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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Funding Source: GoMRI Synthesis Projects

Project Overview

Synthesis Core Area 4/5 – Human Health, Socioeconomic Impacts, and Ecosystem Services

Synthesis Leads
College of Charleston
Center for Coastal Environmental and Human Health

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)
Research Board Member

University of Southern Mississippi
School of Social Work

University of Southern Mississippi
School of Biological, Environmental and Earth Sciences

Synthesis Motivators
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)
Research Board Member

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)
Research Board Member

Summary:

GoMRI’s Synthesis Core Areas 4/5 (combined), Human Health, Socioeconomic Impacts, and Ecosystem Services, translated scientific findings to develop a conceptual framework for an Operational Community Health Observing System for the Gulf of Mexico states. The concept of allostatic load was applied to the practical measurement of exposure to oil spills, further operationalizing new assessment techniques.

 


Journal Articles - 5

2022

Sandifer, P. A. (2022). Disasters, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and a Human Health Observing System. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 64(1), 4-18.

2021

Initiative, G. o. M. R., Wilson, C., Feldman, M., Carron, M., Dannreuther, N., Halanych, K., Petitt, J., Rullkötter, J., Sandifer, P., Shaw, K., Shepherd, J., Westerholm, D., Yanoff, C., & Zimmermann, L. (2021). Summary of Findings and Research Recommendations from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. Oceanography, 34(1), 228-239.
Charleston, C. o., Sandifer, P., Ferguson, A., Finucane, M., Partyka, M., Solo-Gabriele, H., Hayward Walker, A., Wowk, K., Caffey, R., & Yoskowitz, D. (2021). Human Health and Socioeconomic Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Oceanography, 34(1), 174-191.

2020

Sandifer, P., Knapp, L., Lichtveld, M., Manley, R., Abramson, D., Caffey, R., Cochran, D., Collier, T., Ebi, K., Engel, L., Farrington, J., Finucane, M., Hale, C., Halpern, D., Harville, E., Hart, L., Hswen, Y., Kirkpatrick, B., McEwen, B., . . . Singer, B. (2020). Framework for a Community Health Observing System for the Gulf of Mexico Region: Preparing for Future Disasters. Frontiers in Public Health, 8.

2019

Eklund, R. L., Knapp, L. C., Sandifer, P. A., & Colwell, R. C. (2019). Oil Spills and Human Health: Contributions of the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. GeoHealth, 3(12), 391-406.

Book Whole - 1

2020

Finucane, M., Clark-Ginsberg, A., Parker, A., Becerra-Ornelas, A., Clancy, N., Ramchand, R., Slack, T., Parks, V., Ayer, L., Edelman, A., Petrun Sayers, E., Nataraj, S., Bond, C., Lesen, A., Ferreira, R., Drakeford, L., Fiore, J., Weden, M., Venable, K. B., & Black, A. B. (2020). Building Community Resilience to Large Oil Spills: Findings and Recommendations from a Synthesis of Research on the Mental Health, Economic, and Community Distress Associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. RAND Corporation.

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This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
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