Mass-gathering Health Research Foundational Theory: Part 1 - Population Models for Mass Gatherings
@article{Lund2014MassgatheringHR, title={Mass-gathering Health Research Foundational Theory: Part 1 - Population Models for Mass Gatherings}, author={Adam Lund and Sheila A. Turris and Ron Bowles and Malinda Steenkamp and Alison Hutton and Jamie Ranse and Paul Arbon}, journal={Prehospital and Disaster Medicine}, year={2014}, volume={29}, pages={648 - 654} }
Abstract Background The science underpinning the study of mass-gathering health (MGH) is developing rapidly. Current knowledge fails to adequately inform the understanding of the science of mass gatherings (MGs) because of the lack of theory development and adequate conceptual analysis. Defining populations of interest in the context of MGs is required to permit meaningful comparison and meta-analysis between events. Process A critique of existing definitions and descriptions of MGs was…
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