Enhancing Public Health Emergency Preparedness for Special Needs Populations A Toolkit for State and Local Planning and Response

• Autor principal: Ringel, Jeanne S. (auth)
• Otros Autores: Chandra, Anita (auth), Williams, Malcolm V. (auth), Ricci, Karen A. (auth), Felton, Alexandria (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: RAND Corporation 2009
• Materias: Medicolegal issues; Public health & preventive medicine; Social impact of disasters; Sociology; Health Sciences
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Experiences from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita showed that current emergency preparedness plans are inadequate to address the unique issues of special needs populations. This toolkit distills the most relevant emergency preparedness strategies, practices, and resources for these populations. It includ...