Building resiliency: A cross-sectional study examining relationships among health-related quality of life, well-being, and disaster preparedness

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gowan, Monica E ^a   Kirk, Ray C ^b   Sloan, Jeff A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Evacuation; Hazards; Health outcomes; Health promotion; Integrative disaster resilience; Prevention; Risk perception; Self management; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SENSE OF COHERENCE SCALE; TSUNAMI; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEX FACTORS; TSUNAMIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902551184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-12-85     Document Type: Article

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