Gauging U.S. Emergency Medical Services workers' willingness to respond to pandemic influenza using a threat- and efficacy-based assessment framework

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Barnett, Daniel J ^a,b   Levine, Roger ^c   Thompson, Carol B ^b   Wijetunge, Gamunu U ^d   Oliver, Anthony L ^d,e   Bentley, Melissa A ^f   Neubert, Patrick D ^d,e   Pirrallo, Ronald G ^g,h   Links, Jonathan M ^a,b   Balicer, Ran D ⁱ  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^e AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^f National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians   (United States)

^g MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^h Milwaukee County Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

ⁱ BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANDEMIC; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANDEMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952115890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009856     Document Type: Article

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