Public health information in crisis-affected populations: a review of methods and their use for advocacy and action

The Lancet

Volumn 390, Issue 10109, 2017, Pages 2297-2313

  Checchi, Francesco ^a,b   Warsame, Abdihamid ^b   Treacy Wong, Victoria ^a   Polonsky, Jonathan ^c   van Ommeren, Mark ^c   Prudhon, Claudine ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SECURITY; GENDER BASED VIOLENCE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION SIZE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TERRORISM; CATERING SERVICE; DISASTER; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RELIEF WORK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VIOLENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

DISASTERS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RELIEF WORK; VIOLENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 85020442104     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30702-X     Document Type: Review

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