Public health crisis management: Community level roles and communication options

Proceedings of ISCRAM 2006 - 3rd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 435-443

  Gomez, Elizabeth Avery ^a   Passerini, Katia ^a   Hare, Karen ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Community informatics; Crisis management; Epidemics; Gap analysis; Homeland security; Media richness; Mobile technology; Public health

Indexed keywords

BIOTERRORISM; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; NATIONAL SECURITY; SECURITY SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

COMMUNITY INFORMATICS; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; EPIDEMICS; GAP ANALYSIS; HOME LAND SECURITY; MEDIA RICHNESS; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY;

PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84870224070     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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