Question

what are the key aspects that characterize vulnerable populations

Answer 1

Vulnerable populations are the populations which are not able to anticipate, cope up with, resist and recover from impacts of disaster. Mostly they are the one with the lower income and when are met with emergency incident they are the ones who are mostly avoided as they are not able to pay the cost of the treatment and hospital procedures. They also have low immunity as they live in such places. They are getting affected from various diseases and admitted in the hospital and as they regularly are involved with hospital procedures, they are the ones to suffer the most in various incidents.

Factor what leads to place the populations in these circumstances are:

Poverty

Caste discrimination

More and less of money

Early age Work to support their family

Lack of education

Large family size in less income group

Malnutrition

Depression due to not having moral support from parents

Framework of vulnerability uses study of vulnerable population in U.S:

Vulnerability framework is integrated approach that studies vulnerability. It refers to experiencing likelihood of illness or poor health from a health perspective. Poor health is manifested though physical, psychological, and social modes. Health needs are huge for problems with multiple dimensions than problems with single dimension.

Vulnerability framework determines convergence such as follows:

Predisposing

Enabling

Need characteristics both M ecological and individual levels

It influences individual’s risk of contracting illness or those who are already sick and recovering illness Individuals with two or more vulnerability traits experience worse access over care, care for less quality, and low health status than those with few vulnerability traits.