Disaster Preparedness among Active Duty Personnel, Retirees, Veterans, and Dependents.

摘要

The surveyed population is no more prepared than the general public, though surveyed beneficiaries overall are at an upper range of preparedness. Lower income and levels of education were associated with lack of preparedness, whereas training in disaster preparedness or having been affected by disasters increased the likelihood of being adequately prepared. Unlike results seen in the general public, those with chronic health care needs in the surveyed population were more, rather than less, likely to be prepared and those with minor children were less likely, rather than more likely, to be prepared. Duty status was assessed and only veterans were emphatically more probable than most to be prepared. Annis H , Jacoby I , DeMers G . Disaster preparedness among active duty personnel, retirees, veterans, and dependents. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2016;31(2):132-140.