Disaster health education and training: A pilot questionnaire to understand current status

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 156-167

  Murray, Virginia ^a   Clifford, Janet ^a   Seynaeve, Geert ^b   Fisher, Judith M ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Chief Medical Officer of Emergency Medical Services Ministry of Health   (Belgium)

^c World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM)   (United States)

Author keywords

accreditation; coordination; curriculum; disaster health; education; framework; guidelines; model; standards; training; World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM); World Health Organization (WHO)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DATA COLLECTION; DISASTERS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748105106     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00003629     Document Type: Article

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