Reviews
"Finely written and edited text...offers a significant contribution to thefield of disaster management....Noji's book offers much to those in publichealth, disaster-relief professionals, and physicians. Its strengths lie in theargument for the gathering of objective data to build a knowledge base...I wouldstrongly recommend Eric Noji's book to all who work in this challenging andoften overwhelming field."--Harvey W. Weinstein, MD, American Journal ofPreventive Medicine, The Public Health Consequences Of Disasters is the definitive review of technical knowledge about health risks by type of emergency, with chapters on cyclones, earthquakes, floods, famine, industrial disasters, nuclear accidents, and complex emergencies, as wellas epidemiologictechniques,surveillance , disease control,mental health and media relations.IUMANITARIAN TIMESR, "This is an interesting compilation of public health aspects of important disaster phenomena....The book serves a unique niche and should appeal to diverse audiences."--Doody's Health Sciences Review Journal, "The Public Health Consequences of Disasters is a significant update to the 1989 monograph by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....An outstanding desk reference...It is a fascinating book, which will serve as an authoritative source of information for many years tocome."--Journal of the American Medical Association, "Finely written and edited text...offers a significant contribution to the field of disaster management....Noji's book offers much to those in public health, disaster-relief professionals, and physicians. Its strengths lie in the argument for the gathering of objective data to build aknowledge base...I would strongly recommend Eric Noji's book to all who work in this challenging and often overwhelming field."--Harvey W. Weinstein, MD, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, "This book can be recommended to academic intensivists who want to gain a deeper comprehension of epidemiology, geophysical and weather-related events, as well as human-generated disasters."--Critical Care Medicine, "The Public Health Consequences of Disasters is a significant update tothe 1989 monograph by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....Anoutstanding desk reference...It is a fascinating book, which will serve as anauthoritative source of information for many years to come."--Journal of theAmerican Medical Association, "A much-needed catalogue of areas that require furtherinvestigation...outstanding job....The text is easy reading and seeks to presentnot only useful public-health issues, but also an overview of general disastermanagement, so that the reader has an understanding of the critical link betweenthese two areas. Noji has magnificently compiled a most useful text that shouldbe required reading for students of public-health and emergency and disastermanagers alike."--Lancet, "The disaster information provided in this text is broad-based, comprehensive, and current, but equally important is the presentation format. In only 440 pages of text, Noji et al. have reviewed the significant elements of disaster-related issues, provided a behavioral profile on each, listedpro-active prevention and control measures, and, based on specific disaster knowledge gaps, enumerated detailed research recommendations. In my opinion, this book would become a well-worn volume in the library of all those involved in disaster work."--International Journal of Mass Emergencies andDisasters, "The disaster information provided in this text is broad-based,comprehensive, and current, but equally important is the presentation format.In only 440 pages of text, Noji et al. have reviewed the significant elements ofdisaster-related issues, provided a behavioral profile on each, listedpro-active prevention and control measures, and, based on specific disasterknowledge gaps, enumerated detailed research recommendations. In my opinion,this book would become a well-worn volume in the library of all those involvedin disaster work."--International Journal of Mass Emergencies andDisasters, "Presents succinctly the public health impact of all major disasters...The editor and the authors of the book are experienced experts in the field of disaster mitigation and response...State-of-the-art description of the issues...Very useful and practical information for students and managersof disaster situations....This book will become the standard text for students of disasters in epidemiology and public health. It is comprehensive, well organized, and informative, and it fills an important gap in the available literature on the subject. It is to be recommended as a textbook forcourses on disasters and as a standard reference for personal or institutional libraries."--American Journal of Epidemiology, "The disaster information provided in this text is broad-based, comprehensive, and current, but equally important is the presentation format. In only 440 pages of text, Noji et al. have reviewed the significant elements of disaster-related issues, provided a behavioral profile on each, listed pro-active prevention and control measures, and, based on specific disaster knowledge gaps, enumerated detailed research recommendations. In my opinion, this book wouldbecome a well-worn volume in the library of all those involved in disaster work."--International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters"The Public Health Consequences of Disasters is a significant update to the 1989 monograph by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....An outstanding desk reference...It is a fascinating book, which will serve as an authoritative source of information for many years to come."--Journal of the American Medical Association"One needs only read the first chapter of The Public Health Consequences of Disasters to understand how devastating disasters can really be...a reality check that is long overdue.... A much-needed catalogue of areas that require further investigation...outstanding job....The text is easy reading and seeks to present not only useful public-health issues, but also an overview of general disaster management, so that the reader has an understanding of thecritical link between these two areas. Noji has magnificently compiled a most useful text that should be required reading for students of public-health and emergency and disaster managers alike."--Lancet"Presents succinctly the public health impact of all major disasters...The editor and the authors of the book are experienced experts in the field of disaster mitigation and response...State-of-the-art description of the issues...Very useful and practical information for students and managers of disaster situations....This book will become the standard text for students of disasters in epidemiology and public health. It is comprehensive, well organized, andinformative, and it fills an important gap in the available literature on the subject. It is to be recommended as a textbook for courses on disasters and as a standard reference for personal orinstitutional libraries."--American Journal of Epidemiology"Finely written and edited text...offers a significant contribution to the field of disaster management....Noji's book offers much to those in public health, disaster-relief professionals, and physicians. Its strengths lie in the argument for the gathering of objective data to build a knowledge base...I would strongly recommend Eric Noji's book to all who work in this challenging and often overwhelming field."--Harvey W. Weinstein, MD, American Journal ofPreventive MedicineThe Public Health Consequences Of Disasters is the definitive review of technical knowledge about health risks by type of emergency, with chapters on cyclones, earthquakes, floods, famine, industrial disasters, nuclear accidents, and complex emergencies, as wellas epidemiologic techniques,surveillance , disease control,mental health and media relations.IUMANITARIAN TIMESR"This is an interesting compilation of public health aspects of important disaster phenomena....The book serves a unique niche and should appeal to diverse audiences."--Doody's Health Sciences Review Journal"This book can be recommended to academic intensivists who want to gain a deeper comprehension of epidemiology, geophysical and weather-related events, as well as human-generated disasters."--Critical Care Medicine, "One needs only read the first chapter of The Public Health Consequences of Disasters to understand how devastating disasters can really be...a reality check that is long overdue.... A much-needed catalogue of areas that require further investigation...outstanding job....The text is easyreading and seeks to present not only useful public-health issues, but also an overview of general disaster management, so that the reader has an understanding of the critical link between these two areas. Noji has magnificently compiled a most useful text that should be required reading forstudents of public-health and emergency and disaster managers alike."--Lancet, "Presents succinctly the public health impact of all major disasters...Theeditor and the authors of the book are experienced experts in the field ofdisaster mitigation and response...State-of-the-art description of theissues...Very useful and practical information for students and managers ofdisaster situations....This book will become the standard text for students ofdisasters in epidemiology and public health. It is comprehensive, wellorganized, and informative, and it fills an important gap in the availableliterature on the subject. It is to be recommended as a textbook for courses ondisasters and as a standard reference for personal or institutionallibraries."--American Journal of Epidemiology, "This is an interesting compilation of public health aspects of importantdisaster phenomena....The book serves a unique niche and should appeal todiverse audiences."--Doody's Health Sciences Review Journal, "This book can be recommended to academic intensivists who want to gain adeeper comprehension of epidemiology, geophysical and weather-related events, aswell as human-generated disasters."--Critical Care Medicine, "One needs only read the first chapter of The Public Health Consequencesof Disasters to understand how devastating disasters can really be...a realitycheck that is long overdue.... A much-needed catalogue of areas that requirefurther investigation...outstanding job....The text is easy reading and seeks topresent not only useful public-health issues, but also an overview of generaldisaster management, so that the reader has an understanding of the criticallink between these two areas. Noji has magnificently compiled a most useful textthat should be required reading for students of public-health and emergency anddisaster managers alike."--Lancet
Table of Content
I. General IssuesIntroduction, Eric K. Noji1. The Nature of Disasters, Eric K. Noji2. The Use of Epidemiologic Methods in Disasters, Eric K. Noji3. Surveillance and Epidemiology, Scott Weatherall and Eric K. Noji4. Managing the Environmental Health Aspects of Disasters: Water, Human Excreta and Shelter, Scott R. Lillibridge5. Communicable Diseases and Disease Control after Disasters, Michael J. Toole6. Mental Health Consequences of Disasters, Ellen Gerrity and Brian W. Flynn7. Effective Media Relations, R. Elliott ChurchillII. Geophysical Events8. Earthquakes, Eric K. Noji9. Volcanoes, Peter BaxterIII. Weather-Related Problems10. Tropical Cyclones, Josephine Malilay11. Tornadoes, Scott R. Lillibridge12. Heat Waves and Hot Environments, Edwin Kilbourne13. Cold Environments, Edwin Kilbourne14. Floods, Josephine MalilayIV. Human-Generated Problems15. Famine, Ray Yip16. Air Pollution, Ruth Etzel and Jean G. French17. Industrial Disasters, Scott R. Lillibridge18. Fires, Lee M. Sanderson19. Nuclear-Reactor Incidents, Robert C. Whitcomb and Michael Sage20. Complex Emergencies, Michael J. Toole
