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Conflicts and emergencies around the world pose detrimental risks to the health, safety, and well-being of children. There are many different kinds of conflicts and emergencies, for example, violence, armed conflicts, war, and natural disasters. Some 13 million children are displaced by armed conflicts and violence around the world. [1]
Education in emergencies and conflict areas is the process of teaching and promoting quality education for children, youth, and adults in crisis-affected areas. Such emergency settings include: conflicts, pandemics and disasters caused by natural hazards. Strengthened education systems protects children and youth from attack, abuse, and ...
For example, the internal organs are closer in proximity to each other in children than in adults; this places children at higher risk of traumatic injury. [ 1 ] Children present a unique challenge in trauma care because they are so different from adults - anatomically, developmentally, physiologically and emotionally.
The effects of this trauma can be experienced very differently depending on factors such as how long the trauma was, how severe and even the age of the child when it occurred. Negative childhood experiences can have a tremendous impact on future violence victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity. [ 3 ]
Therapists say survivors of the California wildfires can help their children heal from the trauma of leaving everything they know behind by continuing on with their daily routines, providing an ...
Childhood trauma is often described as serious adverse childhood experiences. [1] Children may go through a range of experiences that classify as psychological trauma; these might include neglect, [2] abandonment, [2] sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and physical abuse. [2] They may also witness abuse of a sibling or parent, or have a mentally ...
It's a statement echoed by Murthy: "Many young people are resilient, able to bounce back from difficult experiences such as stress, adversity, and trauma." Twohy went on to say that "children and ...
Emergency services organizations, for example, usually list the Terrible Ten. [5] They are: Line of duty deaths; Suicide of a colleague; Serious work related injury; Multi-casualty / disaster / terrorism incidents; Events with a high degree of threat to the personnel; Significant events involving children; Events in which the victim is known to ...