Experiences of Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Houston shelters: Implications for future planning

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1402-1408

  Brodie, Mollyann ^a   Weltzien, Erin ^a   Altman, Drew ^a   Blendon, Robert J ^b   Benson, John M ^b  

^a HENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; COMMUNITY CARE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HURRICANE KATRINA; LONG TERM CARE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL STRESS; POPULATION RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RED CROSS; REFUGEE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RED CROSS; REFUGEES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33746683917     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.084475     Document Type: Review

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