Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disasters: Keeping Volunteers, Workers, and Responders Safe

08/21/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Published: 8/21/2019. This one-hour webinar from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Emergency Partners Information Connection and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is for volunteers, workers, and responders who clean up, rebuild, or support other response and recovery efforts after a flood, earthquake, storm, fire, or other disaster. It discusses how to reduce risk from injuries, chemical exposures, environmental hazards, and psychological stressors. It details potential hazards in disaster response, and the pre-deployment phase of disaster planning. (Video or Multimedia)

Survey of Trauma, Resilience, and Opportunity Among Neighborhoods in the Gulf (STRONG) Codebook

06/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC). Published: 6/2019. This 48-page report assesses the health and well-being of residents in Gulf Coast communities five years after the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. It describes the measures included in the Survey of Trauma, Resilience, and Opportunity Among Neighborhoods in the Gulf (STRONG), and describes the survey collection methods (i.e., sampling, fieldwork), methods for constructing weights, and imputation strategy. (PDF)

Teachers Helping Students: Listening and Talking

06/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress [Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences] (CSTS). Published: 6/2019. This two-page document provides a plan to help minimize the difficulties that students may have following a disaster. Physical safety and security always take priority, and it is difficult to predict the kinds of psychological problems that children and adolescents will have. The document provides techniques for the classroom, specifically for younger and older students. (PDF)

Helping Students After A Disaster

05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress [Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences] (CSTS). Published: 5/2019. The death and destruction that can accompany disaster events warrant special attention to communicating with children and adolescents. This one-page document provides steps that may help minimize later difficulties following a disaster, with suggestions for younger children and for older students. (PDF)

Restoring a Sense of Well-Being in Children After a Disaster

02/01/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress [Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences] (CSTS). Published: 2/2019. This two-page document discusses why it is important for parents, caregivers, and professionals to answer children’s questions and reassure them about their safety after a disaster. It provides suggestions for ways to communicate with children, support anxious or fearful children, and plan with children for emergencies. (PDF)

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Helping Service Members and Families in Need

02/01/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress [Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences] (CSTS). Published: 2/2019. Healthcare providers in military and civilian settings are increasingly aware of the prevalence and effect of traumatic brain injury (TBI) among military and civilian personnel deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. This two-page document provides an overview of mild TBI and care recommendations, and key psychosocial issues for families and children dealing with more severe TBI. It discusses symptoms, patient care recommendations, and implications for families. (PDF)