Developing a measure of local agency adaptation to emergencies: A metric

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 473-480

  Schuh, Russell G ^a   Tony Eichelberger, R ^d   Stebbins, Samuel ^c   Pomer, Bruce ^b   Duran, Luis ^c   Mahoney, John F ^a   Keane, Christopher ^c   Lin, Chyongchiou J ^c   Potter, Margaret A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Health Officer's Association of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Instrument development; Maturity model; Metrics; Organizational adaptation; Public health system preparedness; Reliability; Response measurement; Stage state change model; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84858969663     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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