Children of Katrina /Alice Fothergill and Lori Peek.
Fothergill, Alice,
Children of Katrina /Alice Fothergill and Lori Peek. - First edition. - Austin : University of Texas Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource. - The Katrina bookshelf .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The youngest survivors -- Children, youth, and disaster -- Daniel : cumulative vulnerability and continuing crises -- Mekana : disaster as catalyst -- Isabel and Zachary : resource depth and long-term stability -- Cierra : mobilizing resources -- Jerron : misaligned spheres -- Clinton : rapid movement -- Conclusion.
"Children of Katrina offers one of the only long-term, multiyear studies of young people following disaster. Sociologists Alice Fothergill and Lori Peek spent seven years after Hurricane Katrina interviewing and observing several hundred children and their family members, friends, neighbors, teachers, and other caregivers. In this book, they focus intimately on seven children between the ages of three and eighteen, selected because they exemplify the varied experiences of the larger group. They find that children followed three different post-disaster trajectories--declining, finding equilibrium, and fluctuating--as they tried to regain stability. The children's moving stories illuminate how a devastating disaster affects individual health and well-being, family situations, housing and neighborhood contexts, schooling, peer relationships, and extracurricular activities. This work also demonstrates how outcomes were often worse for children who were vulnerable and living in crisis before the storm. Fothergill and Peek clarify what kinds of assistance children need during emergency response and recovery periods, as well as the individual, familial, social, and structural factors that aid or hinder children in getting that support."--Publisher's Web site.
9781477303900
Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects.
Child disaster victims--Social conditions.--Louisiana--New Orleans
Child disaster victims--Psychological aspects.--Louisiana--New Orleans
Children.
Disaster Victims--psychology
Child
Cyclonic Storms
Resilience, Psychological
Relief Work
Social Support
Electronic Books.
HV636 2005 / .C455 2015
Children of Katrina /Alice Fothergill and Lori Peek. - First edition. - Austin : University of Texas Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource. - The Katrina bookshelf .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The youngest survivors -- Children, youth, and disaster -- Daniel : cumulative vulnerability and continuing crises -- Mekana : disaster as catalyst -- Isabel and Zachary : resource depth and long-term stability -- Cierra : mobilizing resources -- Jerron : misaligned spheres -- Clinton : rapid movement -- Conclusion.
"Children of Katrina offers one of the only long-term, multiyear studies of young people following disaster. Sociologists Alice Fothergill and Lori Peek spent seven years after Hurricane Katrina interviewing and observing several hundred children and their family members, friends, neighbors, teachers, and other caregivers. In this book, they focus intimately on seven children between the ages of three and eighteen, selected because they exemplify the varied experiences of the larger group. They find that children followed three different post-disaster trajectories--declining, finding equilibrium, and fluctuating--as they tried to regain stability. The children's moving stories illuminate how a devastating disaster affects individual health and well-being, family situations, housing and neighborhood contexts, schooling, peer relationships, and extracurricular activities. This work also demonstrates how outcomes were often worse for children who were vulnerable and living in crisis before the storm. Fothergill and Peek clarify what kinds of assistance children need during emergency response and recovery periods, as well as the individual, familial, social, and structural factors that aid or hinder children in getting that support."--Publisher's Web site.
9781477303900
Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects.
Child disaster victims--Social conditions.--Louisiana--New Orleans
Child disaster victims--Psychological aspects.--Louisiana--New Orleans
Children.
Disaster Victims--psychology
Child
Cyclonic Storms
Resilience, Psychological
Relief Work
Social Support
Electronic Books.
HV636 2005 / .C455 2015