Developing a disaster preparedness campaign targeting low-income latino immigrants: Focus group results for project PREP

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 330-345

  Eisenman, David P ^a   Glik, Deborah ^b   Maranon, Richard ^b   Gonzales, Lupe ^c   Asch, Steven ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Coalition for Community Health ^*

^d Veterans Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster preparedness; Formative research; Immigrant health; Latino health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY;

ADULT; DISASTER PLANNING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY;

EID: 67649402281     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0129     Document Type: Article

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