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Resilience: Examining the Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on the Gulf Coast Vietnamese American Community

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  • Megha M. Patel

    (School of Social Work, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA)

  • Leia Y. Saltzman

    (School of Social Work, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA)

  • Regardt J. Ferreira

    (School of Social Work, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
    Department of Social Work, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa)

  • Amy E. Lesen

    (ByWater Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA)

Abstract

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill (DWH) was one of the largest hydrocarbon disasters in US history. The estimated 5 million barrels of oil that poured into the Gulf of Mexico had a devastating impact on the natural environment, as well as on the livelihoods of communities residing along the coastal region. This paper explores resilience in individuals that identify as Vietnamese, presenting findings from a study of three Gulf Coast communities impacted by the DWH oil spill. A 60-min, in-person survey was administered to a total of 326 residents from the Gulf Coast communities of Port Sulphur, LA, Galliano, LA, and Bayou La Batre, AL. Logistic regression outcome and key predictors models were used to determine the probability of having higher levels of resilience. The results of this study highlight the role of age, education, and racial/ethnic identification in fostering resilience following disaster exposure. Identifying as Vietnamese was associated with a decrease in the odds of achieving above-threshold levels of resilience. This study may be viewed as the foundation from which to further explore the unique risk and protective profiles of the Vietnamese population, particularly in regard to those residing in critically vulnerable and disaster-prone areas.

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  • Megha M. Patel & Leia Y. Saltzman & Regardt J. Ferreira & Amy E. Lesen, 2018. "Resilience: Examining the Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on the Gulf Coast Vietnamese American Community," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 7(10), pages 1-13, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:7:y:2018:i:10:p:203-:d:177041
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    1. Mai Thi Nguyen & David Salvesen, 2014. "Disaster Recovery Among Multiethnic Immigrants: A Case Study of Southeast Asians in Bayou La Batre (AL) After Hurricane Katrina," Journal of the American Planning Association, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 80(4), pages 385-396, October.
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    1. Regardt J. Ferreira & Fred Buttell & Clare Cannon, 2020. "COVID-19: Immediate Predictors of Individual Resilience," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(16), pages 1-11, August.
    2. Susan Mayfield-Johnson & Danielle Fastring & Daniel Le & Jane Nguyen, 2020. "Addressing the Social Vulnerability of Mississippi Gulf Coast Vietnamese Community through the Development of Community Health Advisors," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-11, May.
    3. Jessica L. Liddell & Sarah G. Kington, 2021. "“Something Was Attacking Them and Their Reproductive Organs”: Environmental Reproductive Justice in an Indigenous Tribe in the United States Gulf Coast," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(2), pages 1-17, January.
    4. Amy E. Lesen & Chloe Tucker & M. G. Olson & Regardt J. Ferreira, 2019. "‘Come Back at Us’: Reflections on Researcher-Community Partnerships during a Post-Oil Spill Gulf Coast Resilience Study," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(1), pages 1-26, January.

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