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Pediatric Disaster Research Literature Review

A special collection constrained to resources added as part of a scoping review that aimed to catalogue and appraise the past 20+ years of pediatric disaster medicine research. The team defined the research question, developed eligibility criteria for articles, and identified a search strategy. A comprehensive Medline search was conducted using Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) search with key words and phrases, identifying relevant articles from 2001 – May 2024. The leadership core team for the literature review is: Cullen Clark, MD; Hazel Jeong, MD; Christopher Wright, MD; Brandon Kappy, MD; Dennis Ren, MD; Elizabeth Hewett Brumberg, MD; Caroline Stephens, MD; Sarita Chung, MD; Nathan Timm, MD; Rachel Stanley, MD;  Susi Miller, MLIS; Sara Helwig, MS; April Parish, BS.

Measuring the Impact of Disasters Using Publicly Available Data: Application to Hurricane Sandy (2012)
2017 · University of Minnesota, · The City University of New York, · Hofstra University, · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
This study explores how researchers used publicly available data to study the health impacts of Hurricane Sandy in 2012. By analyzing hospital admissions and other …
Disaster Preparedness: A Comparative Study of North Carolina and Montana
2014 · The City University of New York, · University of Belgrade, · Columbia University
This study compares how prepared people in North Carolina and Montana are for disasters. It describes using a score based on having water, food, a …
Exposure to Mass Disaster and Probable Panic Disorder Among Children in New York City
2021 · Columbia University, · The City University of New York, · New York State Psychiatric Institute, · Yeshiva University, · Albert Einstein College of Medicine
This study looked at the link between exposure to the 9/11 World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks and panic disorder in New York City (NYC) …

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