Availability and Readability of Emergency Preparedness Materials for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and Older Adult Populations: Issues and Assessments

A major public health challenge is to communicate effectively with vulnerable populations about preparing for disasters and other health emergencies. People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (Deaf/HH) and older adults are particularly vulnerable during health emergencies and require communications tha...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 8; no. 2; p. e55614
Main Authors:	Neuhauser, Linda, Ivey, Susan L., Huang, Debbie, Engelman, Alina, Tseng, Winston, Dahrouge, Donna, Gurung, Sidhanta, Kealey, Melissa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 25.02.2013 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Accessibility Achievement tests Adults African Americans Assessments At risk populations Civil Defense - methods Civil Defense - statistics & numerical data Clients Communication Community Deaf persons Deafness Departments Disaster management Disasters Elderly Emergencies Emergency management Emergency preparedness Female Handicapped accessibility Health education Health literacy Hearing Hearing Loss Humans Language Literacy Male Medical research Medicine Older people Persons With Hearing Impairments Populations Prevention Public health Quality Social and Behavioral Sciences Social sciences Studies Underserved populations Websites United States > US California
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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