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Developing a Bioterrorism Preparedness Campaign for Veterans: Using Focus Groups to Inform Materials Development

Susan L. Santos, PhD, MS

War Related Illness and Injury Study Center in the VA-New Jersey Health Care System in East Orange, New Jersey; Health Education and Behavioral Sciences Department, School of Public Health at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Piscataway, New Jersey

Drew A. Helmer, MD, MS

VA-New Jersey Health Care System in East Orange, New Jersey; University of Medicine & Dentistry New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School in East Orange and Newark, New Jersey

John Fotiades, MD, MPH

Liesel Copeland, PhD

Health Education Behavioral Sciences Department at the School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey in Piscataway, New Jersey

Jeffrey D. Simon, PhD

Political Risk Assessment Company, Inc. in Santa Monica, California

In the context of a global war on terrorism experts have focused on the potential for a bioterrorist incident to cause widespread health and psychological consequences. Preparation is critical to improving the U.S. response to future bioterrorist incidents and educating the public is recognized as a vital part of this preparedness effort. Under a grant from the U.S. Veterans Health Administration (VHA), researchers from a network of VA health care and research facilities initiated a program to develop and evaluate educational materials for veterans—including those with mental illness. This article describes the results of a series of focus groups with three veteran subpopulations of interest to characterize their concerns and information needs and summarizes the insights gained that helped guide materials development.

Key Words: health education • bioterrorism preparedness • veterans' • education • mental health • focus groups • materials development

This version was published on January 1, 2007

Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 8, No. 1, 31-40 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1524839906289075
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