Parental Education and Child Physical Health Following the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Purpose: To assess whether trajectories of children’s physical health problems differ by parental college degree attainment in Louisiana areas highly impacted by the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill (BP-DHOS). Design: Three waves of panel data (2014, 2016, and 2018) from the Gulf Coast Population Impact / Resilient Children, Youth, and Communities studies. Setting: BP-DHOS-impacted … Continue reading “Parental Education and Child Physical Health Following the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill” Learn More
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Exposure, Industry Sector, and Child Health The historic 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (DHOS) led to public distress regarding potential impacts on children in nearby Gulf Coast communities. Using a community-based South Louisiana panel study of households with children, we examined the effect of fishing industry employment on changes in a subjective measure of general child health and whether economic … Continue reading “Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Exposure, Industry Sector, and Child Health” Learn More
Disparate effects of BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill exposure on psychological resilience A growing body of research has demonstrated links between exposure to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill (DHOS) and negative consequences for well-being in the impacted region. We contribute to this literature by investigating the relationship between exposure to the DHOS (i.e., physical and economic) and subsequent perceptions of the ability to cope with adverse … Continue reading “Disparate effects of BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill exposure on psychological resilience” Learn More
Family Resilience Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Theory and Evidence Family resilience raises the question of how family units adapt to external shocks. One notable form of such shocks are disasters. Research shows that disasters are occurring with greater frequency and severity throughout the world. Natural and human-made hazards pose an ongoing threat to positive family functioning everywhere, making it difficult to ignore the importance … Continue reading “Family Resilience Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Theory and Evidence” Learn More
Families Coping With Financial Loss Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Objective: This study examines family strategies for coping and adaptation to social disruption from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill (DHOS) in south Louisiana. Background: The DHOS is a technological disaster of unprecedented scale and ongoing impact, including the socioeconomic disruption of families. Method: Using data from focus groups, grounded‐theory methods informed a thematic analysis … Continue reading “Families Coping With Financial Loss Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill” Learn More
Family Resilience Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Theory and Evidence Family resilience raises the question of how family units adapt to external shocks. One notable form of such shocks are disasters. Research shows that disasters are occurring with greater frequency and severity throughout the world. Natural and human-made hazards pose an ongoing threat to positive family functioning everywhere, making it difficult to ignore the importance … Continue reading “Family Resilience Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Theory and Evidence” Learn More
Deepwater Horizon oil spill exposure and child health: a longitudinal analysis The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill (DHOS) created widespread concern about threats to health among residents of the Louisiana Gulf Coast. This study uses data from the Resilient Children, Youth, and Communities study—a longitudinal cohort survey of households with children in DHOS-affected areas of South Louisiana—to consider the effect of DHOS exposure on health trajectories … Continue reading “Deepwater Horizon oil spill exposure and child health: a longitudinal analysis” Learn More
Gulf Coast parents speak: children’s health in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill This paper examines the physical and mental health of children following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (DHOS). A multi-stage sampling design was used to select households for inclusion in the study. Data were obtained from parental interviews (n = 720) in the harder-hit areas of Louisiana in the US Gulf Coast. Three out of five parents reported … Continue reading “Gulf Coast parents speak: children’s health in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill” Learn More
Online community discourse during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: an analysis of Twitter interactions Following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on April 20, 2010, information was widely broadcast through social media platforms such as Twitter. This study aimed to gain insights into the content and flow of the tweets that had shaped the conversation related to the oil spill within the first 4 months of the rig explosion and … Continue reading “Online community discourse during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: an analysis of Twitter interactions” Learn More
Children’s Health after the Oil Spill: A Four-State Study Findings from the Gulf Coast Population Impact (GCPI) Project In 2012, with funding from the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP) at Columbia University, in partnership with the Children’s Health Fund, launched a four-state study in order (1) to identify communities of children in the coastal areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida who were adversely impacted by the … Continue reading “Children’s Health after the Oil Spill: A Four-State Study Findings from the Gulf Coast Population Impact (GCPI) Project” Learn More
Impact on Children and Families of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Preliminary Findings of the Coastal Population Impact Study Although the ruptured Deepwater Horizon oil well was capped on July 15, 2010, an estimated 3 to 5 million barrels of oil spilled in to the Gulf of Mexico over a three-month period. Several surveys prior to the capping of the well documented the concerns and immediate effects of the oil spill on coastal residents. … Continue reading “Impact on Children and Families of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Preliminary Findings of the Coastal Population Impact Study” Learn More
