Health Resources on Children in Disasters and Emergencies

Collaborating Makes Sense

Purpose of Topic Page

• To consolidate a vast amount of resources

• To provide a robust and comprehensive compendium

• To facilitate the use of this resource as a pediatric component of disaster information programs.

Resource Selection Guidelines

• Authority, credibility, affiliation• Content, coverage, currency• Point of view• Professional level audience• Access, navigation, availability

Types of Resources

• Biomedical journal articles• Documents and Resources– Papers– White papers– Training materials– Guidelines– Factsheets– More…

Tour of Topic Page

Databases Searched

• Disaster Lit for documents and other resources• PubMed for biomedical articles

Topic Searching

• General search OR

• Topic-specific search

• New topics will be added

Partner Organizations

• Hope to add more organizations as partners

Organizations and Agencies

These organizations create disaster-related and emergency information on children

Make Suggestions

General Search: DocumentsSearch string:children OR child OR pediatric OR infant OR baby OR teen OR adolescent

Results: 553 (on Sept 9, 2014)

Refine by: • Source• Publication type• Publication year• Author

General Search: Articles

• Results from PubMed

• Look for Free PMC Article tag

Topic Search: Hospital Preparedness

Search string:(children OR child OR pediatric OR infant OR baby OR teen OR adolescent) AND (hospital AND (preparedness OR surge)

Results: 23 (on Sept 9, 2014)

Topic Search: Articles

• Results from PubMed

• Look for Free PMC Article tag

Contact Information

Elizabeth NortonTechnical Information SpecialistDisaster Information Management Research CenterSpecialized Information ServicesNational Library of Medicinenortone@nlm.nih.gov

http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.govhttp://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/children.html