Preparing Families of Children with Special Health Care Needs for Disasters: An Education Intervention

• 2012

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• Mark Baker; Lisa Baker; Lee Flagg
PMID: 22583028DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2012.659837

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This article discusses a study on helping families with children who have special health care needs get ready for disasters. It explains that these families often struggle more during emergencies. The study tested an education program to improve their preparedness. Families were split into two groups, and both showed better readiness after the program, whether they received extra incentives or not. The results suggest that even a short educational intervention can significantly boost disaster preparedness in these vulnerable families, making them better equipped to handle emergencies in the future.

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Focus Area: Everyday Emergency

Audiences: Nurses; Physicians; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Disaster Planning; Disasters; Education; Family Relations; Patient Education as Topic; Caregivers; Disabled Children; Family Health; Adaptation, Psychological

Institutions: Children's of Alabama

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