Each year, disasters such as house fires, car accidents, tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes impact hundreds of thousands of children. Child victims can suffer disproportionately and the physical and psychological damage sustained can far outweigh the same effects in adults, often requiring years of therapy. Sadly, emergency planners to date have largely failed to adequately recognize and accommodate the particular requirements of children in times of disaster. Identify Needs Highlighting the infrastructure that supports children in a safe and secure community, Managing Children in Disasters begins by identifying the special needs of children, including physical security, emotional stability, family unity, and ongoing education. It looks at how hazard mitigation actions can reduce the long- term impact of a disaster on this infrastructure, and outlines the many steps that can be taken by parents, emergency managers, school officials, and child care providers to prepare for a future incident. Target Resources The book reviews what agencies and organizations can do to ensure that children are protected and families remain intact. It examines evacuation plans and processes, emergency shelters, and the recovery and rebuilding process. The final chapter provides a list of resources in emergency planning, psychosocial recovery, training and education courses, technical assistance, and other organizations. It includes examples of existing programs, reports, sample plans, and guides written for children. Offering guidance for the family and community, this book discusses the types of efforts that can be undertaken in all phases of emergency management including preparation, immediate response, and recovery.
A resilient pediatric office adequately prepared to continue delivering services in a disaster becomes a critical community resource. Ideally, this could include expanded pediatric services to share the patient load with local Emergency ...
Drawing on participatory research with more than 550 children internationally, this book argues for a radical transformation in children’s roles and voices in disasters.
Born out of necessity and tested in the real world of natural and technological disasters as well as disasters of human design, this timely and critically important new volume is...
Looking Out for the Very Young, the Elderly, and Others with Special Needs: Lessons from Katrina and Related Disasters :...
Preparedness, Response and Recovery Considerations for Children and Families is the summary of a workshop convened in June, 2013 by the Institute of Medicine Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events to discuss ...
This book examines existing capabilities that can and should be built upon to integrate children into preparedness, planning, response, and recovery.
Children and Disasters: A Progress Report on Addressing Needs : Hearing Before the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery of...
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The objectives of this review were two-fold: 1. To identify research and evaluations of youth education interventions for emergency preparedness; and 2.
Drawing on participatory research with more than 550 children internationally, this book argues for a radical transformation in children’s roles and voices in disasters.