Psychosocial and Health Consequences After Disaster: Human Adaptive Capacities and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

This project focuses on the psychological impact and health consequences of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in commercial fishers and their families currently living in St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes in South Louisiana. This study extends an ongoing program of research on post-Katrina resilience and recovery in current and former residents of St. Bernard, a geographic region that was nearly destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. We have tested 189 current and former residents of the catchment area and 30 non-affected controls living in Baton Rouge, LA. Data collection is completed.

本项目聚焦于“深水地平线”石油泄漏事件对目前居住在路易斯安那州南部圣伯纳德堂区与普拉奎明斯堂区的商业渔民及其家庭的心理影响与健康后果。本研究是对圣伯纳德地区现有及前居民卡特里娜飓风灾后恢复力与重建的持续研究项目的延伸——该地理区域在2005年几乎被卡特里娜飓风摧毁。我们已对研究区域内的189名现有及前居民，以及居住在路易斯安那州巴吞鲁日的30名未受影响对照者完成测试。数据收集工作已全部结束。