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Rethinking Volunteer Management Using a Centralized Volunteer Staging and Training Area

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2013

Abstract

Public health agencies simply do not have enough trained staff or volunteers to effectively respond to a large-scale disaster. Training volunteers “off the street” will be crucial—but time consuming—in a public health emergency. A centralized volunteer staging and training area can help to efficiently register, credential, and conduct just-in-time training of volunteers, while reducing stress, confusion, traffic congestion, and security issues at various mass dispensing clinics. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2008;2:127–129)

Type
Concepts in Disaster Medicine
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2008

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