Surprisingly, medical students' first language was not statistically associated with increased preparedness to care for LEP patients.
Investments made in the public health system to increase preparedness to address the threat of bioterrorism will also pay dividends in preparedness to confront the next influenza pandemic, other emerging infectious diseases, and other threats to public health.
Much of the focus was directed toward increasing preparedness and awareness relative to flood and fire hazards since these are more common events in the Skagit Valley.
This manipulation was introduced to induce "dispreparation" [44], [45], which would help attenuate the effects of the "hazard function" (the increasing preparedness invoked by longer foreperiods once the target fails to appear at the expected foreperiod).
She said that her office recognized that a big spill would be disastrous to wildlife and that it made suggestions for increasing preparedness for the cleanup of a spill as part of an informal consultation on the biological review.
In addition to enhanced surveillance and development of therapeutics, access to early, sensitive, and specific laboratory diagnosis is a key factor in increasing preparedness in Europe and other countries at risk (11 – 11 ).
Increasing preparedness in these communities should be a national priority.
Increasing preparedness can be viewed as "an insurance policy against an uncertain future," the report said, while inaction could impose large costs on future generations.
Emergency vehicles relocation is one mechanism of increasing preparedness for potential emergencies.
TWC claimed naming winter storms would help raise early awareness of them, thereby increasing preparedness and reducing hazards.
