Emergency preparedness for vulnerable populations: People with special health-care needs

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 338-343

  Nick, Gilbert A ^a   Savoia, Elena ^a   Elqura, Loris ^a   Crowther, M Suzanne ^b   Cohen, Bradley ^c   Leary, Mary ^d   Wright, Tina ^d   Auerbach, John ^b   Koh, Howard K ^a,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DelValle Institute for Emergency Preparedness   (United States)

^d Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers   (United States)

^e Executive Office of Health and Human Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COOPERATION; CYCLONE; DISABLED PERSON; DISASTER PLANNING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

BOSTON; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CYCLONES; DISABLED PERSONS; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 65249103914     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400225     Document Type: Article

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