefectures, 41 cities with health centers, and 16 specified districts in Tokyo Metropolis answered both surveys. A majority of respondents (88.8% in 2005 and 92.1% in 2013) of respondents reported that disaster management radio broadcasting was written into their local disaster management plans, guidelines, or manuals as the main communication tool. The proportion of respondents using computer networks (41.6–60.7%) and cell phones (email) (40.4–62.9%) had significantly increased between the surveys. It was also found that municipalities that had been previously affected by disasters (39.6%) were more likely to have systems to collect information from shelters and affected communities than those without any experience (24.3%), and prefectures that had been previously affected by disasters were more likely to have food supply damage reporting systems (36.4%) than those without such experience (3.3%).

Keywords: preparedness; information communication; disaster; local disaster management plan; disaster management radio communication; specified feeding facility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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