Communicating Risk of the Bioterrorism Threat: A Case Study in Houston, Texas of Heathcare Professionals and the General Public

dc.contributor.advisorBlanchard-Boehm, Denise
dc.contributor.authorCook, Mark Jeffreyen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberLu, Yongmei
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMacey, Susan
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBrender, Jean
dc.date.accessioned2007-06-13T10:12:30Z
dc.date.available2012-02-24T10:12:30Z
dc.date.issued2006-12en_US
dc.description.abstractThe primary goals of this research are to assess and model the process of risk communication among healthcare workers towards the threat of bioterrorist agents and to identify factors that contribute to responsive clinicians, thereby providing a strategy for designing more effective education programs among healthcare providers who are the population with the most likely opportunities to identify a bioterrorist event.en_US
dc.description.departmentGeography and Environmental Studies
dc.formatText
dc.format.extent347 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationCook, M. J. (2006). <i>Communicating risk of the bioterrorism threat: A case study in Houston, Texas of heathcare professionals and the general public</i> (Unpublished dissertation). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/4311
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectBioterrorismen_US
dc.subjectRisk communicationen_US
dc.subjectBioterrorism preparednessen_US
dc.titleCommunicating Risk of the Bioterrorism Threat: A Case Study in Houston, Texas of Heathcare Professionals and the General Publicen_US
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.departmentGeography
thesis.degree.disciplineGeography
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University-San Marcos
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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