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Urbanization and Humanitarian Access Working Group: A Blueprint for the Development of Prevention and Preparedness Indicators for Urban Humanitarian Crises

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2012

Shada A. Rouhani ,
Ronak B. Patel ,
Laura M. Janneck ,
Amit Prasad ,
Jostacio Lapitan  and
Frederick M. Burkle Jr
Shada A. Rouhani
Affiliation:
Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. Boston, Massachusetts USA
Ronak B. Patel*
Affiliation:
Program on Urbanization and Humanitarian Emergencies. Associate Faculty, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital. Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts USA
Laura M. Janneck
Affiliation:
Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. Boston, Massachusetts USA
Amit Prasad
Affiliation:
World Health Organization (WHO) Centre for Health Development, Kobe, Japan
Jostacio Lapitan
Affiliation:
World Health Organization (WHO) Centre for Health Development, Kobe, Japan
Frederick M. Burkle Jr
Affiliation:
Senior Fellow & Scientist, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
*
Corresponding author: Ronak B. Patel, MD, MPH 14 Story St., 2nd Floor, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA E-mail: rbpatel@gmail.com
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Keywords

Rapid urbanizationHealth indicatorsAssessment toolsUrban HEART
Type
Original Research
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 26 , Issue 6 , December 2011 , pp. 460 - 463
Copyright
Copyright Rouhani © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2012

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