The impact of major disasters on children and youth has not been widely studied. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which hit 10 years ago this week, University of Vermont and Colorado State University researchers conducted a multi-year study into how the hurricane impacted the lives of the hundreds of thousands of children displaced by the storm. UVM Associate Professor of Sociology Alice Fothergill, co-author of the book Children of Katrina, tells WAMC North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley it is the first significant study focused on children following a major disaster.
Children of Katrina, by Alice Fothergill and Lori Peek, is published by University of Texas Press.