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Public health emergency preparedness : a practical approach for the real world / Suzet McKinney, Mary Elise Papke.

By: McKinney, Suzet [author.].
Contributor(s): Papke, Mary Elise [author.].
Publisher: Burlington, Massachusetts : Jones & Bartlett Learning, ©2019Description: 195 pages ; cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781284069259 (paperback : alk. paper).Subject(s): Civil Defense | Emergencies | Emergency Medical ServicesGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
What is public health preparedness? -- Legal issues in public health emergency preparedness -- Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) events -- Natural disasters and unintentional emergencies -- Pandemic influenza -- Epidemiology and surveillance in preparedness and response -- Hazard assessment and planning -- Training, exercising and evaluating -- Multi-agency coordination systems, information sharing, and interoperability -- Community preparedness and recovery -- Crisis and emergency risk communication -- Medical countermeasures -- Medical surge -- Leadership and the future of public health preparedness.
Summary: "This is a widely offered upper level undergrad and grad level course. Will bundle perfectly with our PH Disaster Casebook by Linda Landesman. Will be a gritty practical text"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is public health preparedness? -- Legal issues in public health emergency preparedness -- Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) events -- Natural disasters and unintentional emergencies -- Pandemic influenza -- Epidemiology and surveillance in preparedness and response -- Hazard assessment and planning -- Training, exercising and evaluating -- Multi-agency coordination systems, information sharing, and interoperability -- Community preparedness and recovery -- Crisis and emergency risk communication -- Medical countermeasures -- Medical surge -- Leadership and the future of public health preparedness.

"This is a widely offered upper level undergrad and grad level course. Will bundle perfectly with our PH Disaster Casebook by Linda Landesman. Will be a gritty practical text"--Provided by publisher.

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