Hurricane Katrina Increased Mental And Physical Health Problems In New Orleans By Up To Three Times

Half the residents of New Orleans were suffering from poor mental and physical health more than a year after their homes and community were devastated by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, according to research published in the September issue of the UK-based Journal of Clinical Nursing. Researchers from Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, California, spoke to 222 local residents 15 months after they survived one of the worst natural disasters to hit the USA.

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Filed under: Aid / Disasters on September 8th, 2008