Citation

Richman A, Shohat G, Soffer Y, Bar-Dayan Y. Prehosp. Disaster Med. 2010; 25(1): 63-67.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

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PMID

20405464

Abstract

A telephone survey among two randomly selected, representative samples of adults was conducted two days after a suicide bomber event in Dimona, Israel. Television, radio, Internet, and newspapers were more common sources of information in the general population, whereas friends, family, and the local authorities were the more common sources of information in Dimona. Higher acquaintance with police instructions and higher knowledge of the exact location of the event were found in the population of Dimona. Authorities must pay attention to this phenomenon and use the correct sources of information in each area in order to achieve better exposure of the target population to the police instructions after a terrorist event.

Language: en