Breakup of New Orleans Households After Hurricane Katrina

Rendall, Michael S.

doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00837.x

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“…Disparities in food access continue to exist and worsened after the storm (38) which combined with the tendency for mothers to put their needs behind those of their children during disasters, could lead to nutritional deficits (39). An excess of household breakup was documented after Katrina (40), and disaster exposure was associated with partner violence in at least one study (41), which could lead to reduced economic and social support. Finally, consistent with the associations seen with continued worry about the hurricanes, stress and anxiety have frequently been associated with adverse birth outcomes (42).…”

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Birth Outcomes in a Disaster Recovery Environment: New Orleans Women After Katrina

Harville

Giarratano

Savage

et al. 2015

Matern Child Health J

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Objectives To examine how the recovery following Hurricane Katrina affected pregnancy outcomes. Methods 308 New Orleans area pregnant women were interviewed 5-7 years after Hurricane Katrina about their exposure to the disaster (danger, damage, and injury); current disruption; and perceptions of recovery. Birthweight, gestational age, birth length, and head circumference were examined in linear models, and low birthweight (<2500 g) and preterm birth (<37 weeks) in logistic models, with adjustment for confounders. Results Associations were found between experiencing damage during Katrina and birthweight (adjusted beta for high exposure = −158 g) and between injury and gestational age (adjusted beta= −0.5 days). Of the indicators of recovery experience, most consistently associated with worsened birth outcomes was worry that another hurricane would hit the region (adjusted beta for birthweight: −112 g, p=0.08; gestational age: −3.2 days, p=0.02; birth length: −0.65 cm, p=0.06) Conclusions Natural disaster may have long-term effects on pregnancy outcomes. Alternately, women who are most vulnerable to disaster may be also vulnerable to poor pregnancy outcome.

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Birth Outcomes in a Disaster Recovery Environment: New Orleans Women After Katrina

Harville

Giarratano

Savage

et al. 2015

Matern Child Health J

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“…This not only resulted in higher rates of displacement and a lower likelihood of return in the year after the hurricane (Fussell, Sastry, & VanLandingham, 2010; Groen & Polivka, 2010; Paxson & Rouse, 2008), but also higher chances of adverse economic outcomes such as property losses and unemployment (Vigdor, 2007; Zissimopoulos & Karoly, 2010), loss of community and neighborhood ties, having friends and family members who were injured or killed in the disaster, and other associated negative outcomes. Second, displacement in the aftermath of Katrina was associated with a high rate of break-up of households (Rendall, 2011) which may have had particularly acute negative effects for women with young children. Third, children experienced sharp declines in school outcomes in the year after Katrina (Sacerdote, 2012) which, along with other child-related stressors (Lowe, Chan, & Rhodes, 2011), may have contributed to stress for their mothers.…”

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The effect of Hurricane Katrina on the prevalence of health impairments and disability among adults in New Orleans: Differences by age, race, and sex

Sastry

Gregory

2013

Social Science & Medicine

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We examined the effects of Hurricane Katrina on disability-related measures of health among adults from New Orleans, U.S.A., in the year after the hurricane, with a focus on differences by age, race, and sex. Our analysis used data from the American Community Survey to compare disability rates between the pre-Katrina population of New Orleans with the same population in the year after Katrina (individuals were interviewed for the study even if they relocated away from the city). The comparability between the pre-and post-Katrina samples was enhanced by using propensity weights. We found a significant decline in health for the adult population from New Orleans in the year after the hurricane, with the disability rate rising from 20.6% to 24.6%. This increase in disability reflected a large rise in mental impairments and, to a lesser extent, in physical impairments. These increases were, in turn, concentrated among young and middle-aged black females. Stress-related factors likely explain why young and middle-aged black women experienced worse health outcomes, including living in dwellings and communities that suffered the most damage from the hurricane, household breakup, adverse outcomes for their children, and higher susceptibility.

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“…People will be exposed to increasing health hazards, or they can be forced to leave their home (Piguet 2008), or change their family living arrangement (Rendall 2011).…”

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Climate Change and Reproductive Intentions in Europe

Rose¹,

Testa²

2015

Italy in a European Context

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in OF DEMOGRAPHY / 2013 Alessandra De Rose and Maria Rita Testa Climate Change and Reproductive Intentions in Europe AbstractAim of this paper is to investigate the effects of environmental conditions on human reproductive behavior in the highest industrialized countries. We discuss the hypothesis that individuals fearing for a foreseen unhealthy environment tend to delay or forgo childbearing, thus contributing to a reduced ecological footprint. The empirical analysis is based on the Eurobarometer survey carried out in the 27 EU countries in 2011. Multilevel ordinal regression models on additionally intended number of children are used. A random intercept is considered to take into account the clustering of individuals within countries. Results indicate that people's intended number of children is not very strongly correlated with people's concerns about climate change, but if a statistically significant relation is detected, this is positive: the stronger the concern, the higher the intended number of children. This result suggests that the desire to pass an enjoyable and healthy environment to the future generations does not refrain people to plan large families and that the parents' environmental concern can be instrumental in stimulating parents' responsible behaviours and proper policies at institutional level.

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Breakup of New Orleans Households After Hurricane Katrina

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Birth Outcomes in a Disaster Recovery Environment: New Orleans Women After Katrina

Birth Outcomes in a Disaster Recovery Environment: New Orleans Women After Katrina

The effect of Hurricane Katrina on the prevalence of health impairments and disability among adults in New Orleans: Differences by age, race, and sex

Climate Change and Reproductive Intentions in Europe

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