Barriers to disaster preparedness among medical special needs populations

• Main Authors: Leslie eMeyer (Author), Kristina eVatcheva (Author), Stephanie eCastellanos (Author), Belinda eReininger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A medical special needs (MSN) assessment was conducted among 3088 respondents in a hurricane prone area. The sample was female (51.7%), Hispanic (92.9%), aged > 45 years (51%), not insured for health (59.2%), and with an MSN (33.2%). Barriers to preparedness were characterized for all households,...