Location: Hue and Dien Bien
Primary fields: Environment & Natural Resources Governance
Donor: Vinuniversity
Partners/ local partners: CCIHP
Project overview:
This project posits that strengthening the resilience of primary healthcare systems and vulnerable communities against extreme weather events can reduce adverse health outcomes. Adopting a sociological framework, the study explores how institutional capacity, social structures, and community-based supports interact to shape resilience and well-being among marginalized groups. The overall aim is to generate empirically grounded, equity-focused evidence to guide inclusive and sustainable climate-health policy and practice.
Objectives
- Examine the lived experiences and social meanings of vulnerability and resilience within health systems and communities responding to extreme weather events.
- Identify opportunities for policy and cross-sectoral innovation that enhance social and institutional resilience, promoting equity in health outcomes among disadvantaged populations.
Research Questions
- How do floods and storms affect the lived experiences and health of vulnerable populations?
- What are the perceived and actual capacities of the health system and communities to prepare for, respond to, and recover from such events?
- How feasible is it to strengthen community resilience to improve the health and well-being of persons with disabilities and ethnic minorities affected by extreme climate events?