Operational evaluation of high-throughput community-based mass prophylaxis using just-in-time training

Public Health Reports

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 584-591

  Spitzer, James D ^a   Hupert, Nathaniel ^b   Duckart, Jonathan ^a   Xiong, Wei ^b  

^a MULTNOMAH COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY BASED MASS PROPHYLAXIS; COMPUTER MODEL; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; NONMEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; OREGON;

EID: 35148861102     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490712200505     Document Type: Review

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