For Study Participants
Galveston Bay Recovery Study
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Overview and Epidemiology
The Galveston Bay Recovery Study is divided into three timeframes. In general, people participating in the study will be interviewed at 2-3 months, 4-5 months and 14 months after the Hurricane Ike hit. We are interviewing people in Galveston and Chambers counties and are still in the process of finding people who were relocated because of the hurricane.
The interviews are being conducted over the phone and in person and contain questions about your experience with the hurricane, a personal history section, and questions about how you are recovering from the disaster. The "Overview and Epidemiology" page will give you more details on these portions of the study, including the information we are seeking, and the importance of this information to understanding the responses of people and communities to the effects of a disaster.
Services BIPI
BIPI is the short name for Brief Internet Psycho-educational Intervention. This is a web-based program that provides helpful information on a variety of responses and feelings that people might experience after a disaster. It also gives suggestions on how to handle these problems and some local resources that might further help individuals. There is an evaluation that we ask you to complete after looking at the website to let us know how well this type of intervention might help people after a disaster.
Services CBT
CBT is the short name for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. After the second interview, you may receive an invitation to be part of this portion of the study. We have Galveston-based therapists who will provide either a single session education visit or a longer 10 session intervention given in their offices. You will be randomly assigned to the type of intervention you will get. As with the BIPI, there are short evaluations that you will complete in order to let us know how well this intervention is working for you.
Genetics and Neuroendocrine Study
The genetics part of the study requires you to send a sample of your saliva to our lab at Yale University. From this sample, we can learn things about stress that you are feeling as well as how genetic history plays a part in the development of problems after a disaster. Although the method for getting this sample is detailed, your contribution to this part of the study will help us to learn new information about recovery after a disaster.