Children in Disasters and Emergencies: Health Information Guide
Overview
The following organizations collaborated with the National Library of Medicine on the development of this page:
- Caring for Children in a Disaster, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- EMSC Innovation & Improvement Center (formerly the Emergency Medical Services for Children National Resource Center)
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Division of At-Risk Individuals, Behavioral Health & Community Resilience, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Information by Topic Area
The searches below find resources from two National Library of Medicine databases:
- Disaster Lit®: links to disaster medicine and public health documents for a professional audience, available on the internet at no cost. Includes expert guidelines, research reports, conference proceedings, training classes, fact sheets, websites, databases, and more.
- PubMed: more than 28 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. May include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Click on the searches below, or go directly to the databases and develop your own searches.
All Topics
Disaster Lit
Natural Disasters
Fires/Wildfires
Disaster Lit
Earthquakes
Disaster Lit
Hurricanes
Disaster Lit
Tornadoes
Disaster Lit
Floods
Disaster Lit
CBRNE
Chemical Agents
Disaster Lit
Biological Agents
Disaster Lit
PubMed
Radiologicals and Nuclear
Disaster Lit
PubMed
- Antenatal and postnatal association of maternal bonding and mental health in Fukushima after the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011:The Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS)
- Changing Emotions About Fukushima Related to the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station Accident-How Rumors Determined People's Attitudes: Social Media Sentiment Analysis
Explosives
Disaster Lit
Infectious Diseases
Ebola
Disaster Lit
Zika
Disaster Lit
Pandemics
Disaster Lit
Psychological and Behavioral Health
Disaster Lit
Special Topics
Active Shooter
Disaster Lit
Children with Disabilities
Disaster Lit
Hospital Preparedness
Disaster Lit
Resilience
Disaster Lit
Neonatal
Disaster Lit
Patient Tracking and Family Reunification
Disaster Lit
School and Care Providers
Disaster Lit
Sheltering
Disaster Lit
Key Organizations and Agencies
Federal Government
- Administration for Children and Families, Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Public Health Preparedness (archived content)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emergency Preparedness and Response
- Children's Bureau Resource Centers, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S Department of Health and Human Services
- National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Emergency Medical Services
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Division of At-Risk Individuals, Behavioral Health & Community Resilience, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Earthquake Hazards Program, U.S. Geological Survey
- National Center for PTSD, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Emergency Preparedness and Response, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
National Organizations
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Emergency Physicians
- Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics, Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units
- EMSC Innovation & Improvement Center
- Emergency Nurses Association
- National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
- National Association of School Psychologists
- National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health
- National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University
- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- Save the Children U.S.
- United States Breastfeeding Committee
International
Other Organizations
- Disaster-Related Coalitions, American Academy of Pediatrics
- Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia