General physical preparedness of emergency and essential personnel

Emergency and disaster preparedness plans are an essential requirement for most organizations today due to the frequency and complexity of incidents such as disease outbreaks, natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods, fires and earthquakes and even terrorist attacks. Despite the detailed planning that goes into these programs, all too often, the physical and mental fitness of the individuals assigned to respond in case of emergency is an afterthought. This project reviews the literature with regard to essential/emergency personnel fitness and worksite fitness interventions.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Public Health

Level thesis:degree_level

Master

Grantor

The University of Texas Medical Branch

Year dc:date.issued

2010

Author dc:creator

• Michael B. Watto

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• M. Kristen Peek, Ph D

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Laura Rudkin, Ph D
• Gerald Cleveland, MA

• fitness intervention
• employee fitness
• emergency personnel fitness
• disaster response personnel fitness

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the TDL web site by The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Dc Identifier Other

etd-06212010-132945

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:utmb-ir.tdl.org:2152.3/124