A Psychosocial Comparison of New Orleans and Houston Crack Smokers in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina

Sandra Timpson Center for Health Promotion and Prevention, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USACorrespondence[email protected]

Eric Ratliff Center for Health Promotion and Prevention, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA

Michael Ross Center for Health Promotion and Prevention, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA

Mark Williams Center for Health Promotion and Prevention, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA

John Atkinson Center for Health Promotion and Prevention, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA

Anne Bowen Psychology Department, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA

Sheryl McCurdy Center for Health Promotion and Prevention, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare psychological distress in a sample of African American crack cocaine users who relocated to Houston from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to African American drug users resident in Houston. Fifty-four African Americans from New Orleans were compared to a sample of 162 people in Houston. Data were collected between June 2002 and December 2005. There were no significant differences between the two groups on either depression or anxiety, but the New Orleans sample scored higher on the self-esteem scale and scored slightly lower on the risk-taking scale.

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