Description
Book SynopsisHealth 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.
Trade ReviewOverall, I would recommend [Health Protection: Principles and Practice] as an introduction, easy refresher and handy quick reference. * Anil Adisesh, Occupational Medicine *
Health Protection: Principles and Practice is likely to be of value to a wider, global audience because of its all-hazards scope: it covers communicable disease surveillance/control, emergency preparedness, resilience and response, and environmental public health activities that in many countries are the responsibility of different organisations. * Health Protection Report, Public Health England *
This book is easy both to read and to use as a day-to-day reference. Use of sub-sections and bullet points makes it easy for the reader to quickly locate the desired information. In many chapters scenarios are used to put the reader into real life situations. I think that these would be particularly valuable as a teaching aid for trainees, but they are relevant to all readers. * Philip Milner, Journal of Hospital Infection *
The book contains useful case studies on dealing with outbreaks and more than a hundred health protection checklists crossing the gamut of injections disease from avian influenza to viral haemorrhagic fevers. It would be more than worth its price for these alone. * William Hatchett, Environmental Health News *
This book was really well thought out. To an impressive degree, because many textbooks are dense, wordy, appealing to an enthusiast for the subject, but a slog for non-experts. By contrast, this one seems designed precisely to meet all the needs of someone on their first day in a health protection job, worried they will be faced with a really difficult scenario. * Andy Beckingham, Public Health Today *
Table of ContentsPRELIMS; SECTION 1: THE BASICS; SECTION 2: INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL CASE STUDIES AND SCENARIOS; SECTION 3: EMERGENCY DREPAREDNESS, RESILIENCE AND RESPONSE (EPRR), AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY CASE STUDIES AND SCENARIOS; SECTION 4: ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE CASE STUDIES AND SCENARIOS; SECTION 5: HEALTH PROTECTION TOOLS; SECTION 6: NEW AND EMERGING HEALTH PROTECTION ISSUES; APPENDICES; GLOSSARY; INDEX
