|
Deep Blue at the University of Michigan >
All Collections >
Epidemiology, Department of (SPH) >
|
Please use this persistent URL to cite or link to this item:
|
| Title: | Hispanic Ethnicity and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder after a Disaster: Evidence from a General Population Survey after September 11,2001 |
| Authors: | Galea, Sandro
Vlahov, David
Tracy, Melissa
Hoover, Donald R.
Resnick, Heidi S
Kilpatrick, Dean G. |
| Issue Date: | 2004 |
| Abstract: | PURPOSE: To assess ethnic differences in the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a
disaster, and to assess the factors that may explain these differences.
METHODS: We used data from a representative survey of the New York City metropolitan area
(n = 2616) conducted 6 months after September 11, 2001. Linear models were fit to assess differences
in the prevalence of PTSD between different groups of Hispanics and non-Hispanics and to evaluate
potential explanatory variables.
RESULTS: Hispanics of Dominican or Puerto Rican origin (14.3% and 13.2%, respectively) were more
likely than other Hispanics (6.1%) and non-Hispanics (5.2%) to report symptoms consistent with
probable PTSD after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Dominicans and Puerto Ricans were more likely
than persons of other races/ethnicities to have lower incomes, be younger, have lower social support,
have had greater exposure to the September 11 attacks, and to have experienced a peri-event panic
attack upon hearing of the September 11 attacks; these variables accounted for 60% to 74% of the
observed higher prevalence of probable PTSD in these groups.
CONCLUSION: Socio-economic position, event exposures, social support, and peri-event emotional
reactions may help explain differences in PTSD risk after disaster between Hispanic subgroups and
non-Hispanics |
| Appears in Collections: | Public Health, School of (SPH)
Epidemiology, Department of (SPH)
Institute for Social Research (ISR)
|
Files in This Item:
| File |
Description |
Size | Format | |
|---|
| Galea_Hispanic Ethnicity and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder_2004.PDF | | 137Kb | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
|
Deep Blue encourages the fair use of copyrighted material, and you are free to link to content here without asking for permission. Consult the document(s) and/or contact the copyright holder for additional rights questions and requests.
|
