Tornado hazard communication disparities among spanish-speaking individuals in an english-speaking community

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-102

  Ahlborn, Leslie ^a,b   Franc, Jeffrey Michael ^d   Med, D Sport ^c  

^a UTAH VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

communication barrier; disaster; emergency alert system; emergency messaging; emergency prevention; health messaging; Spanish language; tornado

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862106970     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X12000015     Document Type: Article

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