Vulnerability of urban homebound older adults in disasters: A survey of evacuation preparedness

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 301-306

  Dostal, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster planning; emergency preparedness; vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

AGED; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SHELTER; FEMALE; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYCLONIC STORMS; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SHELTER; FEMALE; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; PHILADELPHIA; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84931560213     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2015.50     Document Type: Article

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