The geography of post-disaster mental health: Spatial patterning of psychological vulnerability and resilience factors in New York City after Hurricane Sandy

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gruebner, Oliver ^a   Lowe, Sarah R ^a   Sampson, Laura ^b   Galea, Sandro ^b  

^a Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health; Moran's I; Natural disasters; Spatial epidemiology; Spatial regime; Urban

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HURRICANE SANDY 2012; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL DISASTER; PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AGE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW YORK CITY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84964696731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12942-015-0008-6     Document Type: Article

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