Anecdotal accounts and media stories about poor birth outcomes
following a major disaster have as yet not been verified in an
academic context, especially for the United States. If this
relationship is true, the implications are that a population
already disproportionately affected by a disaster might continue to
suffer for literally years to come. The potential for this
disproportionate disaster legacy is no better illustrated than in
the landscapes of post Hurricane Katrina and Rita in Louisiana. In
order to gain insight into whether such a problem may exist for
Louisiana, and by extension any other postdisaster environment,
this book goes back to analyze the pregnancy surfaces for areas
impacted by Hurricane Andrew in 1992. This book will show that in
the Louisiana landscape affected by Hurricane Andrew, proportions
of preterm deliveries did rise, and for different time periods
after landfall. Why - was it because of post-disaster stress? What
are the implications of these findings for recovery operations
after Hurricane Katrina? This book will frame results in a more
general overview of post-disaster health and general birth risks.
The intended audience are students / researchers in public health,
disaster science, social vulnerability and medical geography.
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