@article{ref1,
title="Assessment of physician preparedness and response capacity to bioterrorism or other public health emergency events in a major metropolitan area",
journal="Disaster management and response",
year="2007",
author="Spranger, Cathy B. and Villegas, Dorian and Kazda, Michael J. and Harris, Ann Marie and Mathew, Shane and Migala, Witold",
volume="5",
number="3",
pages="82-86",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The role of physicians in the detection, reporting, and response to infectious disease outbreaks, anomalous biologic events, or other public health emergencies is critical to the community's safety. OBJECTIVE/METHOD: In an effort to assess the level of preparedness of local physicians to respond to such events, the City of Fort Worth Public Health Department, the Fort Worth/Tarrant County Health Authority, and the Tarrant County Medical Society collaborated in designing and administering a cross-sectional study in spring 2006. RESULTS: The results serve as a baseline of the local clinical community's preparedness, with 91% of local physicians reporting their knowledge as &quot;fair-poor,&quot; 80% desiring more information, and 83% favoring more training opportunities. CONCLUSION: Information obtained through this assessment is used to help cultivate educational interventions that will enhance the participation, integration, and mobilization of clinicians in the event of a community emergency.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1540-2487",
doi="10.1016/j.dmr.2007.05.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dmr.2007.05.001"
}