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Landesman's public health management of disasters : the practice guide / Linda Young Landesman, Rita V. Burke.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, DC : American Public Health Association, [2017]Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xxviii, 745 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780875532790 (softcover : alk. paper)
  • 0875532799 (softcover : alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Public health management of disasters
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Landesman's public health management of disastersDDC classification:
  • 363.34/8 23
LOC classification:
  • RA645.9 .L36 2017
NLM classification:
  • WA 295
Contents:
Types of disasters and their consequences -- Role and responsibility of public health -- Structure and organization of health management in disaster response -- Essentials of disaster planning -- Disaster surveillance and information systems -- Risk and rapid health assessment -- Disaster communications -- Behavioral health strategies -- Environmental health -- Occupational health in disasters -- People with disabilities and others with access and functional needs -- Public health response to emerging infections and biological incidents -- Public health considerations in recovery and reconstruction -- Evaluation methods for assessing public health and medical response to disasters -- Ethical considerations in public health emergencies.
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Book Book ENSIGN LIBRARY General Stacks RA645.9 L23 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available ekp 06/11/18

Preceded by Public health management of disasters / Linda Young Landesman. 3rd ed. c2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Types of disasters and their consequences -- Role and responsibility of public health -- Structure and organization of health management in disaster response -- Essentials of disaster planning -- Disaster surveillance and information systems -- Risk and rapid health assessment -- Disaster communications -- Behavioral health strategies -- Environmental health -- Occupational health in disasters -- People with disabilities and others with access and functional needs -- Public health response to emerging infections and biological incidents -- Public health considerations in recovery and reconstruction -- Evaluation methods for assessing public health and medical response to disasters -- Ethical considerations in public health emergencies.

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