Social capital and chronic post-traumatic stress disorder among survivors of the 2007 earthquake in Pisco, Peru

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-17

  Flores, Elaine C ^a,b   Carnero, Andres M ^a   Bayer, Angela M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN MARTÍN DE PORRES   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Peru; Post traumatic; Social capital; Social support; Stress disorders

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CITIZENSHIP; COGNITION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INJURY; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; HEALTH STATUS; PERU EARTHQUAKE 2007; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CITIZENSHIP; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTER; PERU; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT; ADAPTED SOCIAL CAPITAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CIVILIAN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST; COGNITION; COGNITIVE SOCIAL CAPITAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; STRUCTURAL SOCIAL CAPITAL; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ICA; PERU; PISCO;

EARTHQUAKES; PERU; POST-TRAUMATIC; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894105141     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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