TY - JOUR PY - 2009// TI - Disaster response after Hurricane Katrina: a model for an academic-community partnership in Mississippi JO - Journal of community health nursing A1 - Richards, Elizabeth A. A1 - Novak, Julie Cowan A1 - Davis, L. V. SP - 114 EP - 120 VL - 26 IS - 3 N2 - Team Reach Out Biloxi is a nursing student-initiated service-learning project with the goal of providing ongoing assistance to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. On 6 different occasions from 2005 to 2008, Purdue nursing students integrated their leadership skills with application of public health knowledge, compassion, and concern as they worked in partnership with the Gulfport region Coastal Family Health Clinics (CFHC). This article reviews the service-learning framework, course planning, and implementation of a 3-year posthurricane disaster project.
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LA - en SN - 0737-0016 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07370010903034391 ID - ref1 ER -