Who's in charge? : leadership during epidemics, bioterror, attacks, and other public health crises /
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| Author / Creator: | Kahn, Laura H. |
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| Imprint: | Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger Security International, c2009. |
| Description: | x, 235 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7989460 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Understanding Leadership
- An Overview of Leadership
- Studying Public Health Leadership
- Political Leaders and Bureaucrats
- Defining Leadership
- 2. The Long March to Improving the Public's Health
- Infectious Disease Epidemics
- Vaccines: A Fortunate Coincidence
- An Unfortunate Side Effect of Hospitals
- Early Public Health Epidemics in the Newly Formed United States
- Sweeping Social Changes in Europe
- The Father of Epidemiology
- Crossing Borders: European Influences on Early American Public Health Efforts
- Awakenings: A Long-Awaited Breakthrough
- The Germ Theory of Disease
- The Civil War and the Changing Face of U.S. Public Health
- Postwar Public Health Developments
- The Beginnings of International Health
- Pandemic Influenza in the Early 20th Century
- The Beginnings of the World Health Organization
- The HIV/AIDS Pandemic
- Public Health Past, Present, and Future
- 3. Microbes as Weapons
- Biowarfare and Bioterrorism through the Ages
- Advances in the 20th Century
- The Role of the United States
- The Role of the Soviet Union
- Terrorist Acts by Groups and Individuals
- Emerging Concerns
- 4. Rising to the Occasion
- Political Leadership during Infectious Disease Crises
- Anthrax Attack, Fall 2001, Hamilton Township, New Jersey
- Mayor Glen D. Gilmore, Hamilton Township, New Jersey
- Cryptosporidium Outbreak, Spring 1993, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Mayor John Norquist, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Spring 2003, Toronto, Canada
- Deputy Mayor Case Ootes, Toronto, Canada
- Conclusion
- 5. Success Favors the Prepared Public Health Leader
- Anthrax Attacks in New Jersey, Florida, Maryland, and New York
- New Jersey
- Florida
- Maryland
- New York City
- Cryptosporidium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- SARS in Toronto, Canada
- Conclusion
- 6. Confronting Uncertainty
- The 1976-77 Swine Flu Dilemma
- The 1997 Avian Flu Dilemma
- The 2009 Swine Flu Dilemma
- Leaders' Responses to Disease Threats
- Information Required for Decision Making
- Conclusion
- 7. Part I: The Vital Link between Animal and Human Health
- The Impact of Animal Health Crises
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
- Views of the Crisis
- Conclusion
- Part II. The Vital Link between Animal and Human Health
- The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Crisis
- Views of the Crisis
- Summing Up
- Conclusion
- 8. Reaching the Masses
- Risk Assessment, Perception, and Communication
- Smallpox Outbreak in New York City, 1947
- The Changing Media
- From the Media Perspective
- Anthrax Outbreak in New Jersey, 2001
- Cryptosporidium Outbreak in Wisconsin, 1993
- SARS Outbreak in Toronto, 2003
- Conclusion
- 9. All Hands on Deck
- Worst Case Scenarios
- Legal Challenges of Public Health and Bioterrorism
- Improving Preparedness
- A Better Model
- Experts' Advice
- Public Health and Emergency Management
- Who's in Charge?
- Epidemics and Bioterrorist Attacks: Leadership Challenges
- Public Health, the Military, and the National Guard
- Conclusion
- 10. Conclusion
- Critical Need: Prepared Elected Officials
- Relationships between Leaders
- When Science Does Not Have the Answers
- The Public Communication Roles of Different Leaders
- Legal and Organizational Structures and Crisis Leadership
- Training Elected Officials
- Notes
- Index
