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Communicable Disease Control and Health Protection Handbook by Jeremy Hawker; Norman Begg; Obaghe Edeghere; Karl Ekdahl; Ralf Reintjes; Jim E. van SteenbergenThe essential guide to controlling and managing today's communicable diseases The fourth edition of Communicable Disease Control and Health Protection Handbook offers public health workers of all kinds an authoritative and up-to-date guide to current protocols surrounding the identification and control of infectious diseases. With its concise, accessible design, the book is a practical tool that can be relied upon to explain topics ranging from the basic principles of communicable disease control to recent changes and innovations in health protection practice. Major syndromes and individual infections are insightfully addressed, while the authors also outline the WHO's international health regulations and the organizational arrangements in place in all EU nations. New to the fourth edition are chapters on Ebola, the Zika virus, and other emerging pandemics. In addition, new writing on healthcare-associated infection, migrant and refugee health, and the importance of preparedness make this an essential and relevant text for all those in the field. This vital resource: Reflects recent developments in the science and administration of health protection practice Covers topics such as major syndromes, control of individual infections, main services and activities, arrangements for all European countries, and much more Includes new chapters on the Zika virus, Schistosomiasis, Coronavirus including MERS + SARS, and Ebola Follows a format designed for ease of use and everyday consultation Created to provide public and environmental health practitioners, physicians, epidemiologists, infection control nurses, microbiologists and trainees with a straightforward - yet informative - resource, Communicable Disease Control and Health Protection Handbook is a practical companion for all those working the field today.
Publication Date: 2019, 4th Ed. eBook
Examining Challenges and Possible Strategies to Strengthen U. S. Health Security by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Health Sciences Policy; Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies; Justin Snair (Editor); Lisa Brown (Editor); Anna Nicholson (Editor)As the United States continues to adapt to a more digital, mobile, and interconnected world, health care and public health professionals have sought to better prepare for and respond to long-standing and emerging threats to the nation (TM)s health security. Health security is the collective effort to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the health consequences of natural, man-made, and technological disasters. Although substantial progress has been made in the past 15 years toward improving health care and public health systems and capacities for health security threats, many complex challenges persist, and often the nation (TM)s preparedness efforts are not sufficient. On March 8 "9, 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (TM)s Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies hosted a two-day public workshop to acknowledge these persistent issues; to evaluate past, and perhaps inadequate, approaches to addressing them; and to discuss intentional and innovative new solutions. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
Engaging the Private-Sector Health Care System in Building Capacity to Respond to Threats to the Public's Health and National Security by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicineDisasters tend to cross political, jurisdictional, functional, and geographic boundaries. As a result, disasters often require responses from multiple levels of government and multiple organizations in the public and private sectors. This means that public and private organizations that normally operate independently must work together to mount an effective disaster response. To identify and understand approaches to aligning health care system incentives with the American public (TM)s need for a health care system that is prepared to manage acutely ill and injured patients during a disaster, public health emergency, or other mass casualty event, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a 2-day public workshop on March 20 and 21, 2018. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
Publication Date: 2018 ebook
Pandemics / Infectious Diseases
Emergency nurses’ perceptions of their roles and practices during epidemics (2019)Lam, S. K., Kwong, E. W., Hung, M. S., Pang, S. M., & Chien, W. T. (2019). Emergency nurses’ perceptions of their roles and practices during epidemics: a qualitative study. British Journal of Nursing, 28(8), 523–527. https://doi-org.mylibrary.wilmu.edu/10.12968/bjon.2019.28.8.523
The process of tracing people with whom someone with an infectious disease has been in contact. from www.cdph.ca.gov/
Outbreak Investigation - definition (2008)Boslaugh, S. (2008). Encyclopedia of epidemiology (Vols. 1-2). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781412953948
Student experiences of nursing on the front line during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)Leigh, J., Bolton, M., Cain, K., Harrison, N., Bolton, N. Y., & Ratcliffe, S. (2020). Student experiences of nursing on the front line during the COVID-19 pandemic. British Journal of Nursing, 29(13), 788–789. https://doi-org.mylibrary.wilmu.edu/10.12968/bjon.2020.29.13.788
Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Prevalence in Homeless Shelters (2020)Mosites, E., Parker, E. M., Clarke, K. E. N., Gaeta, J. M., Baggett, T. P., Imbert, E., Sankaran, M., Scarborough, A., Huster, K., Hanson, M., Gonzales, E., Rauch, J., Page, L., McMichael, T. M., Keating, R., Marx, G. E., Andrews, T., Schmit, K., Morris, S. B., … Peacock, G. (2020). Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Prevalence in Homeless Shelters - Four U.S. Cities, March 27-April 15, 2020. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 69(17), 521–522. https://doi-org.mylibrary.wilmu.edu/10.15585/mmwr.mm6917e1
Self-isolation and the homeless population (2020)Peate, I. (2020). Self-isolation and the homeless population. British Journal of Nursing, 29(7), 387. https://doi-org.mylibrary.wilmu.edu/10.12968/bjon.2020.29.7.387
Development of a European Public Health Emergency Preparedness Training Toolkit (2019)S Guicciardi, M P Fantini, E Savoia, M A Stoto, C Nelson, R Piltch-Loeb, J Pommier, M Ciotti, P Riley, Development of a European Public Health Emergency Preparedness Training Toolkit, European Journal of Public Health, Volume 29, Issue Supplement_4, November 2019, ckz185.401, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz185.401