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2 Exposure Outliers: Children Coming of Age in an Age of Environmental Extremes
2 Exposure Outliers: Children Coming of Age in an Age of Environmental Extremes
Pages 21-28
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Peek stated that as of July 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic claimed more than 600,000 lives globally and upended billions more; the United States continued to be convulsed by protests against racism and other forms of inequality; and the epidemic of gun violence continued to devastate young lives. She added that March 2020 was the first month of March in nearly two decades without a school shooting in the United States.
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Beginning with the c atastrophic Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, the decade brought Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, Hurri cane Isaac in 2012, and additional severe storms and flooding. These events caused billions of dollars in damages, destroyed millions of homes, schools, and businesses, and upended countless lives.
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However, Peek surmised that those norms may change given the increasing frequency of disasters, and that in an increasingly turbulent and unequal world, researchers should seek to learn more about the cumulative effects of collective trauma from children who are exposure outliers. Drawing on the limited research available on cumulative effects of disasters and the more robust literature on adverse childhood experiences at the individual level, Peek outlined a number of ways that cumulative disaster exposure and prolonged displacement can affect people (see Box 2-1)
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The strategy would sound an unequivocal call to action to engage one another around a cohesive set of meaningful national goals and priorities to remedy the years of benign neglect of children. The unique needs of children must be more thoroughly integrated into planning and made a clear and distinct priority in all disaster management activities.
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Furthermore, children helped generate more than 14,000 toy donations, organized the collection of more than 23,000 books and 400 reading kits, and volunteered time and labor after Katrina. She added that those estimates were limited to those included in media coverage, so it does not encompass countless efforts children made that were not covered by the press.
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In the context of exploring matrices for evaluating response and recovery efforts related to social and human services, Lavin asked about any ongoing efforts to study groups of children postdisaster to document the development of those most affected. Peek responded that social sciences research around disasters has shown that having the capacity to volunteer and help can promote postdisaster recovery.
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Lavin asked about strategies to build the evidence base for continuity and restoration of social and human services. Peek replied that the first step is to take stock of what is already happening in the field, thereby building important connections and understanding the work of other organizations in order to set an agenda for action.
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