Maureen Lichtveld1, Suzanne Kennedy1, Rebecca Z Krouse1, Faye Grimsley1, Jane El-Dahr1, Keith Bordelon1, Yvonne Sterling1, LuAnn White1, Natasha Barlow1, Shannon DeGruy1, Dorothy Paul1, Stacey Denham1, Claire Hayes1, Margaret Sanders1, Mosanda M Mvula1, Eleanor Thornton1, Patricia Chulada1, Herman Mitchell1, William J Martin1, Kevin U Stephens1, Richard D Cohn1. 1. At the time of the study, Maureen Lichtveld, Faye Grimsley, LuAnn White, Natasha Barlow, Shannon DeGruy, and Dorothy Paul were with the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Suzanne Kennedy, Rebecca Z. Krouse, and Herman Mitchell were with Rho Federal Systems Division Inc, Chapel Hill, NC. Jane El-Dahr was with the Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans. Keith Bordelon and Richard D. Cohn were with the Constella Group, LLC, Durham, NC. Yvonne Sterling was with the Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, Louisiana State University, New Orleans. Stacey Denham, Claire Hayes, Margaret Sanders, Mosanda M. Mvula, and Kevin U. Stephens were with the New Orleans Health Department, New Orleans. Eleanor Thornton was with Visionary Consulting Partners, LLC, Fairfax, VA. Patricia Chulada and William J. Martin II were with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To review how disasters introduce unique challenges to conducting population-based research and community-based participatory research (CBPR). METHODS: From 2007-2009, we conducted the Head-off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana (HEAL) Study in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in a Gulf Coast community facing an unprecedented triple burden: Katrina's and other disasters' impact on the environment and health, historic health disparities, and persistent environmental health threats. RESULTS: The unique triple burden influenced every research component; still, most existing CBPR principles were applicable, even though full adherence was not always feasible and additional tailored principles govern postdisaster settings. CONCLUSIONS: Even in the most challenging postdisaster conditions, CBPR can be successfully designed, implemented, and disseminated while adhering to scientific rigor.
OBJECTIVES: To review how disasters introduce unique challenges to conducting population-based research and community-based participatory research (CBPR). METHODS: From 2007-2009, we conducted the Head-off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana (HEAL) Study in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in a Gulf Coast community facing an unprecedented triple burden: Katrina's and other disasters' impact on the environment and health, historic health disparities, and persistent environmental health threats. RESULTS: The unique triple burden influenced every research component; still, most existing CBPR principles were applicable, even though full adherence was not always feasible and additional tailored principles govern postdisaster settings. CONCLUSIONS: Even in the most challenging postdisaster conditions, CBPR can be successfully designed, implemented, and disseminated while adhering to scientific rigor.
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