Social capital and disaster preparedness among low income Mexican Americans in a disaster prone area

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-60

  Reininger, Belinda M ^a   Rahbar, Mohammad H ^b   Lee, MinJae ^b   Chen, Zhongxue ^b   Alam, Sartaj R ^b   Pope, Jennifer ^a   Adams, Barbara ^c  

^a UT School of Public Health Brownsville   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Fairness; Low income; Mexican Americans; Preparedness; Social capital; Trust

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NATURAL DISASTER; RECIPROCITY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HURRICANE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARRIAGE; POVERTY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875384214     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.01.037     Document Type: Article

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