Disaster Health Management : a primer for students and practitioners /
edited by Gerry FitzGerald, Mike Tarrant, Peter Aitken, and Marie Fredriksen.
- Abingdon, Ox : Routledge, c2017
- xxviii, 351 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
The conceptual basis of disaster management. Definitions and terminology/ Lidia Mayner and Erin Smith -- Disaster trends and impact / Benjamin Ryan and Richard Franklin -- Concepts and principles / Brett Aimers and Linda Winn -- Key elements of disaster management. Disaster management systems / Peter Channells and Graeme McColl -- Legal and ethical aspects of disaster management / Fiona McDonald, Michael Eburn and Erin Smith -- Risk and its management / Mike Tarrant and Carl Gibson -- Business continuity management / David Parsons and Peter Brouggy -- Risk and crisis communication during health disasters / Amisha Mehta, Bob Jensen, Ingrid Larking and Robina Xavier -- Community engagement / Ghasem-Sam Toloo and Marie Fredriksen -- Healthcare considerations. Health systems and disaster management / Charles Blanch, Gerard O'Reilly and Natasha Murray -- Healthcare considerations in disasters / Andrew Johnson, Michael Aitken and Peter A. Leggat -- Getting ready. Prevention and mitigation / Gerry Fitzgerald -- Planning / Mark Cannadine and Rosemary Hegner -- Preparedness / Julian Meagher and Rosemary Steinhardt -- Incident management. Incident assessment and evaluation / Gerry Fitzgerald -- Incident management / Marie Fredriksen, Justin Dunlop and Andrew Pearce -- External assistance in disasters / Charles Blanch, Ian Norton, Bronte Martin and Peter Aitken -- Recovering. Community recovery / Bob Lonne, Graeme McColl and Greg Marston -- Psychosocial aspects of disasters / Jane Shakespeare-Finch and Paul Scully -- Unique challenges of particular disasters. Natural disasters / Weiwei Du, Mark Little and Angie Jackson -- Manmade disasters / Carissa Oh, Stefan Mazur and Peter Logan -- Complex events / Penny Burns, Brett Sutton and Peter A. Leggat -- Strategic considerations. Leadership / Dudley McArdle, Peter Channells and Bob Jensen -- Evaluation and learning / Gerry Fitzgerald and Marie Fredriksen -- Education, training and research / Amy Hughes, Vivienne Tippett, Nieves Amat Camacho and Peter Horrocks -- Future challenges. Gerry Fitzgerald, Mike Tarrant, Peter Aitken and Kara Burns.
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.