Risk Assessment and Risk Communication Strategies in Bioterrorism Preparedness (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Green, Manfred S.; Balicer, Ran D.; Wiser, Itay; Cohen, Dani; Zenilman, Jonathan

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book contains articles from leading experts in the various disciplines associated with risk assessment and risk communication associated with bioterrorism. These papers are based on presentations at a NATO Advanced Research Workshop in Israel in June 2005, which addressed these issues. The book offers a comprehensive, practical guide for approaching risk assessment and risk communication in a bioterrorism event.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781402058080
• Artikelnr.: 37359530

Autorenporträt

Manfred S. Green, Tel Aviv University, Israel / Jonathan Zenilman, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA / Dani Cohen, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA / Itay Wiser, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel / Ran D. Balicer, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Inhaltsangabe

Risk Assessment.- to Bioterrorism Risk Assessment.- Some Public Health Perspectives on Quantitative Risk Assessments for Bioterrorism.- Situational Awareness in a Bioterror Attack via Probability Modeling.- The Bioterrorism Threat.- Change of Mind-Set Following 9/11: The few that are already willing to Resort to Weapons of Mass Destruction.- Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Providing Subacute Care in the Context of a Bioterrorism Event: Lessons learned from 2001.- Detecting and Responding to Bioterrorism.- Species-Neutral Disease Surveillance: A Foundation of Risk Assessment and Communication.- Risk Communication.- to Bioterrorism Risk Communication.- Risk Communication to Health-Care Workers as a Risk Reduction Measure in Bioterrorism.- Anthrax-Euronet and Beyond - Challenges of Scientific Research on High Risk Agents.- Risk Communication and Public Behavior in Emergencies.- Prevention Strategies and Promoting Psychological Resilience to Bioterrorism Through Communication.- Risk Communication and the Community Response to a Bioterrorist Attack: the Role of an Internet-Based early warning system A.K.A "The Informal Sector".- Information Systems for Risk Communication Related to Bioterrorism.- Focus on Smallpox.- Risk Assessment in Smallpox Bioterrorist Aggression.- Renewal of Immunological Memory to Smallpox: Use of New Tools Yields Old Results.- Preparing for a Smallpox Bioterrorist Attack: Pulse Vaccination as an Optimal Strategy.- A Priori Versus a Posteriori Risk Assessment for Bioterror Attack.- Impact of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Stability in the Middle East.- The Role of Risk Assessment in Preparing the Health-Care System for Bioterrorism and Natural Epidemics.- Susceptibility of B. Anthracis to Various Antibacterial Agents andtheir Time-Kill Activity.- Natural Or Intentional Food Contamination? How can we know?.- Bioterrorism Emergency Response: Current Concepts and Controversies.- Preparedness and Response for Bioterrorism Involving the Food Supply.- Risk Communication and Psychological Impact: Technological and Operational Methods of Mitigation.