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• Title:Public health management of disasters : the practice guide / Linda Young Landesman.
  
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• Author/Creator:Landesman, Linda Young.
  
• Published/Created:Washington, DC : American Public Health Association, ©2001.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WA525 .L362 2001
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Disasters--Health aspects.
  Disaster medicine.
  Crisis management.
  Disaster relief.
  
• Medical Subjects: Disaster Planning.
  Public Health Administration.
  Disasters.
  
• Description:xiv, 273 pages ; 23 cm.
  
• Summary:"This book is the first comprehensive public health text for public health practitioners and public safety personnel on emergency management response. The book acts as a resource to guide practitioners in this relatively new practice area as public health leaders begin the comprehensive nationwide integration of health departments into the emergency management response of communities"--Viii-ix.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-273).
  
• ISBN:0875530257
  
• Contents:Types of disasters and their consequences
  Role and responsibility of public health
  Structure and organization of health management in disaster response
  Disaster-related surveillance and emergency information systems
  Hazard assessment, vulnerability analysis, risk assessment, and rapid health assessment
  Disaster communications
  Environmental health issues
  Mental health strategies
  Essentials of disaster planning
  Public health response to emerging infections and bioterrorism
  Public Health considerations in recovery and reconstruction
  Evaluation methods for assessing medical and public health response to disasters
  App. A. Terms commonly used in disaster preparedness and response
  App. B. Acronyms commonly used in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery
  App. C. Useful Internet sites
  App. D. First aid kit supplies
  App. E. Incident Commander's considerations for managing nuclear, biological, and chemical incident
  App. F. List of offices of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  App. G. Emergency management standards of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
  App. H. Required elements of hazard analysis
  App. I. Common foodborne diseases caused by bacteria
  App. J. Federal Communications Commission Rules
  App. K. Key elements of a public health preparedness program