Studies Examine Public Health Issues Following Deepwater Horizon
Large environmental disasters can have a wide range of impacts on communities in affected areas, yet we have a limited understanding about how disasters affect public health.
Sociologists Link Lessons from Deepwater Horizon to Long-Term Coronavirus Impacts
Investigations into health impacts stemming from Deepwater Horizon may provide insights as to what we might anticipate later from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Study: Fishing Households Experienced Depressive Symptoms Despite Social Support after Oil Spill
Researchers conducted a survey of more than 2,500 U.S. Gulf Coast residents to learn how their lives have been affected since Deepwater Horizon.
Grad Student Keating Surveys Children and Families for Long-Term Oil Spill Impacts
Following the Deepwater Horizon incident, the National Center for Disaster Preparedness surveyed households in highly-affected areas of Louisiana to track the event’s impacts on the physical and social health of coastal families and their communities.
New program aims to strengthen disaster response in coastal parishes
A new fellowship program organized by Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and Tulane University’s ByWater Institute aims to bolster disaster response efforts in Louisiana’s coastal parishes.
Building Disaster Resilient Gulf Communities
How can communities build resilience to adverse events such as oil spills or hurricanes? A community’s ability to buffer or counteract stressors that disasters may cause or worsen depends on its people having and using social resources and networks.