TY - JOUR
T1 - Disaster evacuation
T2 - An exploratory study of older men and women in Georgia and North Carolina
AU - Rosenkoetter, Marlene M.
AU - Covan, Eleanor Krassen
AU - Bunting, Sheila
AU - Cobb, Brenda K.
AU - Fugate-Whitlock, Elizabeth
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - This article describes an exploratory study designed to compare the characteristics, evacuation beliefs, risk factors, and health problems of older adults living in two Georgia counties and three North Carolina counties regarding willingness to evacuate in the event of a natural disaster. More than 75% of men and women in this study listened to news about Hurricane Katrina, yet one third of the men said that they may or would not evacuate. In this study, being influenced by the outcomes of Hurricane Katrina and belief in following the advice of county officials were the only two statistically significant predictors of evacuation tendency.
AB - This article describes an exploratory study designed to compare the characteristics, evacuation beliefs, risk factors, and health problems of older adults living in two Georgia counties and three North Carolina counties regarding willingness to evacuate in the event of a natural disaster. More than 75% of men and women in this study listened to news about Hurricane Katrina, yet one third of the men said that they may or would not evacuate. In this study, being influenced by the outcomes of Hurricane Katrina and belief in following the advice of county officials were the only two statistically significant predictors of evacuation tendency.
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U2 - 10.3928/00989134-20071201-06
DO - 10.3928/00989134-20071201-06
M3 - Article
C2 - 18183747
AN - SCOPUS:38349157792
SN - 0098-9134
VL - 33
SP - 46
EP - 54
JO - Journal of Gerontological Nursing
JF - Journal of Gerontological Nursing
IS - 12
ER -