Applying community engagement to disaster planning: Developing the vision and design for the Los Angeles county community disaster resilience initiative

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1172-1180

  Wells, Kenneth B ^a   Tang, Jennifer ^a   Lizaola, Elizabeth ^a   Jones, Felica ^b   Brown, Arleen ^a   Stayton, Alix ^c   Williams, Malcolm ^d   Chandra, Anita ^d   Eisenman, David ^a   Fogleman, Stella ^e   Plough, Alonzo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Healthy African American Families II   (United States)

^c University of Los Angeles   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e Los Angeles County Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879025459     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301407     Document Type: Article

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