TY - JOUR
T1 - Children facing natural, economic and public health crisis in Europe
T2 - The risks of a predictable unpredictability
AU - Hoey, Hilary
AU - Mestrovic, Julije
AU - Vural, Mehmet
AU - Baranova, Leyla Namazova
AU - Somekh, Eli
AU - Pettoello-Mantovani, Massimo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by Turkish Pediatric Association.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This opening article for the volume dedicated to the diversity of paediatric healthcare systems in Europe, discusses the topic of children facing natural, economic, and public health crises in Europe. The natural and economic adversities and public health crises, which have repeatedly stormed the globe during the past twenty years, have often unveiled a low degree of self-sufficiency and a high degree of unpreparedness by European countries. It is always the case that the most vulnerable take the brunt, and these adverse events have shown their effects and a negative direct impact particularly on the population aged 0–18 years, with important implications for families and communities. The article discusses a rational approach to properly confront future public health emergencies and crises in general. The authors stress the concept that such approaches should be built on past negative experiences, in order to explore, identify, and make clear which are the priorities governing the disaster management activities at all levels in this population group. The authors conclude that safeguarding the health of children could be effectively accomplished by developing adequate, shared emergency management strategies. Improving pediatric preparedness approaches with the use of emergency measures and ongoing collaboration will facilitate a better and more efficient response, able to effectively care for the needs of children in actual crises.
AB - This opening article for the volume dedicated to the diversity of paediatric healthcare systems in Europe, discusses the topic of children facing natural, economic, and public health crises in Europe. The natural and economic adversities and public health crises, which have repeatedly stormed the globe during the past twenty years, have often unveiled a low degree of self-sufficiency and a high degree of unpreparedness by European countries. It is always the case that the most vulnerable take the brunt, and these adverse events have shown their effects and a negative direct impact particularly on the population aged 0–18 years, with important implications for families and communities. The article discusses a rational approach to properly confront future public health emergencies and crises in general. The authors stress the concept that such approaches should be built on past negative experiences, in order to explore, identify, and make clear which are the priorities governing the disaster management activities at all levels in this population group. The authors conclude that safeguarding the health of children could be effectively accomplished by developing adequate, shared emergency management strategies. Improving pediatric preparedness approaches with the use of emergency measures and ongoing collaboration will facilitate a better and more efficient response, able to effectively care for the needs of children in actual crises.
KW - Children
KW - Crisis
KW - Disasters
KW - Emergency
KW - Preparedness
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85090641947&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.14744/TurkPediatriArs.2020.55553
DO - 10.14744/TurkPediatriArs.2020.55553
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C2 - 32963476
AN - SCOPUS:85090641947
SN - 1306-0015
VL - 55
SP - S4-S9
JO - Turkish Archives of Pediatrics
JF - Turkish Archives of Pediatrics
ER -