 | Managing Children in Disasters: Planning for Their Unique Needs Subjects: Medicine Dentistry Nursing & Allied Health; Politics & International Relations; Medicine; Military & Strategic Studies; Public Administration & Management; Pediatrics & Child Health; Public Policy; Security Studies - Military & Strategic; Each year, disasters such as house fires, car accidents, tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes impact hundreds of thousands of children. Child victims can suffer disproportionately and the physical and psychological damage sustained can far outweigh the same effects in adults, often requiring years of therapy. Sadly, emergency planners to date have Jane Bullock is a Research Scientist and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management at the George Washington University in Washington, DC. She is also Principal in Bullock and Haddow LLC, a homeland security and disaster management consulting firm. |
