Long-Term Mobility and Well-being of New Orleans Residents after Hurricane Katrina

项目摘要 与天气有关的灾害在美国经常发生，但我们对它们的长期行为知之甚少 影响。2005年8月29日袭击新奥尔良的卡特里娜飓风是研究最多的飓风之一。 灾难在美国历史上与大多数健康相关的研究集中在短期的结果，如死亡率， 和心理健康。总的来说，由于缺乏对美国灾害的长期影响的了解， 适当的数据和设计和收集受影响国家的代表性样品的高成本， 灾后人口。这个高度创新的项目克服了科学知识的障碍， 长期的灾害影响，通过使用现有的人口普查，调查和行政数据来构建几个 受卡特里娜飓风影响的新奥尔良人口的纵向人口代表性数据集， 规模大到足以研究小组和样本设计，将产生无偏的结果。的 所产生的纵向数据集将允许对基于压力和社会因素的假设进行检查。 脆弱性理论这些分析将研究住宅的流动性，邻里特征， 经济状况，死亡率和健康结果的卡特里娜飓风影响的新奥尔良居民， 灾后十年（2006-2015年）。研究结果将为设计有效的 减灾和救灾政策，以促进福祉和消除灾害- 受影响的人口。

PROJECT SUMMARY Weather-related disasters are a regular occurrence in the U.S., yet we know very little about their long-term impacts. Hurricane Katrina, which struck New Orleans on August 29, 2005, is one of the most researched disasters in U.S. history with most health-related research focused on short-term outcomes, such as mortality, and mental health. In general, little is known about long-term effects of disasters in the U.S. due to a lack of appropriate data and the high cost of designing and collecting representative samples of the exposed population after a disaster. This highly innovative project overcomes barriers to scientific knowledge about long-term disaster impacts by using existing census, survey, and administrative data to construct several longitudinal population representative data sets for the Katrina-affected New Orleans population with sample sizes large enough to study small groups and sample designs that will produce unbiased results. The longitudinal datasets produced will allow for the examination of hypotheses based in stress and social vulnerability theories. The analyses will examine the residential mobility, neighborhood characteristics, economic status, mortality, and health outcomes of the Katrina-affected residents of New Orleans in the decade following the disaster (2006-2015). The results will provide key information for designing effective disaster mitigation and response policies to promote wellbeing and eliminate health disparities among disaster- affected populations.