Local perspectives on humanitarian aid in Sri Lanka after the tsunami

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1410-1417

  Lee, A C K ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Disaster; Emergency; Needs; Relief; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

DISASTER RELIEF; HUMANITARIAN AID; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURAL DISASTER; SOCIAL IMPACT; STAKEHOLDER; TSUNAMI;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SRI LANKA; SURVIVOR; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TSUNAMI;

ALTRUISM; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DISASTER PLANNING; FOCUS GROUPS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIEF WORK; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SRI LANKA; TIDAL WAVES;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 56049111603     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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