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Funding Source: Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)

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Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC)

Journal Articles - 18

2021

Sandifer, P., Ferguson, A., Finucane, M., Partyka, M., Solo-Gabriele, H., Hayward Walker, A., et al. (2021). Human Health and Socioeconomic Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Oceanog, 34(1), 174–191.

2020

Cope, M. R., Slack, T., Blanchard, T. C., Lee, M. R., & Jackson, J. E. (2020). The Louisiana Community Oil Spill Survey (COSS) dataset. Data in Brief, 30, 105390.
Cope, M. R., Slack, T., Jackson, J. E., & Parks, V. (2020). Community sentiment following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster: A test of time, systemic community, and corrosive community models. Journal of Rural Studies, 74, 124–132.
Drakeford, L., Parks, V., Slack, T., Ramchand, R., Finucane, M., & Lee, M. R. (2020). Oil Spill Disruption and Problem Drinking: Assessing the Impact of Religious Context among Gulf Coast Residents. Popul Res Policy Rev, 39(1), 119–146.
Finucane, M. L., Blum, M., Ramchand, R., Parker, A. M., Nataraj, S., Clancy, N., et al. (2020). Advancing Community Resilience Research and Practice: Moving from “Me” to “We” to “3D”. Journal of Risk Research, 23(1), 1–10.
Liddell, J. L., Saltzman, L. Y., Ferreira, R. J., & Lesen, A. E. (2020). Cumulative disaster exposure, gender and the protective action decision model. Progress in Disaster Science, 5, 100042.
Lightfoot, E. S., Lesen, A. E., & Ferreira, R. J. (2020). Gender and resilience in Gulf Coast communities: Risk and protective factors following a technological disaster. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 50, 101716.
Parker, A. M., Edelman, A. F., Carman, K. G., & Finucane, M. L. (2020). Commentary: On the Need for Prospective Disaster Survey Panels. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 14(3), 299–301.
Parker, A. M., Finucane, M. L., Ayer, L., Ramchand, R., Parks, V. A., & Clancy, N. (2020). Persistent risk-related worry as a function of recalled exposure to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and prior trauma. Risk Analysis, 40(3), 624–637.
Parks, V., Slack, T., Ramchand, R., Drakeford, L., Finucane, M. L., & Lee, M. R. (2020). Fishing Households, Social Support, and Depression after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Rural Sociology, 85(2), 495–518.
Slack, T., Parks, V., Ayer, L., Parker, A. M., Finucane, M. L., & Ramchand, R. (2020). Natech or natural? An analysis of hazard perceptions, institutional trust, and future-storm worry following Hurricane Harvey. Nat Hazards, 102(3), 1207–1224.

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.
Lesen, A., Tucker, C., Olson, M., & Ferreira, R. (2019). 'Come Back at Us': Reflections on Researcher-Community Partnerships during a Post-Oil Spill Gulf Coast Resilience Study. Social Sciences, 8(1), 8.
Petrun Sayers, E. L., Parker, A. M., Ramchand, R., Finucane, M. L., Parks, V., & Seelam, R. (2019). Reaching Vulnerable Populations in the Disaster Prone U.S. Gulf Coast: Communicating Across the Crisis Lifecycle. JEM, 17(4), 271–284.
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.

2018

Parks, V., Drakeford, L., Cope, M. R., & Slack, T. (2018). Disruption of Routine Behaviors Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Society & Natural Resources, 31(3), 277–290.
Patel, M., Saltzman, L., Ferreira, R., & Lesen, A. (2018). Resilience: Examining the Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on the Gulf Coast Vietnamese American Community. Social Sciences, 7(10), 203.

2017

Nicholls, K., Picou, S. J., & McCord, S. C. (2017). Training Community Health Workers to Enhance Disaster Resilience. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 23, S78–S84.

Book Whole - 1

2020

Finucane, M. L., Clark-Ginsberg, A., Parker, A. M., Becerra-Ornelas, A. U., Clancy, N., Ramchand, R., et al. (2020). Building Community Resilience to Large Oil Spills: Findings and Recommendations from a Synthesis of Research on the Mental Health, Economic, and Community Distress Associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.

Book Chapter - 1

2015

Picou, J. S., Nicholls, K., & Guski, R. (2015). Environmental Stress and Health. In International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Second Edition (Vol. Second Edition, pp. 804–808).

Conference Presentations - 48

2020

Finucane, M., Parker, A., Clark-Ginsberg, A., Becerra, A., Slack, T., & Lesen, A. (2020). Building Community Resilience: Recommendations From a Synthesis of Research on the Health, Social, and Economic Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Lesen, A., Tucker, C., Black, B., Olson, M., & Ferreira, R. J. (2020). Community-Researcher Partnerships, Dissemination, and Outreach: Gulf Coast Disaster Resilience & Preparedness Survey Project. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
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.
Slack, T., Parks, V., Ayer, L., Parker, A., Finucane, M., & Ramchand, R. (2020). Natural or Natech? Understanding the Relationship Between Hazard Perceptions, Institutional Trust, and Views of Recovery Following Hurricane Harvey. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Chamberlin, M. S., & Engel, C. C. (2019). Illness Anxiety and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill- Relationship to Actual and Perceived Risk from Exposure, and Health Service Utilization Post Disaster. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Fiore, J., Bond, C., & Nataraj, S. (2019). The Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Commercial Blue Crab Landings. In Challenges of Natural Resource Economics and Policy (CNREP 2019). New Orleans, LA : 05/19/19-05/21/19.
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.
Parks, V., Ayer, L., Finucane, M. L., Parker, A. M., & Ramchand, R. (2019). Disasters, Health, and Social Well-being in the Gulf Coast. In 2019 Rural Health Conference. Tuscaloosa, AL : 04/10/19-04/11/19.
Parks, V., Slack, T., Parker, A. M., Drakeford, L., Ramchand, R., Finucane, M. L., et al. (2019). Religious Context, Local Ties, and Alcohol Misuse in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Ramchand, R., Parker, A. M., Ayer, L., Clancy, N., & Finucane, M. L. (2019). Evacuating Disasters: Insights from a Longitudinal Survey. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Slack, T., Parks, V., Ayer, L., Finucane, M. L., Parker, A., & Ramchand, R. (2019). Natural or Natech? The Influence of Hazard Perceptions following Hurricane Harvey. In 44th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. Broomfield, CO : 07/14/19-07/17/19.
Weden, M., Parker, A. M., Drakeford, L., Slack, T., & Ramchand, R. (2019). Racial and Economic Segregation, Disaster Exposure, and Self-Rated Heath in the U.S. Gulf Coast. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.

2018

Ayer, L., Parker, A., Seelam, R., Ramchand, R., & Engel, C. (2018). Trauma History, Oil Spill Exposure and their Associations with Mental Health Symptoms among Residents in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Drakeford, L., Parks, V., Slack, T., Ramchand, R., Finucane, M., & Lee, M. R. (2018). Social Resources, Community Religiosity, and Depression among Gulf Coast Residents. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Ferreira, R., Lesen, A., Liddell, J., Patel, M., & Lopez, E. (2018). The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill – Predictors of Individual Resilience. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Ferreira, R. J., Lesen, A. E., & Saltzman, L. (2018). The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Predictors of Individual Resilience. In Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development (SWSD) 2018. Dublin, Ireland : 07/04/18-07/07/18: Poster.
Finucane, M., Ramchand, R., Parker, A. M., & Parks, V. (2018). Risk Perceptions and Resilience among Gulf Coast Communities. In 2018 Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 12/02/18-12/06/18.
Finucane, M., Scheib, H., Parker, A., Edelman, A., Clancy, N., Thornton, E., et al. (2018). Evaluating Interdisciplinary Program Performance and Impact. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Fiore, J., Bond, C., & Nataraj, S. (2018). Economic Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on the Gulf Tourism Industry. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Liddell, J., Ferreira, R., Lesen, A., Patel, M., & Lopez, E. (2018). Gender Differences in Resilience, Social Support, and Preparedness in Post-Disaster Settings. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Liddell, J., Ferreira, R. J., Lesen, A. E., Patel, M., & Lopez, E. A. (2018). Gender Differences in Resiliency, Disaster Preparedness, and Social Support following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development (SWSD) 2018. Dublin, Ireland : 07/04/18-07/07/18: Poster.
Lopez, B., Lesen, A., Ferreira, R., Liddell, J., & Patel, M. (2018). The Role of Perception in Anthropogenic and Natural Disaster Preparedness. In 2018 State of the Coast Conference. New Orleans, LA : 05/30/18-06/01/18: Poster.
Lopez, E., Lesen, A., Ferreira, R., Liddell, J., & Patel, M. (2018). The Role of Perception in Anthropogenic and NaturalDisaster Preparedness. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Nichols, K., & Picou, J. S. (2018). Building Disaster Resilience with Community Health Workers. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Parks, V., Ramchand, R., Slack, T., Finucane, M. L., & Lee, M. R. (2018). STRONG Methodology: Capturing Health and Social Well-Being in a Disaster-Prone Region. In 2018 Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Portland, OR : 07/26/18-07/29/18.
Parks, V., Slack, T., Ramchand, R., Drakeford, L., Finucane, M. L., & Lee, M. R. (2018). Understanding Social Capital Effects on Health: Opportunities for Resilience Activation in the Gulf Coast Region. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Parks, V., Slack, T., Ramchand, R., Drakeford, L., Finucane, M. L., & Lee, M. R. (2018). The Effect of Social Capital on Health Outcomes after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 04/04/18-04/07/18.
Patel, M., Ferreira, R., Lesen, A., Liddell, J., & Lopez, E. (2018). The Role of Place in Predicting Individual Resilience: Lessons from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
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). Financial Capability Among Residents in the Gulf Coast After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
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.

2017

Drakeford, L., Parks, V. A., Ramchand, R., Finucane, M. L., & Lee, M. R. (2017). Assessing the Effects of Religion and Disruption on Mental Health in Vulnerable Gulf Communities. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Finucane, M. L. (2017). Resilience Research in the Real World: Building Community Resilience with an Integrated Approach. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Fiore, J., Bond, C., & Nataraj, S. (2017). Estimating the Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Fisheries Landings and Revenues. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Gilliam, B., Picou, J., Nicholls, K., McCord, S., & Wood, A. (2017). Utilizing Lay Health Workers to Increase Community Resilience by Expanding Social Networks and Building Social Capital. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Nicholls, K. (2017). Environmental Emergencies and Community Resilience: The Potential Utility of Community Health Workers. In NCSE 17: Integrating Environment and Health. Washington, DC : 01/21/17-01/26/17.
Parker, A. M., Finucane, M. L., Ayer, L., Ramchand, R., Parks, V. A., & Clancy, N. (2017). Persistent Perceived Vulnerability as a Function of Exposure to the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Parks, V. A., Drakeford, L., Ramchand, R., Slack, T., Finucane, M. L., & Lee, M. R. (2017). Local Ties, Natural Resource Employment, and Oil Spill Exposure: Effects on Mental Health Outcomes in the Gulf Coast Communities. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Petrun Sayers, E. L. (2017). In Media We Trust?: Reaching Special Populations in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Ramchand, R., Parks, V. A., Seelam, R., & Finucane, M. L. (2017). Mental and Behavioral Health in the Gulf States 5 Years After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Venable, K. B., Eddington, L., Riser, P., Wang, X., Parker, A., & Finucane, M. (2017). Web-Content Personalization for Resilience and Risk Communication. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Wood, A., Smith, K., Gilliam, B., McCord, S., & Nicholls, K. (2017). Working Together to Facilitate Healing: How Lay Health Workers Can Aid Counselors and Social Workers Following a Disaster. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.

2016

Finucane, M. (2016). Using Integrated Research and Outreach to Build Community Resilience. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Lee, M. R., Slack, T., Blanchard, T. C., Parks, V., & Ramchand, R. (2016). Tracking Health Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Center for Natural Resource Economics and Policy Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 03/20/16-03/22/16: Oral.
Luu, K., Ferreira, R., Haas, L., Finucane, M., Zwanziger, T., Kalnik, A. E., et al. (2016). A Critical Analysis of Technological Disaster Resilience Literature: Recommendations and Lessons Learnt for Addressing Hydrocarbon Events. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Nataraj, S. (2016). Using Integrated Research to Build Community Resilience. In Center for Natural Resource Economics and Policy Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 03/20/16-03/22/16.
Nicholls, K., & Gilliam, B. (2016). The Role of Community Health Workers in Emergency Management: Conceptions of Community. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Ramchand, R., Lee, M., & Parks, V. (2016). Trauma, Resilience, and Opportunities Among Neighborhoods in the Gulf: Design and Administration of the STRONG Survey. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org