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 leadingpractitioners 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 emerginghealth 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.
Prelims; Section 1: The basics; What is health protection?; Who is involved in health protection?; Key principles of health protection; The basics of microbiology; Section 2: Infectious disease control case studies and scenarios; E. Coli O157; Hepatitis B; Hospital multi-resistant infections; Influenza; Legionnaire s disease; Measles; Meningitis and meningococcal disease; Tuberculosis (TB); Section 3: Emergency dreparedness, resilience and response (EPRR), and business continuity case studies and scenarios; Business continuity: Hospital ward closures due to norovirus; Fire and fear: Immediate and long term health aspects; Flooding and health: Immediate and long term implications; Section 4: Environmental Public Health practice case studies and scenarios; Air pollution and respiratory diseases; Cancer and chronic disease cluster; Section 5: Health protection tools; Hospital and community infection control; Vaccination and immunisation; Incident and outbreaks management; Health protection surveillance; Essential statistics and epidemiology; Conducting epidemiological and analytical studies; Using evidence to guide practice in health protection; Quality assurance and audit; Section 6: New and emerging health protection issues; New and emerging infectious diseases; New and emerging environmental hazards / situations; Global disasters and risk reduction strategies; Sustainability; Appendices; Appendix 1: SIMCARDs for dealing with common infectious diseases; Appendix 2: Abridged SIMCARDs for dealing with infectious diseases; Appendix 3: Brief SIMCARDs for dealing with infectious diseases; Appendix 4: SIMCARDs for dealing with emergency situations/hazards; Appendix 5: SIMCARDs for dealing with environmental hazards/situations; Appendix 6: Health Protection legislation (England) guidance 2010: Notifiable diseases; Appendix 7: The reporting of causative agents from local laboratory to local health protection team (PHE); Appendix 8: Vaccine recommendations following case(s) of probable or confirmed invasive meningococcal disease; Appendix 9: Template agenda for health protection incident and outbreak meetings; Appendix 10: The health background to statutory pollutant controls within the UK and Europe; Glossary; Index;
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