Understanding Resilience Attributes for Children, Youth, and Communities in the Wake of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Implementing Organization
Louisiana State University
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$1,929,830
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 will assess the public health impacts of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The goals are 1) Assess the public health and social impacts of the oil spill with a special focus on children and their families; 2) Identify attributes of children and families associated with resilience to negative disaster impacts and, conversely, attributes of children and families associated with vulnerability to negative disaster impacts; 3) Assess the within-unit change (i.e., children and their families) related to impacts, resilience, and vulnerability; 4) Train graduate students in disaster resilience research to help build the next generation of scholars dedicated to these issues; and 5) Make the information generated from this project actionable, facilitate disaster resilience, and mitigate vulnerability.
Contact
Tim SlackNone
timslack76@gmail.com
Project Website
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