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PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS
Volume 126, Issue 3, Pages 400-409Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/003335491112600314
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- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Tulane University Health Sciences Center
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Objectives. Post-disaster trends in alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking, as well as their predictors, were identified. Methods. Data from cross-sectional and panel surveys of African American adults in New Orleans, Louisiana, were used from before (2004: n=1,867; 2005: n=879) and after (2006a: n=500; 2006b: n=500) Hurricane Katrina. Results. Alcohol consumption increased significantly from pre- to post-Hurricane Katrina, while cigarette smoking remained constant. In 2006, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was associated with cigarette smoking, whereas news attention and provided social support were inversely associated with cigarette smoking. News attention was also inversely associated with cigarette smoking frequency, while neighborliness was associated with alcohol consumption. In addition, the effects of PTSD on alcohol consumption were moderated by neighborliness. Conclusions. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, there were complex predictive processes of addictive behaviors involving PTSD, news information, and social capital-related measures.
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