Public response to alerts and warnings on mobile devices: summary of a workshop on current knowledge and re…
by National Academies Press (U.S.), National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings on Mobile Devices: Current Knowledge and Research Gaps, Workshop on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings on Mobile Devices: Current Knowledge and Research Gaps, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))
Presents a summary of the Workshop on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings on Mobile Devices: Current Knowledge and Research Gaps, held April 13 and 14, 2010, in Washington, D.C., under the auspices of the National Research Council's Committee on Public Response to Alerts and …
Assesses the current state of private-public sector collaboration dedicated to strengthening community resilience, identifies gaps in knowledge and practice, and recommends research that could be targeted for investment. Specifically, the book finds that local-level private-publ…
Veterinary Disaster Response is the essential guide to disaster training, preparation, planning, and recovery. The book takes a question-and-answer format to promote understanding and outline the steps for veterinary response to natural and man-made disasters. Veterinary Disaste…
"Veterinary Disaster Response is the essential guide to disaster training, preparation, planning, and recovery. The book takes a question-and-answer format to promote understanding and outline the steps for veterinary response to natural and man-made disasters. Veterinary Disast…
Long-Term Community Recovery from Natural Disasters presents what the authors have learned over two decades from more than two dozen community disasters in and outside the United States. Based on their experiences, they provide a set of practical, cost-effective steps for both r…
The pressure of climate change, environmental degradation, and urbanisation, as well as the widening of socio- economic disparities have rendered the global population increasingly vulnerable to the impact of natural disasters. With a primary focus on medical and public health h…
This book aims at making lessons learnt from previous disasters available and comprehensible to students of disaster medicine, disaster public health and humanitarian studies. Readers will gain insight and theoretical understanding of the public health issues related to disaster…
Introduction to emergency management
by Phillips, Brenda D., Neal, David M., Webb, Gary R.
Emergency management university programs have experienced dramatic and exponential growth over the last twelve years. This new, fully updated edition introduces majors and minors to the field and provides content accessible to those students taking introductory emergency managem…
Advancing regulatory science for medical countermeasure development: workshop summary
by Altevogt, Bruce M., Institute of Medicine (U.S.)., Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events, Wizemann, Theresa M., Claiborne, Anne B., Institute of Medicine (U.S.)., Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation
Whether or not the United States has safe and effective medical countermeasures--such as vaccines, drugs, and diagnostic tools--available for use during a disaster can mean the difference between life and death for many Americans. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the s…
"We have to adapt to the impacts that, unfortunately, we can no longer avoid", said President Obama at the UN Climate Summit in September 2014. Adaptation and resilience are now a must in both academic research and international bodies. A fashionable concept, resilience's polyse…
"We have to adapt to the impacts that, unfortunately, we can no longer avoid", said President Obama at the UN Climate Summit in September 2014. Adaptation and resilience are now a must in both academic research and international bodies. A fashionable concept, resilience's polyse…
Health emergency preparedness and response
Introduction : why do we need to prepare? / Dr. Chloe Sellwood and Andy Wapling -- The planning process / Dr. Chloe Sellwood and Andy Wapling -- Risk assessment / Jacky Bush -- Writing an emergency plan / Andy Wapling -- Emergency planning and response : working in partnership /…