First Year Post-Katrina: Changes in Occupational Performance and Emotional Responses

Taylor, Eve; Jacobs, R.; Marsh, Elizabeth Dinn

doi:10.1080/0164212x.2011.543454

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“…Individuals affected by natural disasters can undergo critical life changes throughout the recovery process and experience both transient and longer-term changes across their selfcare, leisure and productivity occupations (Taylor, Jacobs, & Marsh, 2011;Townsend & Polatajko, 2013). Disasters can have a negative impact upon people's physical, emotional and social well-being and, in turn, have the potential to disrupt the established roles and routines of both individuals and broader communities (AOTA, 2011;Caruana, 2010;Lee, 2014).…”

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Occupational disruption and natural disaster: Finding a ‘new normal’ in a changed context

Sima

Thomas

Lowrie

2017

Journal of Occupational Science

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Abstract:Individuals affected by natural disasters can undergo critical life changes throughout the recovery process. With a forecast increase in frequency and impact of natural disasters it is important to consider the occupational recovery process that individuals experience postdisaster. This qualitative descriptive study explored the experience of occupational disruption and occupational recovery of individuals two years after Cyclone Yasi struck a small, regional town in Northern Queensland, Australia. Nine semi-structured interviews from long-term residents of the town affected by Cyclone Yasi were conducted two years after the event. Interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim and independently coded using thematic analysis by three researchers. Five interrelated themes were identified through this research. These included: 'Recovery occupations'; 'Interruption to leisure and productive occupations'; 'Reconstruction: a second disaster'; 'Occupational liminality' and 'A new normal'. These themes point to a phased process of occupational recovery through which disaster survivors encounter numerous personal and contextual barriers, encumbering their return to re-engagement in meaningful occupational routines. The findings from this research offer insights into the support needs of both individuals and communities as they endeavour to overcome challenges associated with the recovery process.

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Occupational disruption and natural disaster: Finding a ‘new normal’ in a changed context

Sima

Thomas

Lowrie

2017

Journal of Occupational Science

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“…Indeed, disasters are extremely stressful for women in charge of children, particularly when it comes to providing stability throughout the recovery process. Women also exhibit worry about children's health following a disaster (Dewan, 2008;Taylor, Jacobs, and Marsh, 2011), as children may suffer anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress (Terasaka et al, 2015), as well as physical health issues owing, inter alia, to contamination and toxic environments (Peek and Fothergill, 2009;Morioka, 2014).…”

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Women's experiences across disasters: a study of two towns in Texas, United States

Villarreal

Meyer

2019

Disasters

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Gender, although gaining attention, remains under‐researched in disaster risk reduction protocols and response and recovery efforts. This study examines women's experiences of two disasters in small towns in the United States, utilising qualitative interviews with residents of Granbury and West, Texas, during the first year of disaster recovery. Granbury was struck by an EF‐4 tornado on 15 May 2013, whereas an explosion occurred at a local fertiliser facility in West on 17 April 2013. The paper explores how women's experiences of inter‐gender power dynamics in decision‐making, the prioritisation of childcare, and women's participation in the community affect their post‐disaster recovery. Previous research highlights different forms of human response and recovery vis‐à‐vis ‘natural’ and technological disasters, with less attention paid to gender differences. The results point to the persistent, and similar, effect of gender stratification on women's experiences across different types of disasters in the US and the continued importance of gender‐sensitive disaster policies and programmes.

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“…Less common is research on organizational communication and employee performance around emergency events. Exceptions include the Taylor et al (2011) work on the effect of Hurricane Katrina on satisfaction with the occupational performance and emotional state of New Orleans residents in the year after the hurricane and Downing's (2007) study of American Airlines' communication efforts to rebuild employee morale after the 9/11 tragedy.…”

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EPPM and Willingness to Respond: The Role of Risk and Efficacy Communication in Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Systems

Barnett

Thompson

Semon

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Health Communication

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This study examines the attitudinal impact of an Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM)-based training curriculum on local public health department (LHD) workers' willingness to respond to representative public health emergency scenarios. Data are from 71 U.S. LHDs in urban and rural settings across nine states. The study explores changes in response willingness and EPPM threat and efficacy appraisals between randomly assigned control versus intervention health departments, at baseline and 1 week post curriculum, through an EPPM-based survey/resurvey design. Levels of response willingness and emergency response-related attitudes/beliefs are measured. Analyses focus on two scenario categories that have appeared on a U.S. government list of scenarios of significant concern: a weather-related emergency and a radiological "dirty" bomb event (U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2007). The greatest impact from the training intervention on response willingness was observed among LHD workers who had low levels of EPPM-related threat and efficacy perceptions at baseline. Self-efficacy and response efficacy and response willingness increased in intervention LHDs for both scenarios, with greater response willingness increases observed for the radiological "dirty" bomb terrorism scenario. Findings indicate the importance of building efficacy versus enhancing threat perceptions as a path toward greater response willingness, and suggest the potential applicability of such curricular interventions for boosting emergency response willingness among other cadres of health providers.

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First Year Post-Katrina: Changes in Occupational Performance and Emotional Responses

Cited by 11 publications

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Occupational disruption and natural disaster: Finding a ‘new normal’ in a changed context

Occupational disruption and natural disaster: Finding a ‘new normal’ in a changed context

Women's experiences across disasters: a study of two towns in Texas, United States

EPPM and Willingness to Respond: The Role of Risk and Efficacy Communication in Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Systems

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