Disasters and vulnerable populations : evidence-based practice for the helping professions / Lisa R. Baker, PhD, LCSW, Loretta A. Cormier, PhD.

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PART 1: OVERVIEW OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE // 1. When Disaster Strikes: Disaster Response -- 2. Before the Storm: Preparedness -- 3. Crisis Intervention and the Mental Health Response // PART 2: VULNERABLE POPULATIONS // 4. Pregnant Women, Infants and Children and Disasters -- 5. P...

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Main Authors: Baker, Lisa R. (Author)
Cormier, Loretta A. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer Pub. Company, LLC, [2015]
Subjects:
Emergency management.
Disaster relief.
Disaster victims.
Physical Description:xiv, 236 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Overview of disaster preparedness and respones. When disaster strikes : disaster response ; Before the storm : preparedness ; Crisis intervention and the mental Health Response
  • Vulnerable populations. Pregnant Women, Infants and Children and Disasters ; Persons with disabilities and disasters ; Older adults and disasters ; Persons with chronic mental health issues and disasters ; Persons with alcohol and substance use/abuse and disasters ; Persons with animals and pets in disasters ; Responder celf-care ; Final considerations : ethnic and dconomic diversity and disasters.