Disasters and Public Health: Planning and Response Reviews

Book Detail
Edition: 1
Release: 2009-04-08
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 1856176126
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

Disasters and Public Health pdf
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From the San Diego wildfires to multi-drug-resistant strains of bacteria, communities are facing an ever-growing list of potential disasters. Some events, like pandemic flu or anthrax attacks, are public health emergencies first and foremost. Hurricane Katrina taught us, however, that lack of planning for the frail, elderly, and impoverished population can turn a natural disaster into a healthcare nightmare and lead to needless death and suffering. Emergency managers and public health professionals must integrate their prevention and response efforts to serve their communities most effectively. The structure of each chapter offers an innovative approach to organizing key information: 1. Case Study or Historical Example 2. Disaster-specific Terms Defined 3. Disaster Description 4. Health Threat (Morbidity and Mortality) 5. Prevention 6. Immediate Actions 7. Recovery or Managing the Aftermath 8. Summary Disasters and Public Health is a crucial tool in planning for and responding to t Download Disasters and Public Health for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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