Table 7.

Characteristics of included publications by region: Region of the Americas

	Country/Territory of Interest	Target Population	Type of Study	NCD Studied	Years of Observation	Number of study participants	Major Findings
Daniels (2009) [104]	Peru	Displaced as well as nondisplaced populations in rural to urban settings	Stratified cluster survey	Multiple NCDs	2007 (six months post-earthquake)	672 households	Displaced populations sought care more, people with injury or NCD sought care more. People who did not seek care cited cost as a barrier
Naumova(2007) [75]	Ecuador	Pediatric ER visits with acute upper and lower respiratory conditions and asthma related conditions	Retrospective review of medical records	Chronic respiratory disease including asthma	January – 2000 December 2000	5,169 emergency department records	Rates of ED visits for pediatric patients increased significantly during period of volcanic activity. Youngest patients (4 and under) were most affected