The new normal: Twelve months of resiliency and recovery in christchurch

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-43

  McColl, Graeme J ^a   Burkle, Frederick M ^b,c  

^a New Zealand Ministry of Health   (New Zealand)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Christchurch earthquake; Disaster management; Disaster recovery; Disaster resiliency; Earthquakes; Surge capacity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS DISASTER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIEF WORK; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOMETRICS; RELIEF WORK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865366705     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2012.8     Document Type: Article

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