Messias DeAnne K Hilfiger, Lacy Elaine
College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2007 May;18(2):443-64. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2007.0041.
This article examines health concerns identified by Latinos who resided in the path of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Mississippi. Data were collected for this qualitative descriptive study through individual, open-ended interviews with 93 Latino survivors and evacuees in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Georgia. Findings describe health concerns and experiences, including hunger, environmental health risks, sleep disturbances, and access to health care for acute and chronic conditions. Health and illness factored into personal and family decisions on whether or not to stay, evacuate, or return home following the storm. Problems accessing health care were compounded for the undocumented and uninsured. The findings have implications for further disaster research and may inform emergency preparedness policy development and the planning and implementation of disaster-related health care services for Latinos and other minority and underserved groups.
本文考察了居住在新奥尔良和密西西比州卡特里娜飓风路径上的拉丁裔群体所面临的健康问题。本定性描述性研究通过对路易斯安那州、密西西比州和佐治亚州的93名拉丁裔幸存者和撤离者进行个人开放式访谈来收集数据。研究结果描述了他们的健康问题和经历，包括饥饿、环境卫生风险、睡眠障碍以及获得急慢性疾病医疗服务的情况。健康和疾病因素影响了个人和家庭在风暴过后是否留下、撤离或返回家园的决定。无证和未参保者在获得医疗服务方面的问题更加严重。这些研究结果对进一步的灾害研究具有启示意义，并可能为应急准备政策的制定以及为拉丁裔和其他少数族裔及服务不足群体提供与灾害相关的医疗服务的规划和实施提供参考。
