Determinants of emergency response willingness in the local public health workforce by jurisdictional and scenario patterns: A cross-sectional survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Barnett, Daniel J ^a,b   Thompson, Carol B ^b   Errett, Nicole A ^b   Semon, Natalie L ^a,b   Anderson, Marilyn K ^c   Ferrell, Justin L ^d   Freiheit, Jennifer M ^e   Hudson, Robert ^f   Koch, Michelle M ^g   McKee, Mary ^h   Mejia Echeverry, Alvaro ⁱ   Spitzer, James ^j   Balicer, Ran D ^k,l   Links, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c Eastern Idaho Public Health District   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^f Butler County Health Department   (United States)

^g Meeker County Public Health   (United States)

^h Marion County Health Department   (United States)

ⁱ Miami Dade County   (United States)

^j MULTNOMAH COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^k BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^l CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTHRAX; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOTERRORISM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84857748822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-164     Document Type: Review

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