Personal disaster preparedness: An integrative review of the literature

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-231

  Kohn, Sivan ^a,b,c   Eaton, Jennifer Lipkowitz ^a,c,d   Feroz, Saad ^f   Bainbridge, Andrea A ^e   Hoolachan, Jordan ^a,c   Barnett, Daniel J ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins Public Health Preparedness Programs   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

^d Division of Occupational and Environmental Health   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Family; Household; Preparedness

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHECKLIST; DISASTER PLANNING; FAMILY; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

CHECKLIST; DISASTER PLANNING; FAMILY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84867799527     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2012.47     Document Type: Review

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