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Disaster Epidemiology - Methods and Applications (Paperback)
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Disaster Epidemiology: Methods and Applications applies the core
methods of epidemiological research and practice to the assessment
of the short- and long-term health effects of disasters. The
persistent movement of people and economic development to regions
vulnerable to natural disasters, as well as new vulnerabilities
related to environmental, technological, and terrorism incidents,
means that in spite of large global efforts to reduce the impacts
and costs of disasters, average annual expenditures to fund
rebuilding from catastrophic losses is rising faster than either
population or the gross world product. Improving the resilience of
individuals and communities to these natural and technological
disasters, climate change, and other natural and manmade stressors
is one of the grand challenges of the 21st century. This book
provides a guide to disaster epidemiology methods, supported with
applications from practice. It helps researchers, public health
practitioners, and governmental policy makers to better quantify
the impacts of disaster on the health of individuals and
communities to enhance resilience to future disasters. Disaster
Epidemiology: Methods and Applications explains how public health
surveillance, rapid assessments, and other epidemiologic studies
can be conducted in the post-disaster setting to prevent injury,
illness, or death; provide accurate and timely information for
decisions makers; and improve prevention and mitigation strategies
for future disasters. These methods can also be applied to the
study of other types of public health emergencies, such as
infectious outbreaks, emerging and re-emerging diseases, and
refugee health. This book gives both the public health practitioner
and researcher the tools they need to conduct epidemiological
studies in a disaster setting and can be used as a reference or as
part of a course.
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