Disaster medicine and public health preparednessHumansLonelinessEarthquakesJapanAged
Older Adults, Loneliness, and Earthquake Disaster Preparedness in Japan.
Mihoka Fukurai, Lisa Grant Ludwig
Published: 202510.1017/dmp.2025.10273
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study explores how loneliness affects earthquake risk perception and preparedness behaviors among older adults in Japan. Aging is often accompanied by increased vulnerability to natural disasters, and loneliness is hypothesized to com…
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