Community resilience for catastrophic health events.
@article{SchochSpana2008CommunityRF,
title={Community resilience for catastrophic health events.},
author={Monica Schoch-Spana},
journal={Biosecurity and bioterrorism : biodefense strategy, practice, and science},
year={2008},
volume={6 2},
pages={
129-30
}
}Where local civic leaders, citizens, and families are educated regarding threats and are empowered to mitigate their own risk, where they are practiced in responding to events, where they have social networks to fall back upon, and where they have familiarity with local public health and medical systems, there will be community resilience that will significantly attenuate the requirement for additional assistance.
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