Pregnant Women in Disasters and Emergencies: Health Information Guide
Information by Topic Area
The searches below find resources from two National Library of Medicine databases:
- Disaster Lit®: links to disaster medicine and public health documents for a professional audience, available on the internet at no cost. Includes expert guidelines, research reports, conference proceedings, training classes, fact sheets, websites, databases, and more.
- PubMed: more than 28 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. May include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Click on the searches below, or go directly to the databases and develop your own searches.
All Topics
Disaster Lit
Natural Disasters
Earthquakes
Disaster Lit
Floods
Disaster Lit
Hurricanes
Disaster Lit
PubMed
- Influence of in utero exposure to maternal depression and natural disaster-related stress on infant temperament at 6 months: The children of Superstorm Sandy
- Recent Canadian efforts to develop population-level pregnancy intervention studies to mitigate effects of natural disasters and other tragedies
CBRNE
Chemical Agents
Disaster Lit
Biological Agents
Disaster Lit
Radiological and Nuclear
Disaster Lit
PubMed
- Factors Associated With Intention of Future Pregnancy Among Women Affected by the Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Analysis of Fukushima Health Management Survey Data From 2012 to 2014
- The Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS) in Fukushima Prefecture: Pregnancy Outcome after the Great East Japan Earthquake
Explosives
Infectious Diseases
Ebola
Disaster Lit
Zika Virus
Disaster Lit
Pandemics
Disaster Lit
Psychological and Behavioral Health
Disaster Lit
PubMed
- Influence of in utero exposure to maternal depression and natural disaster-related stress on infant temperament at 6 months: The children of Superstorm Sandy
- Prevalence and determinants of symptoms of antenatal common mental disorders among women who had recently experienced an earthquake: a systematic review
Special Topics
Breastfeeding/Infant Feeding
Disaster Lit
Intimate Partner Violence
Disaster Lit
Sheltering
Disaster Lit
Key Organizations and Agencies
Federal Government
- Administration for Children and Families, Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emergency Preparedness and Response
- Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Division of At-Risk Individuals, Behavioral Health & Community Resilience, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
National Organizations
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- March of Dimes
- United States Breastfeeding Committee