TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of Physician Preparedness and Response Capacity to Bioterrorism or Other Public Health Emergency Events in a Major Metropolitan Area
AU - Spranger, Cathy B.
AU - Villegas, Dorian
AU - Kazda, Michael J.
AU - Harris, Ann Marie
AU - Mathew, Shane
AU - Migala, Witold
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - Background: The role of physicians in the detection, reporting, and response to infectious disease outbreaks, anomalous biologic events, or other public health emergencies is critical to the community's safety. Objective/Method: In an effort to assess the level of preparedness of local physicians to respond to such events, the City of Fort Worth Public Health Department, the Fort Worth/Tarrant County Health Authority, and the Tarrant County Medical Society collaborated in designing and administering a cross-sectional study in spring 2006. Results: The results serve as a baseline of the local clinical community's preparedness, with 91% of local physicians reporting their knowledge as "fair-poor," 80% desiring more information, and 83% favoring more training opportunities. Conclusion: Information obtained through this assessment is used to help cultivate educational interventions that will enhance the participation, integration, and mobilization of clinicians in the event of a community emergency.
AB - Background: The role of physicians in the detection, reporting, and response to infectious disease outbreaks, anomalous biologic events, or other public health emergencies is critical to the community's safety. Objective/Method: In an effort to assess the level of preparedness of local physicians to respond to such events, the City of Fort Worth Public Health Department, the Fort Worth/Tarrant County Health Authority, and the Tarrant County Medical Society collaborated in designing and administering a cross-sectional study in spring 2006. Results: The results serve as a baseline of the local clinical community's preparedness, with 91% of local physicians reporting their knowledge as "fair-poor," 80% desiring more information, and 83% favoring more training opportunities. Conclusion: Information obtained through this assessment is used to help cultivate educational interventions that will enhance the participation, integration, and mobilization of clinicians in the event of a community emergency.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.dmr.2007.05.001
DO - 10.1016/j.dmr.2007.05.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 17719509
AN - SCOPUS:34548719360
SN - 1540-2487
VL - 5
SP - 82
EP - 86
JO - Disaster Management and Response
JF - Disaster Management and Response
IS - 3
ER -