Terrorism-preparedness training for non-clinical hospital workers: Tailoring content and presentation to meet workers' needs

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 668-676

  Thorne, Craig D ^a   Oliver, Marc ^a   Al Ibrahim, Mohamed ^b   Gucer, Patricia W ^a   McDiarmid, Melissa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept Vet Aff MD Hlth Care Syst ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BOOK; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LECTURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RISK COMMUNICATION; TEACHING; TECHNIQUE; TERRORISM; TERRORISM PREPAREDNESS TRAINING; TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTORS; TERRORISM;

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EID: 3142673429     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000131788.21045.41     Document Type: Article

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