Essentials Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Management

• Main Authors: Katz, Rebecca (Author), Banaski, James A. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Burlington, MA Jones and Bartlett Learning 2019
• Edition: second edition
• Series: Essential Public Health
• Subjects: Civil Defense; Disaster Planning; Security Measures; Terrorism > prevention & control; Emergencies; Public Health Administration
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The public health community plays a vital role in identifying, responding to, containing, and recovering from emergencies. Essentials of Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Management takes an all hazards approach to public health preparedness and emergency management by providing broad perspec...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to public health preparedness - Threats from biological, chemical, nuclear, and radiological weapons - Threats from naturally occurring disease and natural disaster - 9/11 and its aftermath - Legislation, regulation, and policy guidance - Biosecurity - The research agenda - Natural disasters and humanitarian response - Surveillance and attribution investigations - The preparedness cycle - Practical applications of public health emergency management - Developing a public health emergency operations center - Links to exercises and capacity building - Case studies in public health response operations