Promoting Community Preparedness: Lessons Learned From the Implementation of a Chemical Disaster Tabletop Exercise

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 310-319

  High, Erika H ^a   Lovelace, Kay A ^b   Gansneder, Bruce M ^c   Strack, Robert W ^b   Callahan, Barbara ^d   Benson, Phillip ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d Biology Department   (United States)

^e NC Public Health Preparedness Response Planner and Evaluator   (United States)

Author keywords

health educator roles; public health preparedness; tabletop exercise

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; DISASTER PLANNING; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; NORTH CAROLINA; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049355182     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839908325063     Document Type: Article

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