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EOHSI's Joanna Burger, Ph.D. featured in Rutgers Today: Preparing Low-Income Communities for Hurricane Begins with Outreach

Joanna Burger, Ph.D.

Interviews with economically disadvantaged New Jerseyans in the areas hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy yield advice for future disasters

By Neal Buccino – May 20, 2019

The researchers, at multiple Rutgers University–New Brunswick and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences institutions, interviewed 599 people at federally qualified health centers, which serve uninsured and underinsured residents, in the counties most heavily damaged by Sandy. The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1.
“When governments create disaster response strategies, it is essential that they understand how people in affected communities will actually prepare for and experience these events,” said lead researcher Joanna Burger, a professor of biology at Rutgers–New Brunswick’s School of Arts and Sciences, the Rutgers Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute and the Rutgers School of Public Health. “Our study of economically vulnerable individuals affected by Hurricane Sandy yields important tips on how emergency planners can prepare for disaster impacts in underprivileged communities.” 

(Source: Rutgers Today – 5-20-2019)

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