Theory-Based Approaches to Understanding Public Emergency Preparedness: Implications for Effective Health and Risk Communication



Theory-Based Approaches to Understanding Public Emergency Preparedness: Implications for Effective Health and Risk Communication

Emergency today is a complex function involving public safety and security, business affairs, public and information affairs, information systems administration, communication technologies, mapping sciences and hazard modeling, legal affairs, and coordination with numerous other organizations. This diverse set of functions and activities requires emergency managers to be effective managers of programs and operational managers of many direct disaster activities. The effective management of both program and operational activities requires an understanding of management principles ...