One-year audiologic monitoring of individuals exposed to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

Injury perceptions of bombing survivors--interviews from the Oklahoma City bombing.

INTRODUCTION Bombings, including the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, remain an important public health threat. However, there has been little investigation into the impressions of injury risk or protective factors of bombing survivors. OBJECTIVE This study analyzes Oklahoma City bombing survivors' impressions of factors that influenced their risk of injury, and validates a hazard timeline outlini...

Comparison of post-disaster psychiatric disorders after terrorist bombings in Nairobi and Oklahoma City.

BACKGROUND African disaster-affected populations are poorly represented in disaster mental health literature. AIMS To compare systematically assessed mental health in populations directly exposed to terrorist bombing attacks on two continents, North America and Africa. METHOD Structured diagnostic interviews compared citizens exposed to bombings of the US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya (n=227) a...

Personality and Major Depression among Directly Exposed Survivors of the Oklahoma City Bombing

Background. Few disaster studies have specifically examined personality and resilience in association with disaster exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and major depression. Methods. 151 directly-exposed survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing randomly selected from a bombing survivor registry completed PTSD, major depression, and personality assessments using the Diagnostic Intervie...

Media exposure in children one hundred miles from a terrorist bombing.

This study assessed indirect interpersonal exposure to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, broadcast and print media exposure in the aftermath of the explosion, emotional reactions to media coverage, and posttraumatic stress reactions in children distant from the explosion. A survey was administered to 88 sixth-grade students in the public middle school in a community 100 miles from Oklahoma City 2...

Two Oklahoma City disasters: the Oklahoma City bombing and the tornadoes--a blood bank perspective.