Zoo or laboratory rearing and isolation are important factors leading to increased susceptibility to self-harm in higher mammals, e.g., macaque monkeys.
Because of the changing roles in the emergency response system, EMS workers are increasingly expected to provide treatment and care in addition to transport, which increases their task load and susceptibility to harm.
It is in this regard that "our susceptibility to harm is … constructed by ourselves". The necessary reconstruction will require new zoning, up-to-date flood mapping, accurate price signals (reduced subsidies), and aggressive, global efforts to both adapt to and mitigate climate change.
However, the key linkages, as with societal disruptions, seem prominently to involve (a) exposures to potentially disruptive events directly or through globally integrated systems affecting human well-being and (b) vulnerabilities (i.e., susceptibility to harm and the effectiveness of coping, response, and recovery efforts).
The pastoral context in eastern Ethiopia and the characteristics which render pastoralists vulnerable to environmental change are the subject of significant study, with the concept of vulnerability used to describe 'states of susceptibility to harm, powerlessness, and marginality of both physical and social systems' (Adger 2006).
Third, those with HIV infection may have an enhanced susceptibility to harm from polypharmacy due to decreased organ system reserve, chronic inflammation, and ongoing immune dysfunction [ 20, 21].
Third, those with HIV may have an enhanced susceptibility to harm from polypharmacy due to decreased organ system reserve, chronic inflammation, and ongoing immune dysfunction.
Given the number of chemicals in the environment and people's variability in exposure and susceptibility to harm, it's a daunting challenge to catalog all possible drinking water contaminants and assess their associated health risks.
Vulnerability encompasses a variety of concepts including sensitivity or susceptibility to harm and lack of capacity to cope and adapt.' Contextual vulnerability or 'starting-point vulnerability' refers to 'A present inability to cope with external pressures or changes, such as changing climate conditions.
There were no statistically significant differences between the COTC users who experienced adverse events with those who did not with respect to perceived benefits, knowledge of COTC harms, perceived severity, perceived susceptibility, or perceived barriers to COTC information seeking (Table 3).
