TY - JOUR
T1 - Cohort profile
T2 - design and respondent characteristics for the longitudinal Survey of Trauma, Resilience and Opportunity Among Neighbourhoods in the Gulf (STRONG) cohort
AU - Harding, Alyson B.
AU - Parker, Andrew M.
AU - Parks, Vanessa
AU - Seelam, Rachana
AU - Atshan, Samer
AU - Dormanesh, Allison
AU - Becker, Kirsten
AU - Ghosh Dastidar, Bonnie
AU - Ramchand, Rajeev
AU - Finucane, Melissa L.
AU - Slack, Tim
AU - Waldron-Moore, Pamela N.
AU - Ayer, Lynsay
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2026/2
Y1 - 2026/2
N2 - PurposeThe Survey of Trauma, Resilience and Opportunity among Neighbourhoods in the Gulf (STRONG) is a longitudinal study assessing disaster exposures and outcomes of adults living along the US Gulf Coast. Initially conceived to examine effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, five follow-up surveys have explored impacts of hurricanes and COVID-19.ParticipantsA total of 2520 adults completed the baseline survey in 2016. Compared with the region, survey respondents were older, more likely to be female and less likely to be Hispanic.Findings to dateAs a longitudinal disaster cohort, STRONG provides a unique opportunity to examine disaster impacts. Research using STRONG data has explored how a wide range of disaster exposures are associated with behavioural health. Consistent with other disaster research, analyses with STRONG data suggest that resource loss is linked with worse behavioural health.
AB - PurposeThe Survey of Trauma, Resilience and Opportunity among Neighbourhoods in the Gulf (STRONG) is a longitudinal study assessing disaster exposures and outcomes of adults living along the US Gulf Coast. Initially conceived to examine effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, five follow-up surveys have explored impacts of hurricanes and COVID-19.ParticipantsA total of 2520 adults completed the baseline survey in 2016. Compared with the region, survey respondents were older, more likely to be female and less likely to be Hispanic.Findings to dateAs a longitudinal disaster cohort, STRONG provides a unique opportunity to examine disaster impacts. Research using STRONG data has explored how a wide range of disaster exposures are associated with behavioural health. Consistent with other disaster research, analyses with STRONG data suggest that resource loss is linked with worse behavioural health.
KW - Health policy
KW - Health Surveys
KW - Longitudinal studies
KW - MENTAL HEALTH
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105031734697
U2 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-112552
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-112552
M3 - Article
C2 - 41760150
AN - SCOPUS:105031734697
SN - 2044-6055
VL - 16
JO - BMJ Open
JF - BMJ Open
IS - 2
ER -