An estimated 200 million children worldwide experience various forms of disability. This
critical review extrapolates from existing literature in 2 distinct areas of scholarship: one on …

Place attachment is important for children and youth's disaster preparedness, experiences,
recovery, and resilience, but most of the literature on place and disasters has focused on …

This comprehensive overview of the literature on children and disasters argues that scholars
and practitioners should more carefully consider the experiences of children themselves. As …

In recent years, the world has watched in horror as tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes
have wrought havoc across countries and continents. While these events have different …

The purpose of this article is to examine focus groups as a qualitative research method. We
describe and evaluate the use of focus groups based on three separate research projects: a …

In disaster situations, children and young people look for guidance from supportive adults. If
a major crisis happens at school, they look to their principals and teachers. The expectation …

Children are disproportionately affected by disasters, in both the long and short term,
particularly in develo** countries. Children in rural areas face the most adversity since …

Disaster management is dominated by top-down relief efforts that assume children and
youth are passive victims with no role in communicating risks or preventing and responding …

In this article, I review recent research on the relationship between social inequalities and
disasters, focusing on the areas of social vulnerability to disaster and social inequalities in …

Background: Over 160 000 children were displaced from their homes after Hurricane
Katrina. Tens of thousands of these children experienced the ongoing chaos and uncertainty …