Survey of New Orleans Residents Displaced by Hurricane Katrina

描述（由申请人提供）：卡特里娜飓风于 2005 年 8 月 29 日上午袭击了路易斯安那州新奥尔良。所造成的流离失所规模是巨大的：该市 455,000 人的全部人口被迫离开城市并重新定居，其中一些人暂时离开，另一些人永久离开。飓风造成的损失是巨大的，而且还在继续蔓延。尽管这一事件发生在两年前，但对许多科学和政策利益重大主题的研究才刚刚开始，但由于缺乏适当的数据而受到阻碍。评估飓风影响和规划恢复的关键需要是获取有关流离失所的新奥尔良居民的行踪、状况、健康和福祉的代表性数据。居民的分散使得这是一项极具挑战性的任务。然而，这些数据对于研究人员、政策制定者和公众来说价值非常高。在这个响应 PA-06-454“灾害与健康的行为和社会研究”的项目中，我们将对因卡特里娜飓风而流离失所的新奥尔良居民进行调查，分析结果并传播数据。该项目的具体目标是开展新奥尔良流离失所居民研究（DNORS）；分析结果，重点关注不响应的水平、来源和模式，以及卡特里娜飓风前新奥尔良居民的流离失所、返回或重新安置；清理、记录、增强和传播 DNORS 数据，并鼓励和支持数据用户。公共卫生相关性：本研究将开展新奥尔良流离失所居民研究 (DNORS)，该研究以卡特里娜飓风前该市居民的代表性样本为基础，并对有孩子的贫困家庭进行了过度抽样，并将跟踪和采访受访者目前居住的地方。研究结果将提供有关卡特里娜飓风发生时居住在新奥尔良的儿童和家庭的行踪、健康和福祉的宝贵信息，包括飓风后四年内短期和中期结果的信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Louisiana, on the morning of August 29, 2005. The magnitude of the displacement that resulted was immense: the city's entire population of 455,000 was forced to leave the city and resettle, which some did temporarily and others permanently. The toll from the hurricane was enormous and continues to unfold. Even though this event occurred two years ago, research on many major topics of scientific and policy interest is only just beginning but is hampered by a lack of appropriate data. A critical need in assessing the impact of the hurricane and in planning a recovery is to obtain representative data on the whereabouts, status, health, and well-being of displaced New Orleans residents. The dispersion of residents makes this an extremely challenging undertaking. However, the value of these data for researchers, policymakers, and the public is extraordinarily high. In this project, which responds to PA-06-454 "Behavioral and Social Research on Disasters and Health," we will conduct a survey of New Orleans residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina, analyze the results, and disseminate the data. The specific aims of the project are to field the Displaced New Orleans Residents Study (DNORS); to analyze the results, focusing on the levels, sources, and patterns of non-response and on the displacement and return or resettlement of pre-Katrina residents of New Orleans; and to clean, document, enhance, and disseminate the DNORS data and encourage and support users of the data. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This study will field the Displaced New Orleans Residents Study (DNORS), which is based on a representative sample of pre-Katrina residents of the city with an oversample of poor families with children and will track and interview respondents wherever they currently reside. Study results will provide valuable information on the whereabouts, health, and well-being of children and families who lived in New Orleans at the time of Hurricane Katrina, including information on short- and medium-term outcomes over a period of up four years following the hurricane.