Factors associated with the willingness of health care personnel to work during an influenza public health emergency: An integrative review

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 551-566

  Devnani, Mahesh ^a,b  

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

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

disaster; emergency; epidemic; flu; H1N1; influenza; pandemic; public health; review; swine flu; willingness

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84870431586     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X12001331     Document Type: Review

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