Public health management of disasters
Subtitle: the practice guide
By: Linda Young Landesman
Contributors: American Public Health Association
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: American Public Health Association
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 534
ISBN-13: 9780875530048
Subjects: Public Health Administration; Health aspects; Crisis management; Disaster relief; Disaster Planning; Disaster medicine; Disasters
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Types of disasters and their consequences; title: Role and responsibility of public health; title: Structure and organization of health management in disaster response; title: Disaster-related surveillance and emergency information systems; title: Hazard assessment, vulnerability analysis, risk assessment, and rapid health assessment; title: Disaster communications; title: Essentials of disaster planning; title: Environmental and occupational health issues; title: Behavioral health strategies; title: Vulnerable populations; title: Public health response to emerging infections and biological incidents; title: Public health considerations in recovery and reconstruction; title: Evaluation methods for assessing public health and medical response to disasters; title: Ethical considerations in public health emergencies,