Coping with Natural and Technological Disasters: Human Adaptive Capacities after Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Implementing Organization
Louisiana State University
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$150,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)
Funding Program
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative GoMRI Grant Program
Details
Project Category
Science
Project Actions
Public Health Research
Targeted Resources
Human and/or Institutional Capacity
Project Description
This project focuses on the psychological impact and health consequences of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in commercial fishers and their families currently living in St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes in South Louisiana. This study extends an ongoing program of research on post-Katrina resilience and recovery in current and former residents of St. Bernard, a geographic region that was nearly destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. We have tested 164 current and former residents of the catchment area and 30 non-affected controls living in Baton Rouge, LA.
Contact
Katie Cherry225-578-4099
pskatie@lsu.edu
Project Website
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