Longitudinal study of changing psychological outcomes following the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires

Bryant, Richard A.; Gibbs, Lisa; Gallagher, H. Colin; Pattison, Philippa; Lusher, Dean; MacDougall, Colin; Harms, Louise; Block, Karen; Sinnott, Vikki; Ireton, Greg; Richardson, John F.; Forbes, David

doi:10.1177/0004867417714337

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“…In a longitudinal cohort of adults in Australia, it has been demonstrated that other life stressors are important modifiers of the relationship between fire exposure and psychopathology, with those who have more stressors being both less likely to recover if they have major depression or PTSD early following a wildfire, and more likely to develop late symptoms if not present early on [65]. This, again, argues that much of the mental health effects related to wildfires may be mediated by stress rather than due to a specific toxicant exposure.…”

Section: Health Effects Of Other Aspects Of Wildfire Disastersmentioning

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Health effects of wildfire smoke in children and public health tools: a narrative review

Holm

Miller

Balmes

2020

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

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Wildfire smoke is an increasing environmental health threat to which children are particularly vulnerable, for both physiologic and behavioral reasons. To address the need for improved public health messaging this review summarizes current knowledge and knowledge gaps in the health effects of wildfire smoke in children, as well as tools for public health response aimed at children, including consideration of low-cost sensor data, respirators, and exposures in school environments. There is an established literature of health effects in children from components of ambient air pollution, which are also present in wildfire smoke, and an emerging literature on the effects of wildfire smoke, particularly for respiratory outcomes. Low-cost particulate sensors demonstrate the spatial variability of pollution, including wildfire smoke, where children live and play. Surgical masks and respirators can provide limited protection for children during wildfire events, with expected decreases of roughly 20% and 80% for surgical masks and N95 respirators, respectively. Schools should improve filtration to reduce exposure of our nation's children to smoke during wildfire events. The evidence base described may help clinical and public health authorities provide accurate information to families to improve their decision making.

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Health effects of wildfire smoke in children and public health tools: a narrative review

Holm

Miller

Balmes

2020

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

138

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“…The size and severity of the event often undermines the capacity of systems and services to respond, resulting in significant loss of infrastructure and facilities. The subsequent ongoing stressors and social disruption add to the trauma of the original event and can reduce mental health and well‐being for years afterward (Bonanno, Brewin, Kaniasty, & La Greca, ; Bryant et al., ; Bryant et al., ). In addition to the direct threats of the disaster experienced by adults, children can experience specific challenges associated with different stages of physical, mental, emotional, cognitive, and social stages of development (Anderson, ; Bonanno et al., ; Peek, ).…”

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Delayed Disaster Impacts on Academic Performance of Primary School Children

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Nursey

Cook³

et al. 2019

Child Development

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Social disruption caused by natural disasters often interrupts educational opportunities for children. However, little is known about children's learning in the following years. This study examined change in academic scores for children variably exposed to a major bushfire in Australia. Comparisons were made between children attending high, medium, and low disaster‐affected primary schools 2–4 years after the disaster (n = 24,642; 9–12 years). The results showed that in reading and numeracy expected gains from Year 3 to Year 5 scores were reduced in schools with higher levels of bushfire impact. The findings highlight the extended period of academic impact and identify important opportunities for intervention in the education system to enable children to achieve their academic potential.

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“…Contamination of drinking water supplies and shortages were common in many bushfire-affected areas (Lal 2020). For rural communities in affected areas, whose resilience was already affected by the ongoing drought (Austin et al 2018) or the experience of previous major bushfires (Bryant et al 2018), the 2019-20 bushfires imposed significant mental burdens. The required service mix changed as a result of the fires, with more people requiring mental health services (Public Health Association of Australia 2020).…”

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Towards resilient health systems for increasing climate extremes: insights from the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season

Lal

Patel

Hunter

et al. 2021

Int. J. Wildland Fire

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Longitudinal study of changing psychological outcomes following the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires

Cited by 77 publications

References 43 publications

Health effects of wildfire smoke in children and public health tools: a narrative review

Health effects of wildfire smoke in children and public health tools: a narrative review

Delayed Disaster Impacts on Academic Performance of Primary School Children

Towards resilient health systems for increasing climate extremes: insights from the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season

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