Mass Evacuation to Rural Communities

Brian Gerber, PhD - Assistant Professor, Division of Public Administration, School of Applied Social Sciences, West Virginia University Donald W. Rowe, PhD - Public Health Liaison, University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions

November 09, 2006

At the conclusion of the presentation, the participants will be able to:

  1. To identify the relationship between public health events and evacuation behavior in the general public
  2. To recognize the potential scale of such an evacuation event.
  3. To identify planning challenges for rural communities that might serve as receiving areas for evacuees.

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Continuing Education Credits

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