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Psycho-Social and Educational Impact of Flood among School Going Children

Chittaranjan Subudhi , Greeshma PV , Chittaranjan Subudhi ,

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Journal of Social Welfare and Management 12(1):p 15-24, January-March 2020. | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jswm.0975.0231.12120.2

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Greeshma PV, Chittaranjan Subudhi. Psycho-Social and Educational Impact of Flood among School Going Children. J Soc Welfare Manag. 2020;12(1):15–24.

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Background: Disasters being unanticipated events by their nature results in extremely destructive consequences. It disrupts the lives of trillions and among which children are the most vulnerable. There is a need for a study of the impacts of those events in the current society especially among children where always interventions used to meet their needs and demands are based on top-down approaches. The disasters especially, floods have a huge impact in all spheres of life including psychological, social and educational and its effects may persist for life long if not intervened properly. This study plan to measure the psycho-social and educational impact of flood among schoolgoing children in Kerala in the background of 2018 flood. Methods: Semi-structured Quantitative questionnaires along with CRIES 13 Scale was used among the floodaffected students under Aluva Sub-district who were in rehabilitation camps using random sampling with a size of 100 samples. The results of focused group discussions conducted among children and their class in charges were also accustomed to support the data. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 was used to analyze data. Results: After six month of event 60% of the participants (41% of female and 19% of male) started to show PTSD symptoms. Lack of psychological first aid and counselling had impacted in absentism in schools after re-opening and children have reported poor concentration and other symptoms of psychological disorder in a context where they had lost properties, notebooks, uniforms, family members, close friends, pets, damaged school buildings and their family background where most of the parents are working in the informal sectors and are suffering to rebuild their homes. Conclusion and Suggestions: The study established that floods impacted is more among girls than boys. It is also evident that the basic needs of the children were not taken into consideration in the camps and it’s a violation of their fundamental rights to survival, development and protection. The study suggests that every child need to be given training on disaster risk reduction and prevention measures to avoid trauma after the disaster. It needs to be a mandatory part of the curriculum and policies.

 

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Greeshma PV, Chittaranjan Subudhi. Psycho-Social and Educational Impact of Flood among School Going Children. J Soc Welfare Manag. 2020;12(1):15–24.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jswm.0975.0231.12120.2

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Disaster; Flood; Psycho-Social; Children.

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