Earthquake response and psychosocial health outcomes: Applying lessons from integrating systems of care and recovery to Haiti

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-17

  Fullerton, Carol S ^a   Reissman, Dori B ^a,b,c   Gray, Christine ^a   Flynn, Brian W ^a   Ursano, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; HAITI; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; HAITI; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77951650074     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1935789300002354     Document Type: Review

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