Public Health Interventions

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Chadwin, Robin. "Evacuation of Pets during Disasters: A Public Health Intervention to Increase
Resilience." American Journal of Public Health, 9, Sept. 2017, pp. 1413-1417. .
In the article “Evacuation of Pets during Disasters: A Public Health Intervention to Increase Resilience” (2017), Robin Chadwin that “Recognizing the importance of pets to their owners and their role in public health is an important first step in ameliorating a public health problem that has been seen repeatedly in the past and is unlikely to change in the future. Sheltering companion animals during disasters is an attainable objective when there is appropriate planning” ( ). Chadwin her assertion by researching the different affects and outcomes of pets being left

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