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Annotation:On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon Offshore Drilling Unit exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in 11 deaths, 17 injuries, and the largest marine petroleum release in history. A few months after the explosion, CDC conducted a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) to assess the general and mental health needs of affected coastal communities in two counties in Alabama. Because mental health needs continue to evolve following man-made disasters and anecdotal reports of mental health needs continued in the communities, the Alabama Departments of Public and Mental Health requested CDC assistance in conducting a CASPER in two specific Gulf coast counties exactly one year after the first CASPERs. This report provides a summary of the methodology used to conduct the second CASPER and the results, as well as a comparison with results of the first CASPER....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:This 20-page document provides information about a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) to determine the general and mental health needs of the communities in Monroe and Baldwin Counties, Alabama, following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010, and to provide Alabama state and local public health officials with information to guide response and allocation of resources....[See more] [See less]