Conceptualizing health consequences of hurricane Katrina from the perspective of socioeconomic status decline

Health Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139-146

  Joseph, Nataria T ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^b   Myers, Hector F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiometabolic; Disaster; Mental health; SES; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HURRICANE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NATURAL DISASTER; NEIGHBORHOOD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PSYCINFO; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVOR; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHRONIC PAIN; CYCLONIC STORMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISASTERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEW ORLEANS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84893110567     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031661     Document Type: Article

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