Mental health emergency preparedness: The need for training and coordination at the state level

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-204

  Hawley, Suzanne R ^a   Hawley, Gary C ^a   Ablah, Elizabeth ^a   Romain, Theresa St ^a   Molgaard, Craig A ^a   Orr, Shirley A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

bioterrorism; coordination; Kansas; mental health emergency preparedness; preparedness; state level; training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; KANSAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 35748932378     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00004659     Document Type: Article

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