Study Data from Montclair State University Update Knowledge of Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Response (Disaster Survivors’ Anticipated Received Support in a Future Disaster)

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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Bioterrorism Week -- Current study results on Disaster Preparedness - Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Response have been published. According to news reporting originating from Montclair, New Jersey, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "This study aimed to examine factors associated with receipt of post-disaster support from network (eg, family or friends) and non-network (eg, government agencies) sources. Participants (n =409) were from a population-based sample of Hurricane Sandy survivors surveyed 25-28 months post-disaster."

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Montclair State University, "Survivors were asked to imagine a future disaster and indicate how much they would depend on network and non-network sources of support. In addition, they reported on demographic characteristics, disaster-related exposure, post-traumatic stress, and depression. Information on the economic and social resources in survivors' communities was also collected. Multilevel multivariable regression models found that lack of insurance coverage and residence in a neighborhood wherein more persons lived alone were associated with survivors anticipating less network and non-network support. In addition, being married or cohabiting was significantly associated with more anticipated network support, whereas older age and having a high school education or less were significantly associated with less anticipated network support. By having survivors anticipate a future disaster scenario, this study provides insight into predictors of post-disaster receipt of network and non-network support."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Further research is needed to examine how these findings correspond to survivors' received support in the aftermath of future disasters."

For more information on this research see: Disaster Survivors' Anticipated Received Support in a Future Disaster. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 2018;12(06):711-717. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness can be contacted at: Cambridge Univ Press, 32 Avenue Of The Americas, New York, NY 10013-2473, USA (see also Disaster Preparedness - Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Response).

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting S.R. Lowe, Montclair State University, Dept. of Psychol, Montclair, NJ 07043, United States. Additional authors for this research include M.N. Young, J. Acosta, L. Sampson, O. Gruebner and S. Galea.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2017.148. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.