{"title":"Impact of hurricane Maria on physical activity, smoking, and alcohol use among Puerto Ricans.","authors":"Danyi Li, Yuanyuan Yang, Ruopeng An","doi":"10.1080/09603123.2025.2464078","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in September 2017. We examined it's impact on physical activity, smoking, and alcohol use. Data was from 2015-2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Linear probability models and differences-in-differences estimators were used to estimate the effects of Maria on any past 30-day physical activity, smoking, and alcohol use. The sample (N = 19,489) was balanced after matching, with 99.1% Hispanics in both groups. Exposure toMaria was associated with a 3%decrease in the probability of any past 30-day physical activity and a 2.7% increase in the probability of any past 30-day alcohol-drinking. The effects on smoking and binge-drinking were statistically nonsignificant. Hurricane Maria could have discouraged Puerto Ricans' physical activity but nudged alcohol use. Future studies should investigate the sustained impacts of natural disasters on health behaviors and underlying mechanisms. Interventions may be warranted to promote healthy lifestyles among disaster survivors.</p>","PeriodicalId":14039,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environmental Health Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Environmental Health Research","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2025.2464078","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in September 2017. We examined it's impact on physical activity, smoking, and alcohol use. Data was from 2015-2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Linear probability models and differences-in-differences estimators were used to estimate the effects of Maria on any past 30-day physical activity, smoking, and alcohol use. The sample (N = 19,489) was balanced after matching, with 99.1% Hispanics in both groups. Exposure toMaria was associated with a 3%decrease in the probability of any past 30-day physical activity and a 2.7% increase in the probability of any past 30-day alcohol-drinking. The effects on smoking and binge-drinking were statistically nonsignificant. Hurricane Maria could have discouraged Puerto Ricans' physical activity but nudged alcohol use. Future studies should investigate the sustained impacts of natural disasters on health behaviors and underlying mechanisms. Interventions may be warranted to promote healthy lifestyles among disaster survivors.
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International Journal of Environmental Health Research ( IJEHR ) is devoted to the rapid publication of research in environmental health, acting as a link between the diverse research communities and practitioners in environmental health. Published articles encompass original research papers, technical notes and review articles. IJEHR publishes articles on all aspects of the interaction between the environment and human health. This interaction can broadly be divided into three areas: the natural environment and health – health implications and monitoring of air, water and soil pollutants and pollution and health improvements and air, water and soil quality standards; the built environment and health – occupational health and safety, exposure limits, monitoring and control of pollutants in the workplace, and standards of health; and communicable diseases – disease spread, control and prevention, food hygiene and control, and health aspects of rodents and insects. IJEHR is published in association with the International Federation of Environmental Health and includes news from the Federation of international meetings, courses and environmental health issues.
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