“Y no quedó nada, nada de la casa, todo salió volando” (And there was nothing left, nothing of the house, everything flew away): a critical medical ecological perspective on the lived experience of hurricane María in Puerto Rico

“Y no quedó nada, nada de la casa, todo salió volando” (And there was nothing left, nothing of the house, everything flew away): a critical medical ecological perspective on the lived experience of hurricane María in Puerto Rico

Abstract Background Ecological disasters create dramatic changes as man-made and natural ecosystems adapt to their effects. In 2017, Hurricanes Irma and María devastated Puerto Rico. Public focus after such traumatic ecological events often neglects pre-existing community dynamics, heterogeneity of...

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Main Authors: D. Vega Ocasio, J. G. Pérez Ramos, T. D. V. Dye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Puerto Rico
Disaster
Ecosystem
Hurricane María
Social determinants
Diaspora
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11847-w

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11847-w

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