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ERIC Number: EJ799685
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Jul
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1532-5024
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Children Displaced by Hurricane Katrina: A Focus Group Study
Pfefferbaum, Betty; Houston, J. Brian; Wyche, Karen Fraser; Van Horn, Richard L.; Reyes, Gilbert; Jeon-Slaughter, Haekyung; North, Carol S.
Journal of Loss and Trauma, v13 n4 p303-318 Jul 2008
Focus groups were conducted with 23 children and adolescents, aged 9 to 17 years, who relocated from Louisiana to Texas following Hurricane Katrina to explore their disaster, evacuation, and resettlement experiences. The resilience described by some was remarkable and, despite evidence of cultural disparity and stigma, many identified positive aspects of the new communities in which they resided. Attempts to help displaced children must begin with a full understanding of the individual experiences and reactions of those being served rather than being based on assumptions about what may have occurred.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Louisiana; Texas
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