<p>The 2nd edition of this landmark book consolidates important information on disaster-related resources into one source. It is designed to help the public health profession plan for tasks for which "on the job" is the chief teacher. The author has recognized striking improvements in disaster readiness in the United States, including inter-organizational cooperation and planning among response agencies, and greater technological capability for monitoring and response. Additional information has been added on morbidity and mortality for several new types of disasters; updated structure and organization to reflect changes in federal response and organization including national incident management system, public health incident command, volunteers, Geographic Information Systems and public health response; expanded disaster communications including working with the media, communication systems, information technology recovery; surge capacity and surge capacity planning; worker safety; handling human remains; ensuring food safety and feeding large numbers of displaced persons; organizing mental health services, including staff training, setting up assistance services; death notification; disasters and people with disabilities, including building preparedness, disaster planning councils; point of dispensing sites; updated laboratory response network; and maintaining the vaccine cold chain.</p>

Public Health Management of Disasters: The Practice Guide, Second Edition

Medical Books

Linda Young Landesman

Administration & Medicine Economics

American Public Health Association

Local public health authorities have the primary responsibility for the health of a community following a disaster, and work as part of a multi-agency team to coordinate the continued delivery of health care services and to implement plans for the use or distribution of assets. In the event of a major disaster of any sort, the Internetand other electronic resources may not readily available. This pocket guide, based on the best selling Public Health Management of Disasters: The Practice Guide, 2nd Edition, will provide a quick field resource for public health interventions in the days immediately following emergencies. It was developed for public health professionals at the local, State, and Federal levels to provide quick, concise access to needed information.

Public Health Management of Disasters: The Pocket Guide

APHA Press

<p>Revised and updated for its 20th anniversary, the fifth edition of Landesman's Public Health Management of Disasters: The Practice Guide is both a comprehensive textbook and an essential tool for those who have a role in disaster management. Every chapter now includes an expansive section on COVID-19 covering all of public health’s responsibility as it relates to the pandemic. This edition continues to serve as the only comprehensive work detailing public health's permanent role and responsibility in emergency management and disaster prevention, preparedness, response, recovery and reconstruction.</p>

Landesman's Public Health Management of Disasters: The Practice Guide

DrPH

Robyn R. Gershon

Eric N. Gebbie

Alexis A. Merdjanoff

PHD.

Medicine

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