Confronting Public Health Risks - A Decision Maker's Guide

The authors of Confronting Public Health Risks provide case examples and specific tools for analyzing and dealing with serious health hazards. The book includes six case studies from the areas of environmental health, occupational health and the AIDS epidemic. Each case study is followed by a discussion of a key issue involved and the links that exist with other cases covered in the book.

List of contents

Introduction
Health Risk Notification in a Small Town
Science versus Service in a Community-Based Lead Screening
Worker Health in Black and White
HIV and the Schools in a High Prevalence Community
Superfund Showdown
The Management of Conflict
Community Teamwork on AIDS Care
Confronting Risk
Tasks, Criteria and Evaluation

Summary

The authors of Confronting Public Health Risks provide case examples and specific tools for analyzing and dealing with serious health hazards. The book includes six case studies from the areas of environmental health, occupational health and the AIDS epidemic. Each case study is followed by a discussion of a key issue involved and the links that exist with other cases covered in the book.

Product details

• Authors: Laura C Leviton, Laura C. Leviton, Carolyn Needleman, Carolyn E. Needleman, Maurice Shapiro, Maurice A. Shapiro
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.12.1997
• EAN: 9780803953574
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-5357-4
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 337 g
• Series: Series in Philosophy; 2; Series in Philosophy; 2
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)