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- Title
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Exposure, Industry Sector, and Child Health.
- Authors
Stroope, Samuel; Slack, Tim; Kroeger, Rhiannon A.; Keating, Kathryn Sweet; Beedasy, Jaishree; Sury, Jonathan J.; Brooks, Jeremy; Chandler, Thomas
- Abstract
The historic 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (DHOS) led to public distress regarding potential impacts on children in nearby Gulf Coast communities. Using a community-based South Louisiana panel study of households with children, we examined the effect of fishing industry employment on changes in a subjective measure of general child health and whether economic and physical DHOS exposures played a mediating role. Fishing industry employment had a negative effect on child health compared to other industries. Economic exposure and physical exposure both mediated the effects of the fishing industry on child health, with economic exposure mediating a larger share (49.3%) of the relationship compared to physical exposure (40.5%). The importance of economic oil spill exposure in these findings highlights the significance of social determinants of health at the intersection of disasters and child vulnerability.
- Subjects
GULF Coast (U.S.); BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion &; Oil Spill, 2010; CHILDREN'S health; FISHERIES; OIL spills; PANEL analysis
- Publication
Population Research & Policy Review, 2022, Vol 41, Issue 1, p229
- ISSN
0167-5923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11113-021-09639-6