About the Authors
- Daniel J. Barnett
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* E-mail: dbarnett@jhsph.edu
Affiliations Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Ran D. Balicer
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
- Carol B. Thompson
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- J. Douglas Storey
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Affiliations Johns Hopkins Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Saad B. Omer
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Affiliation Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Natalie L. Semon
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Affiliations Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Steve Bayer
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† Deceased.
Affiliation Mid-Ohio Valley Region, Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States of America
- Lorraine V. Cheek
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Affiliation Preble County General Health District, Wright State University Masters of Public Health, Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
- Kerry W. Gateley
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Affiliation Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
- Kathryn M. Lanza
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Affiliation Summit County Health District, Stow, Ohio, United States of America
- Jane A. Norbin
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Affiliation St. Paul-Ramsey County Department of Public Health, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
- Catherine C. Slemp
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Affiliation Bureau for Public Health, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
- Jonathan M. Links
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Affiliations Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DJB RDB JDS SBO. Analyzed the data: DJB RDB CBT JDS SBO. Wrote the paper: DJB RDB CBT. Coordinated manuscript development and contributed to its conceptual framework: DJB. Contributed to develop and operationalize the conceptual framework: JDS. Helped to refine the measurement and analysis of key concepts: JDS. Reviewed the manuscript: JDS SBO NLS VLC KWG KML JAN CCS JML. Contributed to statistical analytic methodology and research framework: SBO. Edited the manuscript: SBO KWG KML CCS JML. Oversaw survey implementation and coordination and contributed to Table 1 development: NLS. Contributed to survey implementation for manuscript development: SB. Contributed to survey implementation: VLC KWG KML JAN CCS. Contributed to the manuscript framework and conceptual design: JML.