Disaster Research Literature Review
The Pediatric Disaster Medicine Literature Review is a scoping review that aimed to catalogue and appraise the past 20+ years of pediatric disaster medicine research. The multidisciplinary literature review core team was comprised of several physicians, data scientists, and a medical librarian.
Public Health Emergency Planning for Children in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Disasters
The article discusses the importance of public health emergency planning for children in chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) disasters. It highlights that children have …
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Child Disaster Mental Health Interventions: Therapy Components
2014
· University of Oklahoma,
· University of Tulsa Institute of Trauma,
· U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
This article discusses the challenges children face after experiencing disasters and the mental health interventions developed by researchers and clinicians to address trauma sequelae. While …
Public Health Emergency Response Lessons Learned by Rapid Deployment Force 3, 2006-2016
This commentary discusses the work of the Rapid Deployment Force (RDF), which was created after Hurricane Katrina in 2006. This force consists of five teams …
The Integration of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support and Disaster Risk Reduction: A Mapping and Review
This article is about how mental health support and disaster risk reduction (DRR) can work together. It describes efforts to combine these fields, focusing on …
Extending the Reach of Pediatric Emergency Preparedness: A Virtual Tabletop Exercise Targeting Children’s Needs
2019
· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
· University of Minnesota,
· University of Southern California
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) in improving emergency preparedness for children among pediatricians and public health practitioners. The VTTX, …
The Burden of Disaster: Part II. Applying Interventions Across the Child’s Social Ecology
2012
· University of Oklahoma,
· Phoenix College,
· Dartmouth College,
· U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
This article describes how to help children cope with disasters by using their social environment. It explains different levels of support: family and friends (Microsystem), …
Pediatric Emergency Care Capabilities of Indian Health Service Emergency Medical Service Agencies Serving American Indians/Alaska Natives in Rural and Frontier Areas
This article describes the emergency medical services (EMS) available for American Indian and Alaska Native children in rural and frontier areas. It highlights the challenges …
Why Identification Matters: An Explorative Study on Six Cases of Family Reunification
2024
· Università Degli Studi Di Milano Statale,
· United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR),
· United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
This article examines the challenges of family reunification and human rights violations linked to migration tragedies, focusing on the lack of physical identification of deceased …
Characterizing Household Emergency Preparedness Levels for Natural Disasters During the COVID-19 Pandemic: United States, 2020-2021
This article describes how households in the United States prepared for natural disasters during the COVID-19 pandemic. It found that being married, having children, and …
Impact of Hurricanes on Children With Asthma: A Systematic Literature Review
2022
· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
· Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)
This review article examines how hurricanes affect children with asthma. It describes that after hurricanes, there can be more asthma attacks in kids, especially those …