Household emergency preparedness: A literature review

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 725-733

  Levac, Joëlle ^a   Toal Sullivan, Darene ^a,b   O'Sullivan, Tracey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disasters; Emergency management; Preparedness

Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; DISABLED PERSON; DISASTER PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

DISABLED PERSONS; DISASTER PLANNING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84864067497     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9488-x     Document Type: Review

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