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PTSD Symptoms in Children
Disaster Vulnerability for Children and Youth In Social Vulnerability to Disasters, Peek describes children as those under the age of 18, making up 24% of the United States population in 2010. American children are more racially and ethnically diverse with 46% falling...
Emergency Management Strategy for Canadian Communities
Increasing Number of Disaster Incidents in Canada According to Public Safety Canada, an emergency management strategy is crucial, due to the increase in the frequency and severity of disasters across the country. Recent disasters include: Hurricane Fiona in Atlantic...
Child Survivors of Hurricane Katrina
Mental Health Concerns for Child Survivors of Hurricane Katrina Fothergill and Peek (2015) spent 7 years researching a specific group of children who survived hurricane Katrina. Their findings reveal the complexity of disasters for children. Children are subject to...
Fort McMurray Wildfires Youth Mental Health
EMPATHY Project Examines Mental Health for Youth Brown et al. (2019) examined the mental health outcomes for youth following the Fort McMurray wildfires of 2016 by gathering data of grade 7-12 students from the Fort McMurray school system and comparing it to...