Health care workers' ability and willingness to report to work during public health emergencies

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 300-308

  Stergachis, Andy ^a   Garberson, Lisa ^a   Lien, Onora ^b   D'Ambrosio, Luann ^a   Sangare, Laura ^a   Dold, Cynthia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Pub Health Seattle and King County   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes of health personnel; Disaster response; Pandemic influenza; Public health practice; Public health workforce

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANDEMIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RELIEF WORK; RISK; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PANDEMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RELIEF WORK; SELF REPORT; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84861645204     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2011.77     Document Type: Article

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