Medium-term post-Katrina health sequelae among New Orleans residents: Predictors of poor mental and physical health

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2335-2342

  Kim, Son Chae ^a   Plumb, Ruth ^a   Gredig, Quynh Nga ^a   Rankin, Larry ^a   Taylor, Barbara ^a  

^a POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster planning; Mental health; Nurses; Nursing; Policy; Public health nursing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL DISASTERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49749115269     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02317.x     Document Type: Article

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