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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Rachana Seelam

RAND Corporation

Project List:

Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Research Staff

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 2

2019

Ayer, L., Engel, C., Parker, A., Seelam, R., & Ramchand, R. (2019). Behavioral health of Gulf Coast residents six years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: the role of trauma history. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 13(03), 497–503.
Ramchand, R., Seelam, R., Parks, V., Ghosh-Dastidar, B., Lee, M., & Finucane, M. (2019). Exposure to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Associated Resource Loss, and Long-Term Mental and Behavioral Health Outcomes. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 13(5-6), 889–897.

Conference Presentations - 4

2020

Petrun-Sayers, E. L., Parker, A. M., Seelam, R., & Finucane, M. L. (2020). How Disasters Drive Media Channel Preferences: Tracing News Consumption Before, During, and After Hurricane Harvey. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Parker, A. M., Finucane, M. L., Ramchand, R., Slack, T., Ayer, L., Clancy, N., et al. (2019). How Risk-Related Worry Changes over Time: A Longitudinal Survey Across Multiple Disaster Events. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.

2018

Petrun Sayers, E. L., Parker, A. M., Ramchand, R., Finucane, M., Parks, V. A., & Seelam, R. (2018). Reaching vulnerable populations and building trust: Crisis communication in the Gulf of Mexico. In International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference. Orlando, FL : 03/13/17-03/15/17.
Ramchand, R., Seelam, R., Ghosh-Datisdar, B., Nataraj, S., Parker, A., Clancy, N., et al. (2018). Exposure to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, associated resource loss, and long term mental and behavioral health outcomes. In 43rd Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. Broomfield, CO : 07/08/18-07/11/18.