State of emergency preparedness of Kentucky's rural public health workforce: Assessing its ability to identify community health problems

Public Health Reports

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-188

  Williams, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EMERGENCY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIVIL DEFENSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

CIVIL DEFENSE; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; KENTUCKY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 44049102932     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490812300210     Document Type: Article

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