MAJOR ATTACKS

Common Communications Personnel Stress during Major Attacks



Common Communications Personnel Stress during Major Attacks

1. Common communications personnel stress during major attacks

The release of health information during a terrorist attack or other public health emergencies is an essential element of the national response to the event? and officials of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and state and local health departments are aware that the quality? timeliness and credibility of our messages and can make a difference between people who remain in the safety or become vulnerable to health risks of the emergency. (Hall? 2003)

Federal officials have ...