Disaster public health and older people/ by Emily Ying Yang Chan

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CHAN Ying Yang, Emily

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Routledge humanitarian studies seriesPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2020Edition: 1st edDescription: xxii, 234 pages: ill.; 24 cmISBN:

9780815356677

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DDC classification:

363.3480846 CHD

Contents:

1.Principles and theories : health and public health

2.Principles and theories : ageing population

3.Principles and theories : disaster

4. Contributions of older people to disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery

5. Health impact of disasters on older people

6. Post-disaster response and recovery to meet health needs of older people I

7. Post-disaster response and recovery to meet health needs of older people II

8. Healthy ageing, disaster mitigation, and disaster risk reduction : individual, programmatic, and global policy levels

9. Challenges and gaps in disaster public health and issues around supporting older people

Summary: "Disaster Public Health and Older People introduces professionals, students and fieldworkers to the science and art of promoting health and well-being, preventing diseases and prolonging life among the elderly in the context of humanitarian emergencies, with a particular focus on low and middle-income country settings. This book aims to make lessons learnt from previous disasters available and comprehensible to those working in disaster medicine, disaster public health, humanitarian studies, gerontology and geriatrics, empowering them to take the actions necessary at the individual, community and national levels to reduce the health risk to the elderly posed by disasters"-- Provided by publisher

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Books List(s) this item appears in: Development Studies Discipline

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	KU Central Library	Rack No. : 13 Annex : 01 Shelve No. : A-01	Reference Section (Non-Issuable Books)	363.3480846 CHD 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1 (NI)	Not For Loan		52114
Books	KU Central Library	Rack No. : 13 Annex : 01 Shelve No. : A-01	Reference Section (Non-Issuable Books)	363.3480846 CHD 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-2 (NI)	Not For Loan		52115

Includes bibliographies. and index

1.Principles and theories : health and public health

2.Principles and theories : ageing population

3.Principles and theories : disaster

4. Contributions of older people to disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery

5. Health impact of disasters on older people

6. Post-disaster response and recovery to meet health needs of older people I

7. Post-disaster response and recovery to meet health needs of older people II

8. Healthy ageing, disaster mitigation, and disaster risk reduction : individual, programmatic, and global policy levels

9. Challenges and gaps in disaster public health and issues around supporting older people

"Disaster Public Health and Older People introduces professionals, students and fieldworkers to the science and art of promoting health and well-being, preventing diseases and prolonging life among the elderly in the context of humanitarian emergencies, with a particular focus on low and middle-income country settings. This book aims to make lessons learnt from previous disasters available and comprehensible to those working in disaster medicine, disaster public health, humanitarian studies, gerontology and geriatrics, empowering them to take the actions necessary at the individual, community and national levels to reduce the health risk to the elderly posed by disasters"-- Provided by publisher

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