Joint NACCD and NBSB Future Strategies for Children Report

• 2018

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This report describes strategies to improve health security for children during emergencies. It highlights the importance of protecting and investing in youth as a nation's future. Key recommendations include enhancing leadership, expanding networks, ensuring medical supplies, increasing public awareness, and improving data use. The report also emphasizes disaster risk reduction and integrating mental health into preparedness plans. It suggests involving children in community readiness efforts and using innovative approaches to strengthen resilience against disasters while focusing on children's unique needs.

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Hazard: Everyday Emergency

Audiences: Nurses; Physicians; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Child Health Services; Disaster Planning; Health Policy; Health Services Needs and Demand; Pediatrics; Public Health Administration; Risk Reduction Behavior; Resilience, Psychological; Strategic Planning; Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Emergencies

Institutions: Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR); U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); The National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters (NACCD)

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