Health Impact of Deepwater Horizon Spill in Eastern Gulf Coast Communities

深水地平线石油平台于2010年4月20日爆炸，估计释放了490万 墨西哥湾的石油，到达超过950英里的墨西哥湾海岸线在佛罗里达， 亚拉巴马，路易斯安那和德克萨斯。随着该地区在成功封盖油井后向前移动， 关于石油泄漏对沿着海湾的个人和社区的健康影响的问题仍然存在 海岸在佛罗里达大学（UF）进行的初步社区研究中，有证据表明， 沿着整个海岸线，包括一些地区， 其具有最小或没有实际的油侵入。我们的研究结果强调需要进一步的，持续的 在该地区开展以社区为基础的研究，不仅着眼于石油可能对健康造成的长期影响， 这不仅是一个严重的问题，而且是泄漏事件对人们的长期身心健康的影响。 生活在这些社区。 为解决这些问题，我们成立了一个由社区和学术组织组成的联盟（ 后者包括佛罗里达大学、西佛罗里达大学和南亚拉巴马大学）。工作重点是 佛罗里达和亚拉巴马海湾海岸，从佛罗里达州的锡达基开始，向西移动， 暴露在深水地平线的石油中联合会的目标包括： 1.监测泄漏事件随着时间的推移对个人的心理影响，并确定预测因素 环境创伤后的有利调整（项目1）; 2.对社会脆弱性和复原力进行基于社区的评估（项目2）; 3.评估持续/长期接触碳氢化合物的可能来源，如海产食品（项目3）; 4.与社区保持对话，并将与上述研究有关的主要结果反馈给 社区，以协助恢复进程（外联和传播核心）。

The Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded on April 20, 2010, with an estimated release of 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, reaching more than 950 miles of the gulf coast shoreline in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas. As the region moves forward after successful capping ofthe well, critical questions remain about the health impact ofthe oil spill on individuals and communities along the Gulf Coast. In preliminary community-based studies conducted by University of Florida (UF), there was evidence of widespread community disruption and psychosocial problems along the entire coastline, including areas which had minimal or no actual oil intrusion. Our findings emphasize the need for further, ongoing community-based research in this region, looking not only at possible long-term health effects from the oil itself, but also the impact of the spill event on the long-term physical and psychological health of persons living in these communities. To address these concerns, we have formed a consortium of community and academic organizations (the latter including UF, University of West Florida, and University of South Alabama). Work will focus on the Florida and Alabama Gulf Coasts, beginning at Cedar Key, FL, and moving west, providing a gradient of exposure to oil from Deepwater Horizon. Consortium objectives include the following: 1. To monitor the psychological impact of the spill event on individuals across time, and identify predictors of favorable adjustment after environmental trauma (Project 1); 2. To conduct a community-based assessment of social vulnerability and resiliency (Project 2); 3. To evaluate possible sources of ongoing/chronic hydrocarbon exposure, such as seafood (Project 3); and 4. To maintain dialog with the community, and provide key findings related to the above studies back to the community, to assist in the recovery process (Outreach and Dissemination Core).