%0 Journal Article
%T Studying the Human Health and Ecological Impacts of the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill Disaster: Introduction to This Special Issue of New Solutions
%A John Sullivan
%A Sharon Croisant
%J NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy
%@ 1541-3772
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1048291118795691
%X Gulf Coast Health Alliance: Health Risks Related to the Macondo Spill (GC-HARMS) began in 2011 as a component project of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences¡¯ (NIEHS) Deep Water Horizon (DWH) Research Consortia program. This Gulf-wide consortium created regional community-university research partnerships focused on addressing health impacts resulting from oil spill exposures. Findings from this trans-National Institutes of Health program have helped enhance and refine community disaster preparedness and reinforced local¨Cregional disaster response networks. Focal points of individual projects included the following: effects of multiple stressors on individuals and vulnerable populations, exposure to contaminants associated with crude oil, and mental health impacts. This introduction to New Solutions Special Issue on the GC-HARMS response to the DWH disaster presents an overview of the project¡¯s internal structure and relationship to the comprehensive NIEHS consortia response and lists articles and interviews featured currently with brief mention of additional articles slated for the next issue
%K GC-HARMS
%K Deepwater Horizon
%K oil spill
%K environmental justice
%K CBPR
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1048291118795691