Citation

Blake SC, Hawley JN, Henkel AG, Howard DH. Am. J. Public Health 2018; 108(S5): S399-S401.

Affiliation

Sarah C. Blake, Jonathan N. Hawley, and David H. Howard are with the Department of Health Policy & Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. April G. Henkel is with the Florida Health Care Association, Tallahassee.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2018.304557

PMID

30260693

Abstract

We built an online emergency preparedness Web site for Florida nursing homes after an earlier study revealed gaps in information and a lack of available preparedness resources for long-term care providers. The Long Term Care Emergency Preparedness Portal ( www.ltcprepare.org ) was launched in January 2015. We assessed its use and sought suggestions for improvement.

FINDINGS indicate that long-term care providers in Florida regularly use the Web site, and they welcome the opportunity to further leverage technology to aid their disaster planning. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print September 27, 2018: e1-e3. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2018.304557).

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