Interests, Theoretical Orientation, & MethodsI have interdisciplinary training in public health and disaster science and management. My research broadly focuses on public health impacts of disasters. Many of my studies examine household and community health outcomes during the immediate aftermath and throughout long-term disaster recovery. My expertise is primarily in food environment disruption and food security following a wide range of disasters. I've also studied child mental health, household stress, and community resilience. I often theoretically ground my research Socioecological Theory (Bronfenbrenner, 1989), or the idea that individuals live in households with family and those households are in neighborhoods and communities and involved with institutions which are governed by systems and policies - and therefore individual health is influenced by factors at all of these levels. In my research, I aim to understand the web of determinants that contribute to negative health effects of disasters.
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Bronfenbrenner, U. (1989). Ecological Systems Theory. In R. Vasta (Ed.), Six Theories of Development: Revised Formulations and Current Issues. (Vol. 6). JAI Press.Wilkinson, R. G., & Marmot, M. G. (2003). Social determinants of health: the solid facts. World Health Organization.
Bronfenbrenner, U. (1989). Ecological Systems Theory. In R. Vasta (Ed.), Six Theories of Development: Revised Formulations and Current Issues. (Vol. 6). JAI Press.Wilkinson, R. G., & Marmot, M. G. (2003). Social determinants of health: the solid facts. World Health Organization.
