The Impact of Natural Disasters on Child Health and Investments in Rural India

Issues with families and children in a disaster context: A qualitative perspective from rural Bangladesh

“…But while interviewing the participants, it was gravely expressed that the food supply was almost nonexistent after the disaster. An earlier study showed exposure to a disaster in the past year was associated with significantly worse nutrition-related outcomes, including a greater likelihood of surviving children being stunted and underweight [30]. Moreover, malnutrition in childhood has been linked to adverse health and socioeconomic outcomes in the long term [31].…”

“…By destroying, damaging, or straining health infrastructure, natural disasters affect access to health care. The third effect is through the disaster's impact on the demand for health inputs, mainly through loss of income as well as increased expenditure needed to cope with a disaster [10].…”

“…The impacts of natural disasters are also likely to vary by child and household characteristics, such as a child's gender and age, and parent's education [11]. On the one hand, infants may be less prone to nutritional deficiencies or adverse health effects from water or food contamination because of exclusive breastfeeding [10]. On the other hand, if the mother suffers from malnutrition then there is a possibility the child will not get enough nutrition from the breast milk.…”

Prolonged elevated body mass index in preschool children after the Great East Japan Earthquake

“…7,8 Several studies have investigated health issues in vulnerable populations after the occurrence of a natural disaster, including the Great East Japan Earthquake. 4,[9][10][11][12] One of the most important health issue is the effect of a disaster on the growth of children, but this remains poorly studied with regard to longitudinal data. Furthermore, the complete impact of such an earthquake involving this unprecedented triple disaster, including the major NPP accident, remains unknown.…”

The impact of natural disasters on children's education: Comparative evidence from Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam

“…First, it compares the effect of natural disasters on children's education and cognitive ability in the four countries using a comparable data set. There are several studies on the impact of disasters on household welfare in these countries: for example, Carter, Little, Mogues, and Negatu () and Yamauchi, Yohannes, and Quisumbing () for the case of Ethiopia; Chhotray and Few (), and Datar, Liu, Linnemayr, and Stecher () for India; Schilderman () and Carey (, ) for Peru; Noy and Vu (2010), Bui, Dungey, Nguyen, and Pham (), and Arouri, Nguyen, and Youssef () for Vietnam. Studies on the impact of natural disasters on children are very limited in this country.…”