Acceptance of a Volunteer First-Responder System in Rural Communities
A Field Experiment
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 9097253 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Justin A Myrick (Georgia Institute of Technology), Bonnie J Kay (Georgia Institute of Technology), Darlene Kishbaugh (Georgia Institute of Technology), Julian V Pittman (Georgia Institute of Technology), Nelson F Sayford (Georgia Institute of Technology) |
| Año | 1983 |
| Volumen | 21 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 389-399 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1983-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Editorial | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-198304000-00002 |
| PMID | 6843193 |
| OpenAlex | W2090070661 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 1 |
| Referencias citadas | 4 |
This article describes a randomized control field experiment that was used to evaluate the impact of an organized volunteer-based emergency first-responder system in 36 rural, medically underserved communities in central Georgia. The system created an information network within communities, which allowed rapid contact with trained resident volunteers when emergencies occurred. The evaluation examined selected environmental variables related to creating an information network and their effect on the general public's willingness to use a first responder for medical emergencies. Measurements of community awareness and attitudes were made using a household telephone survey conducted immediately before project initiation, 3 months and 13 months after implementation. Willingness to use the system was greatest for individual respondents living in communities with less than 800 population and who were participants in the social network of the community. Implications for administrating this type of project through statewide EMS systems are discussed
Business · Environmental health · Family medicine · First responder · Medical emergency · Population · Rural community · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Telephone survey · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Marketing · Medicine · Psychology
| Obras citantes distintas | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 0,02 |
| Intervalo de citas | 1984 - 1984 (1) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 1 |