Mississippi's infectious disease hotline: A surveillance and education model for future disasters

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-17

  Cavey, Andrew M J ^a   Spector, Jonathan M ^a   Ehrhardt, Derek ^b   Kittle, Theresa ^c   McNeill, Mills ^c   Greenough, P Gregg ^d   Kirsch, Thomas D ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

disasters; education model; hotline; Hurricane Katrina; infectious diseases; Mississippi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CYCLONE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CYCLONES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MISSISSIPPI; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 67651166720     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00006488     Document Type: Article

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