Congratulations to the class of 2022! If you missed the events or just want to replay for warm memories, visit the 2022 graduation information page.
Congratulations to the class of 2022! If you missed the events or just want to replay for warm memories, visit the 2022 graduation information page.
Lead: Mary Waters, Ph.D.
RISK is a longitudinal study of low-income parents who lived in New Orleans at the time of Hurricane Katrina. Starting in 2003, 1,019 low-income parents from New Orleans enrolled in a study designed to increase educational attainment among community college students. The study measured participants’ economic status, social ties, and mental and physical health. Since the hurricane, two follow-up surveys and two sets of in-depth qualitative interviews have been conducted with study participants, regardless of where they moved after the hurricane at one year and five years post disaster. Early research based on these data has provided new insights into the short- and medium-term consequences of natural disasters for mental health and the role of economic and social factors in promoting resilience and recovery for this uniquely-affected population. The study includes a new wave of data collection for RISK that will help to discern long term trajectories of and differentials in recovery for this cohort as well as for the other primary data collection projects.
Further information about the project can be found at www.riskproject.org/