Essentials of public health preparedness and emergency management [electronic resource] / edited by Rebecca Katz, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, James A. Banaski, Jr., MS, MEP, CEM, Senior Public Health Emergency Management Professional, Atlanta, Georgia.

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Main Authors: Katz, Rebecca, 1973- (Author), Banaski, James A., Jr (Author)
Language:English
Published: Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2019]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Essential public health.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central: 2018 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Format: Electronic eBook
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 it's 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.