Mississippi front-line recovery work after Hurricane Katrina: An analysis of the intersections of gender, race, and class in advocacy, power relations, and health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1833-1841

  Weber, Lynn ^a   Hilfinger Messias, DeAnne K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy work; Burnout; Class; Disaster recovery; Gender; Health disparities; Hurricane Katrina; Intersectionality; Race; Social justice; USA

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; CLASS; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GENDER; HEALTH RISK; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; MARGINALIZATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POWER RELATIONS; RACE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COOPERATION; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMINIST INTERSECTIONAL FRAMEWORK; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENDER; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; HURRICANE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERSECTIONALITY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLITICS; POWER RELATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INEQUALITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CYCLONIC STORMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MISSISSIPPI; RELIEF WORK; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

GULF COAST [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860243304     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.08.034     Document Type: Article

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