Laura Kahn

Who's In Charge? Leadership during Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises

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Produktbeschreibung

With a new preface assessing leadership responses to the coronavirus pandemic, this text explores leadership problems that can develop during such public health crises as the 2001 anthrax attacks, 2003 SARS epidemic, and Mad Cow Disease epidemic of the 1980s-1990s. A threat to public health, such as a rampaging virus, is no time for a muddled chain of command and contradictory decision-making. Who's In Charge? Leadership during Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises, re-issued with a new preface assessing leadership during the COVID-19 outbreak, explores the crucial relationships among political leaders, public health officials, and journalists to see why leadership confusion develops. As the problematic response to COVID-19 has once again shown, the reluctance of politicians to risk alarm can run counter to the public health need to prepare for worse cases. Many leaders will seek high visibility during a public health crisis, but politicians are not medical experts, and the more they speak, the more they risk disseminating harmful information. How to achieve the right balance is the essence of this book. Beginning by looking at the overarching issues of leadership and public health administration, it then examines in depth five emergencies: the 2001 anthrax attacks, the 1993 cryptosporidium outbreaks, the 2003 SARS outbreak, the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease crisis, and the battle against Mad Cow Disease.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 409g
• ISBN-13: 9781440878176
• ISBN-10: 144087817X
• Artikelnr.: 59257943

Autorenporträt

Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP is a physician and research scholar in the Program on Science and Global Security at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 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