Health communications and community mobilization during an Ebola response: Partnerships with community and faith-based organizations

Public Health Reports

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 128-133

  Santibañez, Scott ^a   Siegel, Vivi ^a   O’Sullivan, Megan ^a   Lacson, Romel ^a   Jorstad, Connie ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION OF STATE AND TERRITORIAL HEALTH OFFICIALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES; CONSUMER; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RELIGION;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923677461     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491513000205     Document Type: Note

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