Case studies in public health preparedness and response to disasters / edited by Linda Landesman and Issac Weisfuse. - Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2014. - xxxiii, 384 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Book

Includes bibliographical references and index.

2011 Japan tsunami, earthquake, and nuclear disaster -- Southern California wildfires of 2007 -- The 1999 North Carolina Floyd flood -- Residential facilities and functional needs -- Hurricane Irene : evacuation of Coney Island hospital -- Rescue following a mine collapse in Chile, 2010 -- The lessons of tragedy : the 2004 Madrid train bombings -- The Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill disaster -- Planning for the Republican National Convention 2004 -- World Trade Center attack on Sept. 11, 2001 -- Addressing the mental well-being of New Yorkers in the aftermath of 9/11 and bioterror attacks -- Gastrointestinal anthrax associated with a drumming circle in New Hampshire -- Surveillance in emergency preparedness -- Mandatory vaccination and H1N1 -- 2009 H1N1 influenza epidemic in Iowa -- The Martha's Vineyard public health system response to 2009 H1N1.

9781449645199 (pbk.) 1449645194 (pbk.)

2013008471


Disaster Planning--Case Reports.
Disasters--Case Reports.
Public Health Administration--Case Reports.

RA645.5 / .C374 2014

362.18

WA 295