Main description:

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
leading practitioners 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 emerging
health 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.

Contents:

PRELIMS; SECTION 1: THE BASICS; SECTION 2: INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL CASE STUDIES AND SCENARIOS; SECTION 3: EMERGENCY DREPAREDNESS, RESILIENCE AND RESPONSE (EPRR), AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY CASE STUDIES AND SCENARIOS; SECTION 4: ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE CASE STUDIES AND SCENARIOS; SECTION 5: HEALTH PROTECTION TOOLS; SECTION 6: NEW AND EMERGING HEALTH PROTECTION ISSUES; APPENDICES; GLOSSARY; INDEX