06/07/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: University of Colorado at Boulder, Natural Hazards Center. Published: 6/7/2019. This report, part of the Research Counts: Children and Disasters Special Collection, discusses the need to screen children to identify those experiencing elevated post-traumatic stress symptoms after a disaster, and then identify sources of social support and coping strategies. It recommends that screenings be conducted after children’s basic needs have been met, an implementation team is convened, and resources for children experiencing distress have been identified. It includes a list of suggested tools. (Text)
06/06/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: University of Colorado at Boulder, Natural Hazards Center. Published: 6/6/2019. This report, part of the Research Counts: Children and Disasters Special Collection, discusses research that found that having a parent who screened positive for a psychiatric disorder after a disaster was one of the biggest factors in predicting a child’s post-disaster symptoms or a decline in school performance—even more significant than whether the child was exposed directly to the disaster. It discusses implications for disaster mental health screening, and includes a list of suggested tools. (Text)
06/06/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: University of Colorado at Boulder, Natural Hazards Center. Published: 6/6/2019. This report, part of the Research Counts: Children and Disasters Special Collection, discusses the many different ways to help children and teenagers process and recover from disasters. Recovery services should include all different stages of childhood and should restore a sense of safety and stability. The report includes a list of suggested tools. (Text)
06/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 6/2019. This six-page report on cases of West Nile virus is based on data for 2017 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on March 14, 2019. In 2017, eight European Union/European Economic Area Member States reported 208 West Nile virus (WNV) infections, of which 201 (97 percent) were locally acquired. (PDF)
06/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Healthcare Ready. Published: 6/2019. When a disaster causes facility damage, transportation issues, power outages, and related generator fuel shortages, the pharmaceutical supply chain is threatened. This web page details in text and illustrations how private companies, nonprofits, and the government collaborate in the wake of disasters to protect and stabilize the healthcare supply chain. It includes an interactive graphic to view more information about the supply chain during disasters and disease outbreaks. (Text)
06/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: University of Colorado at Boulder, Natural Hazards Center. Published: 6/2019. This special collection focuses on the latest research on children and disasters. These articles are brief, drawn from a variety of disciplines, and are intended for a broad audience of public health practitioners, emergency managers, policy makers, journalists, and others interested in the ways children are impacted by disaster. Articles in this collection will be added on an ongoing basis. (Text)
06/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: University of Colorado at Boulder, Natural Hazards Center. Published: 6/2019. This report, part of the Research Counts: Children and Disasters Special Collection, discusses the need to provide safe infant feeding in shelters and access to maternal, reproductive, and mental health care support for infants and families. It describes some simple steps that make it possible to avoid adding to the public health burden after disasters, and to help the parents of infants and young children in the process. It includes a list of suggested tools. (Text)
06/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Norwegian Red Cross. Published: 6/2019. This 44-page report presents the broad humanitarian consequences of global warming and climate change, with the aim to inform humanitarian actors across different fields. It highlights the short-term impacts of climate change that will be the most relevant within a 10-year timeframe. It discusses how climate change alters disaster frequency, and impacts humanitarian needs in relation to health, migration, political (in)stability, and livelihoods. (PDF)
06/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 6/2019. This three-page report on cases of Lassa fever is based on data for 2017 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on December 11, 2018. In 2017, no cases of Lassa fever or other infections by arenaviruses responsible for viral hemorrhagic fevers were reported in the European Union/European Economic Area. (PDF)
06/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 6/2019. This six-page report on cases of Q fever is based on data for 2017 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on December 10, 2018. In 2017, 1,023 cases of Q fever were reported in the European Union/European Economic Area, 932 (91 percent) of which were confirmed. (PDF)
04/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Emerging Minds Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social and Emotional Wellbeing National Consultancy Group. Published: 4/2019. This toolkit contains resources to help and support adults and children before, during, and after a disaster or traumatic event. It will help users to understand some of the impacts of disaster and how to help lessen these impacts. It is grouped into the timeframes surrounding a natural disaster or traumatic event: preparedness; immediate; short-term recovery; and long-term recovery. The resources are tailored to several audiences, including educators, general practitioners, and first responders. (Video or Multimedia)
03/28/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 3/28/2019. This web page provides pandemic influenza information in general, and specifically about 2009 H1N1 (Swine) Flu Virus (Biologics); Influenza Virus Vaccine, H5N1 (for National Stockpile); and Questions and Answers about H5N1 Influenza Virus Vaccine, manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur, Inc. (Text)
02/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Published: 2/2019. In 2017, Hurricanes Irma and Maria struck Puerto Rico and affected all health services on the island. This report details how the Morovis Community Health Center was the only healthcare facility that stayed open in its service area during and after the storm, and how multidisciplinary teams deployed into the service area to provide home visits to diabetes patients who could not come to the health center. The report includes lessons learned, and ways for health centers to implement emergency plans for diabetes patients. (Text)
11/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Published: 11/2018. This 120-page report focuses on technologies and methods relevant to disaster response, in part because 2017 saw an unprecedentedly high number of major hurricanes make landfall in the United States. It addresses six areas in which scientific and technical research and development are most likely to intersect with improving disaster response practices relevant to the Department of Defense and defending the homeland: communications management, data management, responder protection, search and rescue (SAR) technologies, supply chain management, and radiation emergencies. (PDF)
08/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Center for PTSD [Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder] [U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs]. Published: 8/2018. This report discusses how a veteran's post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms can affect his or her children, and reviews research that has examined the impact of veterans' PTSD symptoms on family relationships, and on children of veterans in particular. Understanding how these symptoms affect relationships can help families and children of veterans cope with difficulties, should they arise. (Text)
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