Social-Ecological Factors Associated With Higher Levels of Resilience in Children and Youth After Disaster: The Importance of Caregiver and Peer Support

• 2021

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• Caroline McDonald-Harker; Julie Drolet; Anika Sehgal; Matthew Brown; Peter Silverstone; Pamela Brett-MacLean
PMID: 34395363DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389%2Ffpubh.2021.682634

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This article examines how children and youth can be resilient after disasters, focusing on the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire. It describes that strong support from caregivers and peers helps boost resilience in young people. Caregivers provide safety, basic needs, and emotional support during tough times. Peers offer friendship and distraction from stress. The study shows that when children feel supported by family and friends, they cope better with challenges like wildfires. Understanding these factors can help create programs to strengthen resilience in kids facing disasters or other difficult situations.

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Focus Area: Natural Disasters

Audiences: Behavioral Health Professionals; Physicians

Emergency Management Stage: Mitigation

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Alberta; Canada; Child; Disasters; Mental Health; Natural Disasters; Peer Group; Social Support; Caregivers; Adolescent; Resilience, Psychological; Wildfires

Institutions: Mount Royal University; University of Calgary; University of Alberta

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