Disasters

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A school-based post-Katrina therapeutic intervention. 
  • Adolescent health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the global burden of disease 2015 study. 
  • After Harvey, Irma, and Maria, an Opportunity for Better Health-Rebuilding Our Communities as We Want Them. 
  • An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report: Chemical Inhalational Disasters. Biology of Lung Injury, Development of Novel Therapeutics, and Medical Preparedness. 
  • Associations among disaster exposure, intimate relationship adjustment, and PTSD symptoms: can disaster exposure enhance a relationship? 
  • Carbon monoxide poisoning in the aftermath of hurricane Fran. 
  • Case discussion--religion and coping with natural disaster. 
  • Changes in children's behavior after a natural disaster. 
  • Childhood trauma is associated with depressive symptoms in Mexico City women. 
  • Climate Change, deforestation and the fate of the Amazon 
  • Community destruction and traumatic stress in post-tsunami Indonesia. 
  • Coping with a challenging environment: effects of seasonal variability and reproductive status on glucocorticoid concentrations of female baboons (Papio cynocephalus). 
  • Creating Healthy Communities after Disasters. 
  • Derivation of the SPAN, a brief diagnostic screening test for post-traumatic stress disorder. 
  • Development of a criteria set and a structured interview for disorders of extreme stress (SIDES). 
  • Developmental trajectories of externalizing and internalizing behaviors: factors underlying resilience in physically abused children. 
  • Disability as an Emerging Public Health Crisis in Postearthquake Nepal. 
  • Disaster Preparedness and Response for the Burn Mass Casualty Incident in the Twenty-first Century. 
  • Disaster risk, social vulnerability, and economic development. 
  • Drought, snails, and large-scale die-off of southern U.S. salt marshes. 
  • Earthquake response and psychosocial health outcomes: applying lessons from integrating systems of care and recovery to Haiti. 
  • Ecosystem impacts of three sequential hurricanes (Dennis, Floyd, and Irene) on the United States' largest lagoonal estuary, Pamlico Sound, NC. 
  • Emergency response system in the United States. 
  • Emotional distress in fifth-grade children ten months after a natural disaster. 
  • Environmental impacts of the Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston coal ash spill. 1. Source apportionment using mercury stable isotopes. 
  • Environmental impacts of the Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston coal ash spill. 2. Effect of coal ash on methylmercury in historically contaminated river sediments. 
  • Epidemiology of child traumatic stress. 
  • Exposure and peritraumatic response as predictors of posttraumatic stress in children following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. 
  • Feasibility and effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in preschool children: two case reports. 
  • Fire cycles in North American interior grasslands and their relation to prairie drought. 
  • Foreword. After the tsunami: mental health challenges to the community for today and tomorrow. 
  • Full and partial PTSD among earthquake survivors in rural Taiwan. 
  • Genetics of drought adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana: I. Pleiotropy contributes to genetic correlations among ecological traits. 
  • Guidelines for international training in mental health and psychosocial interventions for trauma exposed populations in clinical and community settings. 
  • How long did their hearts go on? A Titanic study. 
  • Humanitarian response following the earthquake in Haiti: reflections on unprecedented need for rehabilitation. 
  • Hurricane-loaded soil: effects on nitric oxide emissions from soil. 
  • ISEA2007 panel: integration of better exposure characterizations into disaster preparedness for responders and the public. 
  • Implications of a gap between demand and supply for rehabilitation in post-earthquake Haiti. 
  • Improving adjustment and resilience in children following a disaster: Addressing research challenges. 
  • Injuries from the 2002 North Carolina ice storm, and strategies for prevention. 
  • International aid and natural disasters: a pre- and post-earthquake longitudinal study of the healthcare infrastructure in Leogane, Haiti. 
  • Introduction: spirituality and catastrophe. 
  • Lessons from the 2015 earthquake(s) in Nepal: implication for rehabilitation. 
  • Loss of resources and hurricane experience as predictors of postpartum depression among women in southern Louisiana. 
  • Mangroves protected villages and reduced death toll during Indian super cyclone. 
  • Mass trauma: disasters, terrorism, and war. 
  • Mental health and psychosocial problems in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquakes: findings from a representative cluster sample survey. 
  • Mental health and recovery in the Gulf Coast after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. 
  • Mental health in Sumatra after the tsunami. 
  • Modification effects of coping on post-traumatic morbidity among earthquake rescuers. 
  • N. plumbaginifolia zeaxanthin epoxidase transgenic lines have unaltered baseline ABA accumulations in roots and xylem sap, but contrasting sensitivities of ABA accumulation to water deficit. 
  • Native root xylem embolism and stomatal closure in stands of Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine: mitigation by hydraulic redistribution. 
  • PTSD symptom clusters associated with physical health and health care utilization in rural primary care patients exposed to natural disaster. 
  • Pharmacologic treatment of acute and chronic stress following trauma: 2006. 
  • Physician's role in addressing spiritual needs. 
  • Planning and response to radiation exposures. 
  • Post-earthquake Haiti: the critical role for rehabilitation services following a humanitarian crisis. 
  • Posttraumatic distress and coping strategies among rescue workers after an earthquake. 
  • Posttraumatic stress responses in bereaved children after the Oklahoma City bombing. 
  • Practical assessment and evaluation of mental health problems following a mass disaster. 
  • Pre-Post Tornado Effects on Aggressive Children's Psychological and Behavioral Adjustment Through One-Year Postdisaster. 
  • Predictors of posttraumatic outcomes following the 1999 Taiwan earthquake. 
  • Predictors of treatment response in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Psychological needs of disaster survivors and families. 
  • Rare disasters and risk attitudes: international differences and implications for integrated assessment modeling. 
  • SMBE proposal to the government of Japan. 
  • Serious emotional disturbance among youths exposed to Hurricane Katrina 2 years postdisaster. 
  • Should palliative care be a necessity or a luxury during an overwhelming health catastrophe? 
  • Spinal cord injury in postearthquake Haiti: lessons learned and future needs. 
  • Surviving Hurricane Fran and remembering lessons for daily living. 
  • Surviving disaster: what comes after the trauma? 
  • Surviving the Silver Tsunami: Training a Health Care Workforce to Care for North Carolina's Aging Population. 
  • Symptoms of neurasthenia following earthquake trauma: re-examination of a discarded syndrome. 
  • The NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences Data Resource Portal: placing advanced technologies in service to vulnerable communities. 
  • The effects of mortality on fertility: population dynamics after a natural disaster. 
  • The extent and impact of mental health problems after disaster. 
  • The impact of the Tsunami on hospitalizations at the tertiary care hospital in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. 
  • The impact of trauma and disaster on young children. 
  • The pediatrician and disaster preparedness. 
  • The pediatrician and disaster preparedness. 
  • The reappearance hypothesis revisited: recurrent involuntary memories after traumatic events and in everyday life. 
  • The response of an assertive community treatment program following a natural disaster. 
  • The terror part of terrorism. 
  • Trends in serious emotional disturbance among youths exposed to Hurricane Katrina. 
  • Triage for the neurosurgeon. 
  • When disaster strikes: responding to the needs of children. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Dodge, Kenneth A., William McDougall Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Studies, Duke Science & Society
  • Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Landry, Michel Daniel, Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics, Physical Therapy
  • Vengosh, Avner, Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University Energy Initiative
  • Weisenfeld, Gennifer, Professor in the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Asian Pacific Studies Institute