Citation

Beaudoin CE. Public Health Rep. (1974) 2011; 126(3): 400-409.

Affiliation

Texas A&M University, 102 Bolton Hall, MS-4234 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-4234, USA. beaudoin@tamu.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Association of Schools of Public Health)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21553669

PMCID

PMC3072862

Abstract

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.

Language: en