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Hindi International Journal of Mental Health & PsychiatryISSN: 2471-4372
Juan M Acuna Author
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Affiliation
Cumulative stress; Mental health; Disasters; Earthquakes; Probability sample; Haitians
Department of Medical and Health Sciences Research, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
Biography
Dr. Juan Acuna is a Doctor in Medicine and Surgery from Javeriana University in Colombia, an Obstetrician-Gynecologist with postgraduate Fellowship training in Clinical Genetics (Mount Sinai Medical Center, University of Wisconsin), Fetal Medicine (Fetal Medicine Foundation, UK), Clinical Epidemiology (INCLEN, UJ), and Field Epidemiology (EIS program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta). He has more than 35 years of experience in clinical practice as well as academic medicine teaching and research.
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Research Article Open Access
Mental Health Symptoms in Post-earthquake Miami Haitians: Cumulative Effect of Disaster-related Stressful Events
Author(s): Antoine Messiah, Guillaume Vaiva, Erick Gokalsing, Raymond Tempier, Naomie Jean and Juan M Acuna
Purpose: This study evaluated correlates of mental health symptoms among Haitians living in Miami-Dade County, 2-3 years following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, using 3 types of exposure variables: (1) basic exposure status (direct/indirect/no), (2) total of earthquake-related stressful events, (3) a combination of the two former variables. The novelty of the design was that it allowed studying disaster-related accumulated stress among people indirectly exposed to a disaster, which had not been done previously to the investigators’ knowledge.
Methods: A random-sample household survey was conducted from October 2011 through December 2012, in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Haitian participa... view more»
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