A national framework for disaster health education in Australia

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-11

  Fitzgerald, Gerard J ^a   Aitken, Peter ^b   Arbon, Paul ^c   Archer, Frank ^d   Cooper, David ^e   Leggat, Peter ^b   Myers, Colin ^f   Robertson, Andrew ^g   Tarrant, Michael ^h   Davis, Elinor R ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^h Emergency Management Australia ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; awareness; disaster health; education; framework

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CURRICULUM; DELPHI STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RELIEF WORK;

AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CURRICULUM; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RELIEF WORK;

EID: 78649629692     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00007585     Document Type: Article

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