Natural Disasters: An Assessment of Family Resiliency Following Hurricane Katrina

Hackbarth, Maria; Pavkov, Thomas W.; Wetchler, Joseph L.; Flannery, Michael

doi:10.1111/j.1752-0606.2011.00227.x

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“…Specific to pregnant women, there have been studies which explored the impact of stressors such as natural disaster (Hackbarth et al, 2012;Harville et al, 2010) and the role of resilience as a protective factor for conditions such as depression in pregnancy (Mautner et al, 2013). There has been little resilience research conducted with inner-city women experiencing pregnancy.…”

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Factors associated with family resilience during pregnancy among inner-city women

Lennon

Heaman

2015

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Factors associated with family resilience during pregnancy among inner-city women

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2015

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“…Individuals experience stress potentially due to witnessing the disaster, sheltering or evacuating, displacement, or disruption to normal routines [17][18][19][20][21]. Households may experience damage to their home, stress on familial relationships when coping with disaster impacts, or changes in household material or financial resources as a result of disaster exposure [22][23][24]. At the social group level, friend, neighbor, or co-worker relationships may be impacted through the sharing of support and resources and changes in social networks may occur due to displacement [25][26][27].…”

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Factors Associated with Food Insecurity Following Hurricane Harvey in Texas

Clay

Ross

2020

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Food insecurity prevalence among disaster-affected households has been found to be higher than state prevalence in non-disaster times. This study applies a socio-ecological model of post-disaster food insecurity to a nested quota sample (n = 1002) recruited for a web survey from 41 Texas counties affected by Hurricane Harvey 12-15 months post-event. This analysis identifies risk and protective factors for food insecurity. Chi-square analysis was used to examine independent associations between individual, household, and social factors with food insecurity. A multivariate logistic model was fitted and adjusted odds ratios are reported. Economic instability (adjusted odds ratio (OR) 2.43; 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 1.73, 3.41), relocation due to Hurricane Harvey (OR 1.89; CI 1.15, 3.09), major home damage (OR 2.11; CI 1.12, 3.98), non-white race -black (OR 1.79; CI 1.01, 3.18), Hispanic (OR 1.67; CI 1.09, 2.54), other race (OR 4.39; CI 1.96, 9.82) -and community-based organization assistance (1.99; 1.11, 3.58) were risk factors while older age (45-64 years: 0.49; 0.32, 0.73; 65+ years 0.40; 0.22, 0.75), better physical health (0.46; 0.29, 0.71), better mental health (0.46; 0.32, 0.67), and high social support (0.37; 0.25, 0.55) were protective against food insecurity. Disaster policies and programs should address the disproportionate burden on households that relocate or have health conditions. Fostering social support networks, especially among relocated populations, may improve disaster health outcomes.

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“…It is vital for healthcare system managers to understand factors that could influence healthcare workers' resilience to disasters and to help mitigate those factors causing the most distress so that surge capacity can be maximized. [17][18][19] In Spring 2011, a powerful Enhanced Fujita (EF) 5 tornado swept through the city of Joplin, Missouri, destroying a section of the city up to a mile wide, killing 158 people, and injuring more than 1,000 others. 20 In addition, the tornado hit directly one of the city's major hospitals, resulting in 6 fatalities and the need for a complete hospital evacuation.…”

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Working After a Tornado: A Survey of Hospital Personnel in Joplin, Missouri

Charney¹,

Rebmann²,

Flood³

2014

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, an

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In 2011, an EF5 tornado hit Joplin, MO, requiring complete evacuation of 1 hospital and a patient surge to another. We sought to assess the resilience of healthcare workers in these hospitals as measured by number reporting to work, willingness to work, personal disaster preparedness, and childcare responsibilities following the disaster. In May 2013, a survey was distributed to healthcare workers at both Joplin hospitals that asked them to report their willingness to work and personal disaster preparedness following various disaster scenarios. For those with childcare responsibilities, scheduling, costs, and impact of hypothetical alternative childcare programs were considered in the analyses. A total of 1,234 healthcare workers completed the survey (response rate: 23.4%). Most (87.8%) worked the week following the Joplin tornado. Healthcare workers report more willingness to work during a future earthquake or tornado compared to their pre-Joplin tornado attitudes (86.2 vs 88.4%, t=-4.3, p<.001; 88.4 vs 90%, t=-3.1, p<.01, respectively), with no change during other scenarios. They expressed significantly higher post-tornado personal disaster preparedness, but only preevent preparedness was a significant predictor of postevent preparedness. Nearly half (48.5%, n=598) had childcare responsibilities; 61% (n=366) had childcare needs the week of the tornado, and 54% (n=198) required the use of alternative childcare. If their hospital had provided alternative childcare, 51% would have used it and 42% felt they would have been more willing to report to work. Most healthcare workers reported to work following this disaster, demonstrating true resilience. Disaster planners should be aware of these perceptions as they formulate their own emergency operation plans.

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Natural Disasters: An Assessment of Family Resiliency Following Hurricane Katrina

Cited by 70 publications

References 37 publications

Factors associated with family resilience during pregnancy among inner-city women

Factors associated with family resilience during pregnancy among inner-city women

Factors Associated with Food Insecurity Following Hurricane Harvey in Texas

Working After a Tornado: A Survey of Hospital Personnel in Joplin, Missouri

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