Disaster Research Literature Review
Needs of Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Geographic Location of Emergency Shelters Suitable for Vulnerable People During a Tsunami
2021
· Kanazawa Medical University
This article focuses on the needs of children with neurodevelopmental disorders during emergencies like tsunamis. It describes how these children require special care and attention …
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Learning from Wildfire Disaster Experience in California NICUs
2020
· Stanford University
This study examined how hospitals in California, especially neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), learn from wildfires. It describes the challenges these units face during such …
Society of Pediatric Nurses Public Policy Committee Position Statement on Disaster Management for Children and Families
This article position statement on disaster management focuses on helping children and families during emergencies. It describes the need for special plans to protect kids, …
Disaster Planning for Pediatrics
2011
· University of Cincinnati
This article discusses the increasing frequency of natural and man-made disasters and highlights the lack of focus on addressing the unique needs of children in …
Diabetes Care Provided to Children Displaced by Hurricane Katrina
This article examines the impact of Hurricane Katrina on children with diabetes who were displaced from Louisiana and enrolled in the Texas Medicaid Hurricane Katrina …
Mixed-Methods Pilot Study: Disaster Preparedness of Families With Children Followed in an Intestinal Rehabilitation Clinic
This study looks at how prepared families with children in an intestinal rehabilitation clinic are for disasters. It describes that many of these families do …
Impact of a Predefined Hospital Mass Casualty Response Plan in a Limited Resource Setting with No Pre-Hospital Care System
2015
· Johns Hopkins University,
· Aga Khan University
This article describes how a hospital in South Asia handled a mass casualty event after a car bomb explosion. With no pre-hospital care system, the …
Paediatric Emergency Triage, Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) – Preparedness for Implementation at Primary Care Facilities in Malawi
2021
· Karolinska Institutet,
· University of Malawi,
· University College London,
· Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit,
· Parent and Child Health Initiative Trust,
· Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
This study evaluated frontline facilities in Malawi (Zomba and Mchinji districts), and their readiness to implement the World Health Organization's (WHO) Emergency Triage Assessment and …
Child Nutrition in Disaster: A Scoping Review
2022
· Tohoku University Hospital,
· Sapporo University of Health Sciences,
· International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS)
This review article examines how disasters affect child nutrition, leading to health problems like malnutrition and diseases. It describes the importance of proper feeding during …
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. …