Community organizations and mental health after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings

Rupa Jose, E. Alison Holman and Roxane Cohen Silver

Social Science & Medicine, 2019, vol. 222, issue C, 367-376

Abstract: Disasters are place-based traumatic events, yet contemporary understandings of disaster recovery often do not consider the role of community organizations. We examine organization type and proximity as they relate to post-disaster mental health in a longitudinal study following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.

Keywords: Organizations; Neighborhood; Terrorism; Disaster; Mental health; Boston Marathon bombings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.08.019

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