Citizen Preparedness for Disasters: Are Current Assumptions Valid?-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Citizen Preparedness for Disasters: Are Current Assumptions Valid?

Published:2012-06 Issue:2 Volume:6 Page:170-173
ISSN:1935-7893
Container-title:Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
language:en
Short-container-title:Disaster med. public health prep.

Author:

Uscher-Pines Lori,Chandra Anita,Acosta Joie,Kellermann Arthur

Abstract

ABSTRACTUS government programs and communications regarding citizen preparedness for disasters rest on several untested, and therefore unverified, assumptions. We explore the assumptions related to citizen preparedness promotion and argue that in spite of extensive messaging about the importance of citizen preparedness and countless household surveys purporting to track the preparedness activities of individuals and households, the role individual Americans are being asked to play is largely based on conventional wisdom. Recommendations for conceptualizing and measuring citizen preparedness are discussed.(Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2012;6:170–173)

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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