The Communities Advancing Resilience Toolkit (CART)©: Development of a survey instrument to assess community resilience

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-30

  Pfefferbaum, Rose L ^a,b   Neas, Barbara R ^b   Pfefferbaum, Betty ^c   Norris, Fran H ^d,e   van Horn, Richard L ^c  

^a Phoenix College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Community assessment; Community resilience; Community survey; Disaster; Disaster preparedness; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TERRORISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTER PLANNING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERRORISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883623592     PISSN: 15224821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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