TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Lessons from the 2006 Louisiana Health and Population Survey
JO  - Disasters
A1  - Stone, Gregory S.
A1  - Henderson, Alden K.
A1  - Davis, Stephanie I.
A1  - Lewin, Michael
A1  - Shimizu, Iris
A1  - Krishnamurthy, Ramesh
A1  - Bisgard, Kris
A1  - Lee, Robin
A1  - Jumaan, Aisha
A1  - Marziale, Erin
A1  - Bryant, Miranda
A1  - Williams, Clayton
A1  - Mason, Karen
A1  - Sirois, Maria
A1  - Hori, Makiko
A1  - Chapman, Jonathan
A1  - Bowman, David J.
SP  - 270
EP  - 290
VL  - 36
IS  - 2
N2  - The 2005 hurricane season caused extensive damage and induced a mass migration of approximately 1.1 million people from southern Louisiana in the United States. Current and accurate estimates of population size and demographics and an assessment of the critical needs for public services were required to guide recovery efforts. Since forecasts using pre-hurricane data may produce inaccurate estimates of the post-hurricane population, a household survey in 18 hurricane-affected parishes was conducted to provide timely and credible information on the size of these populations, their demographics and their condition. This paper describes the methods used, the challenges encountered, and the key factors for successful implementation. This post-disaster survey was unique because it identified the needs of the people in the affected parishes and quantified the number of people with these needs. Consequently, this survey established new population and health indicator baselines that otherwise would have not been available to guide the relief and recovery efforts in southern Louisiana.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0361-3666
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7717.2011.01254.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -