Is previous disaster experience a good predictor for disaster preparedness in extreme poverty households in remote muslim minority based community in China?

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 466-472

  Chan, Emily Y Y ^a   Kim, Jean H ^a   Lin, Cherry ^a   Cheung, Eliza Y L ^a   Lee, Polly P Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Disaster preparedness; Ethnic minority; Extreme poverty household; Rural and remote communities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84904744117     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9761-9     Document Type: Article

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