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"We found that the capability to conduct basic crisis and emergency risk communication is quite good at the state level, but there remains significant variation at the local level," the study's lead author, Jeanne Ringel, a senior economist at Rand, said in a news release. "We concluded there is room for improvement at all levels, particularly in the area of providing information in languages other than English."

The study appears online in the journal Health Affairs.

The Rand Corp. is a nonprofit research organization.

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SOURCE: Rand Corporation, news release, July 7, 2009


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