From U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Image: Unsplash, January 14, 2025
Introduction: The original ask was specifically: “Department of Health and Human Services consider drafting a literature review of the effect that trauma has on students (including but also beyond research related to active shooter drills).” HHS colleagues who met to discuss this ask confirmed that a review of the literature on overall trauma and stress in school-aged children is not helpful to the purpose of the Executive Order and Executive Action (EO and EA), and a focus on mental health and active shooter drills is sufficient for informing the community. The below text are the key articles and research on active shooter drills and health/mental health from experts in the field. To complete the ask, staff from various HHS agencies added annotated context to the citation list and identified if there were missing or incomplete areas of science to add.
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