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Health informatics for pediatric disaster preparedness planning

R V Burke1, T Ryutov, R Neches

  • 1Department of Pediatric Surgery , Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027.

Applied Clinical Informatics
|April 26, 2013
PubMed

Insights

Informatics plays a limited role in pediatric disaster preparedness, with existing tools not tailored for children. Enhancing informatics applications is crucial for improving child-specific disaster response and family reunification.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Health Informatics
  • Disaster Medicine

Background:

  • Pediatric disaster preparedness requires specialized informatics solutions.
  • Current disaster preparedness tools are often designed for the general population, neglecting specific pediatric needs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the current role of informatics in pediatric disaster preparedness.
  • To propose recommendations for enhancing informatics applications to improve pediatric disaster readiness.

Main Methods:

  • A comprehensive literature search was performed across major medical databases (MEDLINE, CINHL, Cochrane Library).
  • Keywords included "children", "disaster preparedness", "disaster", and "informatics".

Main Results:

  • The search yielded 314 papers, with 8 meeting inclusion criteria for the review.
  • Key themes identified were: informatics tools for preparedness, education, family reunification, and planning/response.

Conclusions:

  • The existing body of literature on informatics and pediatric disaster preparedness is limited, highlighting significant knowledge gaps.
  • While progress has been made in family reunification informatics, tools specifically for children remain underdeveloped.
  • Further development and implementation of child-centric informatics strategies are necessary to bolster pediatric disaster preparedness.
Abstract

Keywords:
Childrendisasterinformaticsplanningpreparednesstechnology

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