Abstract The present project is part of a planning study for structuring resilience in disaster risk reduction in cities. The objective of the article is to evaluate the capacity of municipal managers in terms of preparation for the occurrence of disasters. The article opted for an exploratory study, with the application of 10 interviews with specialists in risk management and disaster protection and civil defense. Ten municipalities were adopted in Paraná, in the south of Brazil, which had critical occurrences recorded between August/2016 and August/2017: hailstorms, storm tides (floods), runoffs and gale. The article provides how different municipalities deal with disaster preparedness, with a clear need for greater social and cultural involvement in their activities. Each municipality has its own characteristics in risk and disaster management. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to apply the methodology in other cities in Paraná. The document includes implications for the development of indicators that allow public managers to monitor risk and disaster management in communities, minimizing the negative impacts suffered by the local population. The document includes implications for the development of indicators for the other risk and disaster management stages. This document addresses a need identified in Brazil to study how municipal managers deal with preparation for extreme events, which are increasingly common in their cities.

Resumo Este estudo enfatiza a relação dos desastres biológicos com a saúde coletiva por meio da sistematização dos artigos produzidos por instituições do Paraná nas últimas décadas. Esses foram selecionados por palavras-chave definidas na Codar e Cobrade nas bases de dados do Portal de Periódicos Capes, Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Redulac, Spell, SciELO, Medline e Bireme. Como resultado, foram encontrados 318 artigos a partir de 1970, com auge em 2012. No âmbito das áreas de conhecimento que publicaram sobre o tema, 29% dos artigos estão vinculados às ciências da saúde, seguido de 28% das ciências agrárias. Na análise do idioma mais utilizado, apesar da língua inglesa ser universal, o português liderou na maioria dos artigos (84%). E quanto às fases do desastre, mais de 90% das publicações são sobre a gestão de risco de desastre, tendo uma pequena quantidade de trabalhos sobre o desastre biológico propriamente dito. Por fim, na comparação das palavras-chave dos artigos com os anos decorrentes, a palavra-chave mais mencionada é a leishmaniose, com auge de citação entre os anos de 2001 e 2010. O presente estudo expôs que as áreas estão integradas, porém nota-se uma dificuldade de correlação entre temas como desastres e propagação de doenças.

Abstract This study emphasizes the relationship between biological disasters and public health through the systematization of the articles produced by institutions of the State of Paraná in the last few decades. These were selected using key words defined in Codar and Cobrade in the Journal Portals of the Capes, Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Redulac, Spell, SciELO, Medline and Bireme databases. As a result, 318 articles were located from 1970 onwards, with a peak in 2012. Within the areas of knowledge published on the subject, 29% of the articles are linked to health sciences, followed by 28% related to agrarian sciences. In the analysis of the language most used, although the English language was universal, Portuguese was predominant in most articles (84%). With respect to disaster phases, more than 90% of the publications are on disaster risk management, with a small amount of works on the biological disaster per se. Finally, in the comparison of the key words of the articles over the ensuing years, the key word most mentioned is leishmaniasis, with the bulk of mentions between 2001 and 2010. This study showed that the areas are integrated, although there is a difficulty in correlation between issues such as disasters and the spread of diseases.

Resumo Este estudo enfatiza a relação dos desastres biológicos com a saúde coletiva por meio da sistematização dos artigos produzidos por instituições do Paraná nas últimas décadas. Esses foram selecionados por palavras-chave definidas na Codar e Cobrade nas bases de dados do Portal de Periódicos Capes, Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Redulac, Spell, SciELO, Medline e Bireme. Como resultado, foram encontrados 318 artigos a partir de 1970, com auge em 2012. No âmbito das áreas de conhecimento que publicaram sobre o tema, 29% dos artigos estão vinculados às ciências da saúde, seguido de 28% das ciências agrárias. Na análise do idioma mais utilizado, apesar da língua inglesa ser universal, o português liderou na maioria dos artigos (84%). E quanto às fases do desastre, mais de 90% das publicações são sobre a gestão de risco de desastre, tendo uma pequena quantidade de trabalhos sobre o desastre biológico propriamente dito. Por fim, na comparação das palavras-chave dos artigos com os anos decorrentes, a palavra-chave mais mencionada é a leishmaniose, com auge de citação entre os anos de 2001 e 2010. O presente estudo expôs que as áreas estão integradas, porém nota-se uma dificuldade de correlação entre temas como desastres e propagação de doenças.

Abstract This study emphasizes the relationship between biological disasters and public health through the systematization of the articles produced by institutions of the State of Paraná in the last few decades. These were selected using key words defined in Codar and Cobrade in the Journal Portals of the Capes, Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Redulac, Spell, SciELO, Medline and Bireme databases. As a result, 318 articles were located from 1970 onwards, with a peak in 2012. Within the areas of knowledge published on the subject, 29% of the articles are linked to health sciences, followed by 28% related to agrarian sciences. In the analysis of the language most used, although the English language was universal, Portuguese was predominant in most articles (84%). With respect to disaster phases, more than 90% of the publications are on disaster risk management, with a small amount of works on the biological disaster per se. Finally, in the comparison of the key words of the articles over the ensuing years, the key word most mentioned is leishmaniasis, with the bulk of mentions between 2001 and 2010. This study showed that the areas are integrated, although there is a difficulty in correlation between issues such as disasters and the spread of diseases.