Exploring Approaches and Strategies for Human Services and Child-Serving Institutions to Promote Resiliency and Recovery for Children and Youth Affected by Natural Disasters

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. 09/07/2017 This 55-page report of the National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters focuses exclusively on natural disasters, and reviews the knowledge and practice gains that promote a more rapid and equitable recovery for children and youth through collaboration and established partnerships at all levels: federal, state, tribe, territory and local governments, and nongovernmental organizations that serve children and families. It discusses identified gaps, opportunities, and recommendations for continued strengthening of child-serving systems in the community, and identifies funding, legal, policy, and research implications for future action. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - January 13, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news