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Public health humanitarian responses to natural disasters / authored by Emily Ying Yang Chan
(Routledge humanitarian studies)
| Material Type | E-Book |
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| Publisher | Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge |
| Year | 2017 |
| Language | English |
| Size | 1 online resource (xxxiv, 259 pages) : illustrations |
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| Media type | 機械可読データファイル |
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| Contents | Key public health concepts of disaster preparedness and response Disaster concepts and trends General public health impacts of natural disasters The specific human health impacts of natural disasters When public health and disaster collide: responding to health needs in natural disasters Current and likely medical and public health threats and challenges for disaster response in the 21st century Resources for disaster response and beyond From public health emergency preparedness to resilience Conclusion |
| Notes | Kursbok This book aims at making lessons learnt from previous disasters available and comprehensible to students of disaster medicine, disaster public health and humanitarian studies. Readers will gain insight and theoretical understanding of the public health issues related to disaster and medical humanitarian response and be empowered personally and professionally to take necessary actions in the individual, community and national levels to reduce the health risk posed by the increasing frequency and intensity of disaster. Unlike other disaster-and-health textbooks in the market that have a strong focus on clinical management of victims and require technical knowledge from readers, "Public Health Principles in Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response" takes a step-by-step approach to deliver a wide array of public health theories in relation to disasters for readers from both medical non-medical backgrounds. This book is comprehensive in its coverage of relevant topics in disaster public health with a unique focus on Asia Open Access Includes bibliographical references and index Print version record |
| Authors | *Chan, Emily Ying Yang, |
| Subjects | LCSH:Electronic books BSH:Electronic books LCSH:Disaster medicine LCSH:Medical assistance LCSH:Disaster relief LCSH:Humanitarian assistance MESH:Disaster Planning -- organization & administration All Subject Search MESH:Emergency Medical Services BISACSH:BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure All Subject Search BISACSH:SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General All Subject Search FREE:Disaster medicine FREE:Disaster relief FREE:Humanitarian assistance FREE:Medical assistance |
| Classification | DC23:363.34/8 |
| ID | ED00003707 |
| ISBN | 9781317357445 |