From Hurricane Katrina to Paradise Wildfires, Exploring Themes in Disaster Human Services: Workshop 1 - Children and Youth in Disasters

• 2020

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This video playlist and resources are from a workshop that focused on children and youth in disasters. The workshop aimed to discuss best practices, challenges, and opportunities in delivering services after major natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina. The goal is to improve coordination in disaster response and transition back to normal service delivery programs by state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) and public health agencies, as well as human and social services.


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Focus Areas: Everyday Emergency; Natural Disasters

Audiences: Behavioral Health Professionals; Emergency Managers; Families & Children; Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stages: Mitigation; Response; Recovery; Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Child; Child Welfare; Delivery of Health Care; Disasters; Mental Health Services; Natural Disasters; Adolescent

Institutions: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

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