Children's Well-being 11 Years After the Chornobyl Catastrophe

Bromet, Evelyn J.; Goldgaber, Dmitry; Carlson, Gabrielle A.; Panina, Natalia; Golovakha, Yevhen; Gluzman, Semyon; Gilbert, Thomas T.; Gluzman, D F; Lyubsky, Sergey; Schwartz, Joseph E.

doi:10.1001/archpsyc.57.6.563

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“…As expected they find a negative impact on happiness for individuals exposed to the catastrophe. Remennick (2002) analyzes the health of Chernobyl survivors that immigrated into Israel whereas Bromet et al (2000) focus on the happiness of local children that were infants or unborn at the time of the accident.…”

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confidence: 99%

Nuclear Accidents and Policy: Notes on Public Perception

2013

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Nuclear Accidents and Policy: Notes on Public Perception

2013

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“…However, as of this writing, children also appear resilient in the aftermath of such accidents. Studies of the effects of the Three Mile Island near-meltdown in 1981, and of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 (Cornely and Bromet, 1986;Bromet et al, 2000) have shown few long-term effects on indirectly exposed children so far. Bromet and colleagues also found that the main effects on the children were mediated by maternal anxiety or depression.…”

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“…Though less emphasized in the literature, it is important to consider the impact of threats to children on the level of stress experienced by parents. The impact of such stress may explain particularly the strong effects of major disasters on mothers of young children (Bromet et al, 2000;Laor et al, 2001). Efforts to prepare the general population for dealing with terrorism must consider the developmental range of responses, the possible differential sensitivity of mothers to dangers and threats to their children, and the salience of attachment figures for the psychological protection of children.…”

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Trauma, Proximity, and Developmental Psychopathology: The Effects of War and Terrorism on Children

Pine

Costello

Masten

2005

Neuropsychopharmacol

135

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This report summarizes recent literature relevant to the effects of terrorism on children's mental health. The paper addresses three aspects of this topic. In the first section of the paper, data are reviewed concerning the relationships among stress, trauma, and developmental psychopathology. A particular emphasis is placed on associations with indirect forms of trauma, given that terrorism involves high levels of indirect trauma. Second, the paper delineates a set of key principles to be considered when considering ways in which the effects of terrorism on children's mental health can be minimized. Third, data are reviewed from studies in developmental psychobiology. These data are designed to illustrate the mechanisms through which children exhibit unique effects in the wake of traumatic circumstances.

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“…[For more details, see Bromet et al (7).] Of 721 families with a child in the target age range, 693 resided in Kyiv in 1997 when the fieldwork took place.…”

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Somatic symptoms in women 11 years after the Chornobyl accident: prevalence and risk factors.

Bromet

Gluzman

Schwartz

et al. 2002

Environ Health Perspect

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Exposure to the Chornobyl nuclear power plant explosion resulted in widespread, persistent somatic complaints, but little is known about the nature and risk factors for these conditions. This study compares the health reports of 300 women evacuated to Kyiv from the contamination zone around the plant and 300 controls with a child in the same homeroom as the evacuees in 1997. The interview addressed somatic concerns, risk factors for poor health, and Chornobyl-related stress. Compared with controls, evacuees reported significantly more health problems and rated their health more poorly overall. These differences remained significant after controlling for demographic and clinical risk factors, including the tendency to amplify physical symptoms. Significantly more evacuees received a diagnosis of a Chornobyl-related illness by a local physician, believed that their health and their children's health had been adversely affected, and were positive for Chornobyl-induced post-traumatic stress disorder. After controlling for these Chornobyl stress variables, the differences in number of health problems commonly attributed to Chornobyl remained significant but differences in general health ratings did not. The perceptions of controls were similar to those of women in a national sample. The relationship between Chornobyl stress and illness was twice as strong in evacuees (odds ratio = 6.95) as in Kyiv controls (odds ratio = 3.34) and weakest in the national sample (odds ratio = 1.64). The results confirm the persistence and nonspecificity of the subjective medical consequences of Chornobyl and are consistent with the hypothesis that traumatic events exert their greatest negative impacts on health in vulnerable or disadvantaged groups. Key words: Chornobyl disaster, environmental exposure, epidemiology, female, health, risk factors, somatic symptoms, stress, subjective health, Ukraine.

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Children's Well-being 11 Years After the Chornobyl Catastrophe

Cited by 100 publications

References 63 publications

Nuclear Accidents and Policy: Notes on Public Perception

Nuclear Accidents and Policy: Notes on Public Perception

Trauma, Proximity, and Developmental Psychopathology: The Effects of War and Terrorism on Children

Somatic symptoms in women 11 years after the Chornobyl accident: prevalence and risk factors.

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