Disasters and public health : planning and response / Bruce W. Clements, Julie Ann P. Casani.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Disasters and Public Health: Planning and Response, Second Edition, examines the critical intersection between emergency management and public health. It provides a succinct overview of the actions that may be taken before, during, and after a major public health emergency or disaster to reduce morbidity and mortality. Five all-new chapters at the beginning of the book describe how policy and law drive program structures and strategies leading to the establishment and maintenance of preparedness capabilities. New topics covered in this edition include disaster behavioral health, which is often the most expensive and longest-term recovery challenge in a public health emergency, and community resilience, a valuable resource upon which most emergency programs and responses depend. The balance of the book provides an in-depth review of preparedness, response, and recovery challenges for 15 public health threats. These chapters also provide lessons learned from responses to each threat, giving users a well-rounded introduction to public health preparedness and response that is rooted in experience and practice.

Front Cover; Disasters and Public Health:Planning and Response; Copyright; Contents; About the Authors; Bruce W. Clements, MPH; Julie Ann P. Casani, MD, MPH; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 -- Public Health Preparedness History and Policy; The Early Years; Establishing Modern Public Health Infrastructure; Public Health Response to Terrorism; Expansion to All-Hazards Preparedness; Introducing a Capabilities-Based Approach to Public Health Preparedness; Preparedness Policy Development and Partnerships; Summary; Websites; References; 2 -- Public Health Preparedness Capabilities.

Introduction: Be Prepared-The 2008 Pahuk Pride TornadoPublic Health Preparedness Infrastructure; Public Health Preparedness Capabilities; Public Health Preparedness Capabilities Summary; Capability 1: Community Preparedness; Community Preparedness Capability Example: Motivating Individual Preparedness; Capability 2: Community Recovery; Community Recovery Capability Example: Earthquake Recovery in Chinatown; Capability 3: Emergency Operations Coordination; Emergency Operations Capability Example: Cross-Border Collaboration for Chemical Antidotes.

Capability 4: Emergency Public Information and WarningEmergency Public Information and Warning Example: Emergency Dark Websites; Capability 5: Fatality Management; Fatality Management Example: Public Health-Seattle & King County Mass Fatality and Family Assistance Operations Response Plan; Capability 6: Information Sharing; Information Sharing Example: Denver Public Health HANDI (Handheld Automated Notification for Drugs and Immunizations) System; Capability 7: Mass Care; Mass Care Example: Functional Needs Support Services (FNSS) Guidance; Capability 8: Medical Countermeasure Dispensing.

Medical Countermeasure Dispensing Example: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Community Partner Assessment ToolkitCapability 9: Medical Material Management and Distribution; Medical Materiel Management and Distribution Example: Idaho Inventory Management System (IIMS): Managing Supply Management and S ... ; Capability 10: Medical Surge; Medical Surge Example: Mesa County Health Department (Grand Junction, Colorado) Advanced Practice Center, Blueprint for the Use ... ; Capability 11: Nonpharmaceutical Interventions.

Nonpharmaceutical Intervention Example: The 5th Guy Campaign (Florida)Capability 12: Public Health Laboratory Testing; Public Health Laboratory Testing Example: The Association of Public Health Laboratories' (APHL) Emerging Infectious Diseases Pla ... ; Capability13: Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation; Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation Example: Traveler Screening and Monitoring to Reduce US Ebola Risk; Capability 14: Responder Safety and Health.