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Disaster Health Management

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Disaster Health Management

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Disaster Health Management book

A Primer for Students and Practitioners

Disaster Health Management

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Disaster Health Management book

A Primer for Students and Practitioners
Edited ByGerry FitzGerald, Mike Tarrant, Peter Aitken, Marie Fredriksen
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2016
eBook Published 19 September 2016
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315692951
Pages 380
eBook ISBN 9781315692951
Subjects Environment and Sustainability, Geography, Health and Social Care
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FitzGerald, G., Tarrant, M., Aitken, P., & Fredriksen, M. (Eds.). (2016). Disaster Health Management: A Primer for Students and Practitioners (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315692951

ABSTRACT

Disaster health is an emerging field that focuses on developing prevention, preparation, response and recovery systems for dealing with health problems that result from a disaster. As disasters worldwide differ in their nature, scope and cultural context, a thorough understanding of the fundamental tenets of sound disaster health management is essential for both students and practitioners to participate confidently and effectively in the field.

Disaster Health Management is the first comprehensive textbook to provide a standard guide to terminology and management systems across the entire spectrum of disaster health. Authored by experienced educators, researchers and practitioners in disaster health management, this textbook provides an authoritative overview of:

  • The conceptual basis for disaster management
  • Systems and structures for disaster management
  • Managing disasters through the continuum of preparedness, response and recovery
  • The variations associated with both natural and technological disasters
  • The strategic considerations associated with leadership, research, education and future directions.

Using Australasian systems and structures as examples of generic principles which will find application globally, Disaster Health Management is an essential text for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as for professionals involved in all aspects of disaster management.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part |2 pages

PART 1 The conceptual basis of disaster management

chapter 1|18 pages

Definitions and terminology

ByLIDIA MAYNER, ERIN SMITH

chapter 2|16 pages

Disaster trends and impact

ByBENJAMIN RYAN, RICHARD FRANKLIN

chapter 3|10 pages

Concepts and principles

ByBRETT AIMERS, LINDA WINN

part |2 pages

PART 2 Key elements of disaster management

chapter 4|9 pages

Disaster management systems

ByPETER CHANNELLS AND GRAEME McCOLL

chapter 5|12 pages

Legal and ethical aspects of disaster management

ByFIONA McDONALD, MICHAEL EBURN AND ERIN SMITH

chapter 6|11 pages

Risk and its management

ByMIKE TARRANT, CARL GIBSON

chapter 7|11 pages

Business Continuity Management

ByDAVID PARSONS, PETER BROUGGY

chapter 8|12 pages

Risk and crisis communication during health disasters

ByAMISHA MEHTA, BOB JENSEN, INGRID LARKIN, ROBINA XAVIER

chapter 9|13 pages

Community engagement

ByGHASEM-SAM TOLOO AND MARIE FREDRIKSEN

part |2 pages

PART 3 Healthcare considerations

chapter 10|10 pages

Health systems and disaster management

ByCHARLES BLANCH, GERARD O’REILLY AND NATASHA MURRAY

chapter 11|16 pages

Healthcare considerations in disasters

ByANDREW JOHNSON, MICHAEL AITKEN, PETER A. LEGGAT

part |2 pages

PART 4 Getting ready

chapter 12|9 pages

Prevention and mitigation

ByGERRY FITZGERALD

chapter 13|11 pages

Planning

ByMARK CANNADINE, ROSEMARY HEGNER

chapter 14|14 pages

Preparedness

ByJULIAN MEAGHER, ROSEMARY STEINHARDT

part |2 pages

PART 5 Incident management

chapter 15|10 pages

Incident assessment and evaluation

ByGERRY FITZGERALD

chapter 16|16 pages

Incident management

ByMARIE FREDRIKSEN, JUSTIN DUNLOP, ANDREW PEARCE

chapter 17|18 pages

External assistance in disasters

ByCHARLES BLANCH, IAN NORTON, BRONTE MARTIN, PETER AITKEN

part |2 pages

PART 6 Recovering

chapter 18|14 pages

Community recovery

ByBOB LONNE, GRAEME McCOLL AND GREG MARSTON

chapter 19|10 pages

Psychosocial aspects of disasters

ByJANE SHAKESPEARE-FINCH AND PAUL SCULLY

part |2 pages

PART 7 Unique challenges of particular disasters

chapter 20|12 pages

Natural disasters

ByWEIWEI DU, MARK LITTLE, ANGIE JACKSON

chapter 21|15 pages

Manmade disasters

ByCARISSA OH, STEFAN MAZUR, PETER LOGAN

chapter 22|15 pages

Complex events

ByPENNY BURNS, BRETT SUTTON, PETER A. LEGGAT

part |2 pages

PART 8 Strategic considerations

chapter 23|11 pages

Leadership

ByDUDLEY McARDLE, PETER CHANNELLS AND BOB JENSEN

chapter 24|10 pages

Evaluation and learning

ByGERRY FITZGERALD, MARIE FREDRIKSEN

chapter 25|12 pages

Education, training and research

ByAMY HUGHES, VIVIENNE TIPPETT, NIEVES AMAT CAMACHO

chapter 26|9 pages

Future challenges

ByGERRY FITZGERALD, MIKE TARRANT, PETER AITKEN, KARA BURNS
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