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Children and Anthrax: A Fact Sheet for Parents
This fact sheet provides important information for parents about anthrax and its effects on children. It describes what anthrax is, how it spreads, and the …
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Clinician-Parent Discussions About Influenza Vaccination of Children and Their Association With Vaccine Acceptance
This article investigates how clinicians communicate with parents about influenza vaccination and the impact of these communication strategies on parental vaccine decision-making. The study involved …
Validating a Questionnaire - Prehospital Preparedness for Pediatric Trauma Patients
2017
· Umeå University
This article describes a study on creating and testing a questionnaire to see how ready prehospital emergency nurses (PENs) are to care for injured children. …
The Changing Health Priorities of Earthquake Response and Implications for Preparedness: A Scoping Review
2017
· University of Sheffield
This scoping review was conducted to understand the impacts of earthquakes on health and healthcare in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). It describes the shift …
The Impact of Natural Disasters on Youth: A Focus on Emerging Research Beyond Internalizing Disorders
2017
· Georgia State University
This review examines how natural disasters affect young people, focusing on less-studied areas like behavior problems, physical health, and growth after trauma. It describes recent …
The Network Structure of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Children and Adolescents Exposed to Disasters
2017
· Iowa State University,
· Stanford University
This article looks at posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and teens who faced disasters like hurricanes. It describes how PTSD symptoms connect with each …
Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health After the 2015 Nepal Earthquakes: An Investigation of the Long-term Gendered Impacts of Disasters
2017
· University of Hawaii
This study examines the effects of the 2015 Nepal earthquakes on mothers and young children six months after the disaster. It found that delayed government …
Assessing Disaster Preparedness Among Select Children's Summer Camps in the United States and Canada
2017
· University of Michigan
This study investigated how prepared children's summer camps in the United States and Canada are for disasters. It describes a survey sent to 315 camps, …
Survey of Hospital Employees' Personal Preparedness and Willingness to Work Following a Disaster
This study surveyed hospital staff at a tertiary-care hospital to assess their personal readiness for disasters. Most respondents were women with a mean age of …
Evaluation of the Association Between Disaster Training and Confidence in Disaster Response Among Graduate Medical Trainees: A Cross-Sectional Study
2017
· University of California, Los Angeles,
· Brown University,
· State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University
This study compared disaster training and confidence levels among resident trainees from different specialties at a medical center in March 2013. Emergency medicine (EM) residents …