Objectives. To review how disasters introduce unique challenges to conducting population-based research and community-based participatory research (CBPR).Methods. One example of the use of CBPR within a disaster setting is provided by our experience in conducting a study in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which put 80% of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, under water. 6 In some areas of the city, homes, schools, and streets were flooded for at least 4 to 6 weeks, resulting in widespread mold infestation and fear of a number of illnesses, including childhood asthma. HEAL demonstrated that an evidencebased environmental asthma counselor intervention can be implemented in a postdisaster setting to improve asthma management and assess environmental exposures. We used a novel combination of the efficacious National Cooperative Inner-City Asthma Consortium (NCICAS) asthma counselor intervention 10 and the Inner-City Asthma Study (ICAS) environmental intervention 11 to intervene on 182
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