Assessing public health capabilities during emergency preparedness tabletop exercises: Reliability and validity of a measurement tool

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 138-148

  Savoia, Elena ^a   Testa, Marcia A ^a   Biddinger, Paul D ^a,b   Cadigan, Rebecca O ^a   Koh, Howard ^a   Campbell, Paul ^a   Stoto, Michael A ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEADERSHIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

DISASTER PLANNING; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LEADERSHIP; MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650066804     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400117     Document Type: Article

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