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Disaster Survivors’ Anticipated Received Support in a Future Disaster

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2018

Sarah R. Lowe ,
Megan N. Young ,
Joie Acosta ,
Laura Sampson ,
Oliver Gruebner  and
Sandro Galea
Sarah R. Lowe*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey
Megan N. Young
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey
Joie Acosta
Affiliation:
RAND, Corp, Washington DC
Laura Sampson
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
Oliver Gruebner
Affiliation:
Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
Sandro Galea
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Sarah R. Lowe, Department of Psychology, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07043 (e-mail: lowes@mail.montclair.edu).
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Abstract

Objective

This study aimed to examine factors associated with receipt of post-disaster support from network (eg, family or friends) and non-network (eg, government agencies) sources.

Methods

Participants (n=409) were from a population-based sample of Hurricane Sandy survivors surveyed 25-28 months post-disaster. Survivors were asked to imagine a future disaster and indicate how much they would depend on network and non-network sources of support. In addition, they reported on demographic characteristics, disaster-related exposure, post-traumatic stress, and depression. Information on the economic and social resources in survivors’ communities was also collected.

Results

Multilevel multivariable regression models found that lack of insurance coverage and residence in a neighborhood wherein more persons lived alone were associated with survivors anticipating less network and non-network support. In addition, being married or cohabiting was significantly associated with more anticipated network support, whereas older age and having a high school education or less were significantly associated with less anticipated network support.

Conclusions

By having survivors anticipate a future disaster scenario, this study provides insight into predictors of post-disaster receipt of network and non-network support. Further research is needed to examine how these findings correspond to survivors’ received support in the aftermath of future disasters. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2018;12:711-717)

Keywords

natural disastersHurricane Sandysocial supportsocial networks
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 12 , Issue 6 , December 2018 , pp. 711 - 717
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2018 

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