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Public Health Management of Disasters: The Practice Guide, Second Edition

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Public Health Management of Disasters: The Practice Guide, Second Edition

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 363.34
EAN: 9780875530451
ISBN: 0875530451
Label: American Public Health Association
Manufacturer: American Public Health Association
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 446
Publication Date: 2005-03-01
Publisher: American Public Health Association
Release Date: 2005-03-01
Studio: American Public Health Association
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Summary: Great Introduction to field of disaster management
Comment: This book was selected as a textbook for a graduate level course in Principles of Disaster Mangement at the School of Public Health at Loma Linda. The book was well written and topics were presented clearly. There is a lot of jargon which is part of the public health world, but the book is a good read. There are up-to-date references and websites for further information. Overall, very useful information and I recommend it as a great introduction to the field of disaster managment.
  
Editorial Reviews:
The 2nd edition of this landmark book consolidates important information on disaster-related resources into one source. It is designed to help the public health profession plan for tasks for which "on the job" is the chief teacher. The author has recognized striking improvements in disaster readiness in the United States, including inter-organizational cooperation and planning among response agencies, and greater technological capability for monitoring and response. Additional information has been added on morbidity and mortality for several new types of disasters; updated structure and organization to reflect changes in federal response and organization including national incident management system, public health incident command, volunteers, Geographic Information Systems and public health response; expanded disaster communications including working with the media, communication systems, information technology recovery; surge capacity and surge capacity planning; worker safety; handling human remains; ensuring food safety and feeding large numbers of displaced persons; organizing mental health services, including staff training, setting up assistance services; death notification; disasters and people with disabilities, including building preparedness, disaster planning councils; point of dispensing sites; updated laboratory response network; and maintaining the vaccine cold chain.
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