Disparities in health effects and access to health care among Houston area residents after Hurricane Harvey

AB Flores, TW Collins, SE Grineski… - Public health …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives Although research shows that public health is substantially affected during and
after disasters, few studies have examined the health effects of Hurricane Harvey, which …

Mental health effects in primary care patients 18 months after a major wildfire in Fort McMurray: risk increased by social demographic issues, clinical antecedents, and …

S Moosavi, B Nwaka, I Akinjise, SE Corbett… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: To assess prevalence of likely posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major
depressive disorder (MDD), and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in patients attending …

Hurricane Harvey and Greater Houston households: comparing pre‐event preparedness with post‐event health effects, event exposures, and recovery

SE Grineski, AB Flores, TW Collins, J Chakraborty - Disasters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Most disaster studies rely on convenience sampling and 'after‐only'designs to assess
impacts. This paper, focusing on Hurricane Harvey (2017) and leveraging a pre‐/post‐event …

Coping with post-hurricane mental distress: The role of neighborhood green space

D Li, G Newman, T Zhang, R Zhu, J Horney - Social science & medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Although increases in the prevalence of mental distress have been reported
after natural disasters, less is known about the role the environment may play in mitigating …

Mental health impacts of wildfire, flooding and Covid-19 on Fort McMurray school board staff and other employees: A comparative study

B Agyapong, E Eboreime, R Shalaby… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Fort McMurray, a city in northern Alberta, Canada, has experienced multiple
traumas in the last five years, including the 2016 wildfire, the 2020 floods, and the COVID-19 …

Mental health impacts of hurricane Harvey: Examining the roles of intimate partner violence and resilience

JM First, KE Ravi, S Smith-Frigerio… - Social Work …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Prior research has found that the prevalence and severity of intimate partner violence (IPV)
increase in communities experiencing a disaster. Less studied are the associations between …

Examining the Effectiveness of the Transdiagnostic Unified Protocol for Emotional Disorders Delivered to Youth Following Hurricane Harvey

AR Goetz, SM Kennedy, M Kook, AG Guzick… - Child & Youth Care …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Hurricane Harvey struck southeast Texas in August 2017 resulting in
widespread destruction and significant emotional distress. Objective We examined the …

Hurricane Research in the Mental Health Literature: A Bibliometric Analysis of Investigatory Domains.

C Piotrowski - North American Journal of Psychology, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
Little is known about the breadth and scope of the structure of published scholarship on the
specific topic of hurricanes. The current study addresses this issue by conducting a content …

Psychopharmacology utilization among children with anxiety and obsessive–compulsive and related disorders following Hurricane Katrina

EA Storch, S Gregory, A Salloum, T Quast - Child Psychiatry & Human …, 2018 - Springer
This study aimed to examine the impact of Hurricane Katrina exposure on medication
utilization among children with pre-existing anxiety and obsessive–compulsive and related …

Impact of Hurricanes on Mental Health

O Olayinka, M Akpinar-Elci - Extreme Weather Events and Human Health …, 2020 - Springer
Hurricanes are among the leading natural disasters in the USA and are associated with
significant psychological distress and mental disorders. Hence, understanding the …