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.
  
    California NICU Disaster Preparedness
  
  
  
  
    
    
      
  
          
        This study surveyed neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across California in 2018 to assess their level of preparedness for disasters. Most were urban and nonprofit, …
      
    
    
      
    
  
  
    The Association Between Parent-Reported Child Disaster Reactions and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Parent Survivors of Disasters and Terrorism
  
  
  
  
    
  
          
      
        
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            · University of Oklahoma
          
          
        
      
    
    
      
        This study investigated how children might influence their parents' reactions to disasters, based on a sample of 556 survivor parents and 1,066 children from 5 …
      
    
    
      
    
  
  
    An Item-Based Analysis of PTSD Emotional Numbing Symptoms in Disaster-Exposed Children and Adolescents
  
  
  
  
    
  
          
      
        
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            · Chinese Academy of Sciences, 
          
            
            · Shenzhen University, 
          
            
            · Tianjin Normal University, 
          
            
            · New York University, 
          
            
            · University of Toledo
          
          
        
      
    
    
      
        This study looks at how emotional numbing affects children and teens who survived the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China. It describes how both positive and …
      
    
    
      
    
  
  
    Why Family Communication Matters: The Role of Co-Rumination and Topic Avoidance in Understanding Post-Disaster Mental Health
  
  
  
  
    
    
      
  
          
        This article explores how family communication affects mental health after natural disasters. It describes a study of 485 parent-child pairs in Texas after severe floods. …