Health promotion in disease outbreaks and health emergencies / Glenn Laverack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laverack, Glenn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epidemics.

Health promotion--Administration.

Health promotion.

Community health services--Administration.

Community health services.

Epidemiology.

Disease Outbreaks.

Health Promotion--organization & administration.

Organizations--organization & administration.

Community Health Services--organization & administration.

Emergencies.

Epidemiologic Methods.

Administration.

Medical Subjects:

Disease Outbreaks.

Health Promotion--organization & administration.

Organizations--organization & administration.

Community Health Services--organization & administration.

Emergencies.

Epidemiologic Methods.

Physical Description:

xxi, 187 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2018]

Summary:

This is the first ever practical guide to the valuable role that health promotion can play in disease outbreaks and health emergencies. Over the past 20 years the number of disease outbreaks has increased alongside a significant role played out by international actors involved in emergency responses. The book comprehensively covers the role that health promoters have in this new and exciting field of international work including data collection, communication, community capacity building and engagement and rumour management. Part 1 provides a detailed overview of the role of health promotion in disease outbreaks and health emergencies. Part 2 directly addresses the role of health promotion in two distinct types of disease outbreaks: person to person and vector borne disease transmission. Part 3 covers the role of health promotion in specialist areas of work in disease outbreaks and health emergencies. Written in an easy to read and accessible style, the book draws on personal international experience as well as including a range of case studies taken from Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa. The author shows how a bottom-up approach to health promotion actively involves communities by integrating local expertise and networks in the outbreak response. The book also demonstrates the important role health promotion has to play in the post-outbreak period by promoting the use of services such as vaccination, counselling and welfare initiatives. Health Promotion in Disease Outbreaks and Health Emergencies is essential reading for health promotion and public health students worldwide, as well as for UN agencies and international NGOs working in this emerging field. Book jacket.

Contents:

Health promotion, disease outbreaks and health emergencies

Collecting information effectively and quickly

The public communication approach

The risk communication approach

Engaging with communities

The global Ebola virus disease response

Health promotion and person to person disease outbreaks

Health promotion and vector borne disease outbreaks

Addressing rumour, resistance and security issues

The post outbreak and emergency response.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Laverack, Glenn. Health promotion in disease outbreaks and health emergencies.

ISBN:

9781138093171

1138093173

9781138093201

1138093203

OCLC:

987439954