Infectious disease and national security: strategic information needs / Gary Cecchine, Melinda Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cecchine, Gary.

Contributor:

Moore, Melinda.

Series:

Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-405.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communicable diseases--United States.

Communicable diseases.

Epidemiology.

National security--United States.

National security.

United States--Defenses.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This report examines infectious disease within the context of national security and assesses the need for and adequacy of information that will enable U.S. policymakers to prevent and respond to such threats.

Contents:

Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE- Introduction; About This Study; Study Methods; How This Report Is Organized; CHAPTER TWO- Background: Challenges of and Responses to Infectious Disease Threats; Infectious Disease Threats; Responses to Threats from Infectious Disease; Summary; CHAPTER THREE- Addressing a New Paradigm: Infectious Disease and National Security; Infectious Disease and Security; Infectious Disease and Recent U.S. National Security Initiatives; Summary; CHAPTER FOUR- Defining Information Needs: Interviews with Stakeholders

MethodsResults; Summary; CHAPTER FIVE- Assessing the Adequacy of Current Information: A Survey of Online Sources; Methods; Results; Summary; CHAPTER SIX- Synthesis, Conclusions, and Recommendations; Synthesis; Conclusions; Recommendations; APPENDIX A- Organizations Interviewed; APPENDIX B- Interview Guide; APPENDIX C- List of Online Sources; References

Notes:

"TR-405."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-105).

ISBN:

1-282-28295-6

9786612282959

0-8330-4116-9

OCLC:

781422402