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- Title
Rapid Assessment of the Needs and Health Status of Older Adults After Hurricane Charley—Charlotte, DeSoto, and Hardee Counties, Florida, August 27-31, 2004.
- Authors
Little, B.; Gill, J.; Schulte, J.; Young, S.; Horton, J.; Harris, L.; Batts-Osborne, D.; Sanchez, C.; Mallilay, J.; Bayleyegn, T.
- Abstract
Discusses the rapid assessment of the needs and health status of older adults after Hurricane Charley in the Florida counties of Charlotte, DeSoto, and Hardee during August 27-31, 2004. Impact of the Category 4 storm; Disruptions to residents' quality-of-life status and medical care for preexisting conditions; Recommendations made to the Florida Department of Health; Objectives of the assessment made by the CDC; Use of a questionnaire by volunteer assessment teams to get a modified cluster-sampling estimate; CDC editorial note on the importance of rapid needs assessment in time of disaster.
- Subjects
FLORIDA; UNITED States; MEDICAL needs assessment; MEDICAL care for older people; HURRICANES; QUESTIONNAIRES; HOUSEHOLD surveys; FLORIDA. Dept. of Health
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2004, Vol 292, Issue 15, p1813
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.292.15.1813