title: The effects of Hurricane Katrina on food access disparities in New Orleans.
abstract: Disparities in neighborhood food access are well documented, but little research exists on how shocks influence such disparities. We examined neighborhood food access in New Orleans at 3 time points: before Hurricane Katrina (2004-2005), in 2007, and in 2009. We combined existing directories with on-the-ground verification and geographic information system mapping to assess supermarket counts in the entire city. Existing disparities for African American neighborhoods worsened after the storm. Although improvements have been made, by 2009 disparities were no better than prestorm levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. diego@tulane.edu
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: J Nicholas
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Bodor
authors.forename: Janet C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: Chris M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Swalm
authors.forename: Paul L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Hutchinson
mesh_terms: D055867:Cyclonic Storms; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005523:Food Supply; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana; D055820:New Orleans; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors