ArticleDisaster medicine and public health preparedness2022
Psychological Consequences of the Flint Water Crisis: A Scoping Review.
Article in Disaster medicine and public health preparedness, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Psychosocial impacts of post-disaster compensation processes: narrative systematic review.BMC psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Risk and Resiliency: Compounding Effects of Flint Water Crisis and COVID-19 Distress on Parenting Self-Efficacy.Academic pediatrics · 2026Article
- Neighborhood social vulnerability as a mediator of racial disparities in insomnia severity.Sleep health · 2025Article
- Rebuilding trust in public health and medicine in a time of declining trust in science.Journal of hospital medicine · 2025Article
- The Effects of the Flint water crisis on the educational outcomes of school-age children.Science advances · 2024Article
- Community health impacts after a jet fuel leak contaminated a drinking water system: Oahu, Hawaii, November 2021.Journal of water and health · 2023Article
- Did a Nocebo Effect Contribute to the Rise in Special Education Enrollment Following the Flint, Michigan Water Crisis?Clinical psychology in Europe · 2023Article
- Stress and Health Status Among Members of a Disadvantaged Community in Flint, Michigan in the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of community health · 2022Article
- Dissemination through trusted credible messengers: 133 weeks of the Flint Community Webinar on COVID-19.Implementation research and practiceArticle
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
objectiveTo summarize existing literature on the mental health impact of the Flint Water Crisis.
methodsIn March 2020, we searched 5 databases for literature exploring the psychological consequences of the crisis. Main findings were extracted.
results132 citations were screened and 11 included in the review. Results suggest a negative psychological effect caused by the water crisis, including anxiety and health worries, exacerbated by lowered trust in public health officials, uncertainty about the long-term impacts of the crisis, financial hardships, stigma, and difficulties seeking help. There was evidence that concerns about tap water continued even after the state of emergency was lifted.
conclusionsWith a possible compound effect to residents of Flint with the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the results highlight the need for more resources for psychological health interventions in Flint as well as a need for local governments and health authorities to regain the trust of those affected by the Flint Water Crisis.
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