Promoting Child and Family Resilience to Disasters: Effects, Interventions, and Prevention Effectiveness

This paper combines the findings of research aimed at assisting children, youth, and families to more effectively cope with the effects of disasters with a review of the relevant literature. We briefly review the effects of disasters on children, summarizing theory and research on risk and protective factors, interventions following a hazardous event, and promoting children's resilience. We also look at the role of preventive interventions in...