Disaster Public Health and Older People

ISBN-13: 9780815356660 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 234 str.

Emily Ying Yang Chan

Opis

Disaster Public Health and Older People introduces professionals, students, and fieldworkers to the science and art of promoting health and well-being among older people in the context of humanitarian emergencies, with a particular focus on low- and middle-income country settings.

Spis treści

Forewords  1. Introduction  2. Principles and Theories: Health and Public Health  3. Principles and Theories: Ageing Population  4. Principles and Theories: Disaster  5. Contributions of Older People to Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery  6. Health Impact of Disasters on Older People  7. Post-Disaster Response and Recovery to Meet Health Needs of Older People I  8. Post-Disaster Response and Recovery to Meet Health Needs of Older People II   9. Healthy Ageing, Disaster Mitigation, and Disaster Risk Reduction: Individual, Programmatic, and Global Policy Levels  10. Challenges and Gaps in Disaster Public Health and Issues around Supporting Older People  11. Conclusion