Health Protection: Principles and practice is a practical guide for practitioners working at all levels in public health and health protection, including those with a non-specialist background. It is the first textbook in health protection to address all three domains within the field (communicable disease control; emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR); and environmental public health) in a comprehensive and integrated manner. Written by leading practitioners in the field, the book is rooted in a practice-led, all-hazards approach, which allows for easy real-world application of the topics discussed.The chapters are arranged in six sections, which begin with an in-depth introduction to the principles of health protection and go on to illuminate the three key elements of the field by providing: case studies and scenarios to describe common and important issues in the practice of health protection; health protection tools, which span epidemiology and statistics, infection control, immunisation, disease surveillance, and audit and service improvement; and evidence about new and emerging health protection issues.It includes more than 100 health protection checklists (SIMCARDs), covering infections from anthrax to yellow fever, non-infectious diseases emergencies and environmental hazards. Written from first-hand experience of managing communicable diseases these provide practical, stand-alone quick reference guides for in-practice use.Both the topical content of Health Protection: Principles and practice, and the clearly described health protection principles the book provides, makes it a highly relevant resource for wider public health and health protection professionals in this continually evolving field.
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- Year Published:
- 2016
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- Editors:
- Ghebrehewet, Samuel (Consultant in Communicable Disease Control and Deputy Director for Health Protection, Consultant in Communicable Disease Control and Deputy Director for Health Protection)|Stewart, Alex G. (Consultant in Health Protection,
- ISBN:
- 9780198745471
- Number of Pages:
- 474
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford
- Publication Date:
- 25/08/2016
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Language:
- English
- Imprint:
- Oxford University Press
- SKU:
- 9780198745471