Just-in-Time Personal Preparedness: Downloads and Usage Patterns of the American Red Cross Hurricane Application during Hurricane Sandy

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 762-767

  Kirsch, Thomas D ^a   Circh, Ryan ^a   Bissell, Richard A ^b   Goldfeder, Matthew ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

Author keywords

computer applications software; disaster medicine; disaster planning; emergency preparedness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY; FAMILY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RED CROSS; CIVIL DEFENSE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MOBILE APPLICATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CIVIL DEFENSE; CYCLONIC STORMS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; RED CROSS;

EID: 84976407046     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2016.52     Document Type: Article

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