| Descriptor English: | Social Vulnerability |
| Descriptor Spanish: | Vulnerabilidad Social |
| Descriptor Portuguese: | Vulnerabilidade Social |
| Descriptor French: | Vulnérabilité Sociale |
| Entry term(s): |
High Social Risk Social High Risk |
| Tree number(s): |
SP2.036.010.101 SP8.473.981.972 |
| Scope note: | (1) Degree of susceptibility or of risk to which a population is exposed to suffer damage in a natural disaster. (2) Social vulnerability refers to the resilience of communities when confronted by external stresses on human health, stresses such as natural or human-caused disasters, or disease outbreaks. Reducing social vulnerability can decrease both human suffering and economic loss. (https://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/data/index.htm) |
| DeCS ID: | 34658 |
| Unique ID: | DDCS034658 |
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
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PUBLIC HEALTH
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Disasters [SP8]Disasters
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Social Vulnerability
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| Concept UI |
FD00060552 |
| Scope note | (1) Degree of susceptibility or of risk to which a population is exposed to suffer damage in a natural disaster. (2) Social vulnerability refers to the resilience of communities when confronted by external stresses on human health, stresses such as natural or human-caused disasters, or disease outbreaks. Reducing social vulnerability can decrease both human suffering and economic loss. (https://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/data/index.htm) |
| Preferred term | Social Vulnerability |
| Entry term(s) |
High Social Risk Social High Risk |
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