PrepTalks: Dr. Lori Peek “Children and Disasters-Reducing Vulnerability and Building Capacity”

• 2020

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Total time for video 22 minutes . 10 seconds This video addresses child safety during emergencies to improve everyday and prevention and preparedness capabilities. Dr. Lori Peek is director of the Natural Hazards Center and professor in the Department of Sociology at the Academic Institution of Colorado Boulder. In her PrepTalk, Peek acknowledges improvements in addressing the needs of children in disasters, and gives emergency managers five specific ideas to reduce the vulnerability of children to disasters: • Ensure that every child attends a safe school. • Educate children about risk and risk reduction. • Listen to and involve children so they can help themselves, other children, and adults. • Encourage children’s ingenuity and creativity. • Cultivate anchors, advocates, and strong institutions for children.

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Hazard: Everyday Emergency

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians; Families & Children; Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Disaster Planning; Schools

Institutions: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

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