Editors:
- Scarcity of relevant evidence-based resources
- Practical approach for coping with current bioterrorism threats
- Authored by leading scientists with extensive field experience
- Multidisciplinary approach
Part of the book series: Nato Security through Science Series A: (NASTA)
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Table of contents (26 papers)
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Front Matter
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Risk Assessment
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Risk Communication
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Focus on Smallpox
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About this book
The anthrax envelopes incident in the United States in 2001 created the impetus for a substantial increase in preparedness for bioterrorist threats among both public health and law enforcement professionals, worldwide. Ever increasing resources are now being allocated for dealing with a wide variety of potential threats, from the reintroduction of eradicated viruses such as smallpox to the possibility of genetically engineered novel pathogens. Despite the potentially devastating consequences of the various projected bioterror scenarios, it remains remarkably difficult to quantitatively assess the actual risk in each of these scenarios. Nevertheless, such risk assessment is crucial for determining the appropriate allocation of resources for research and preparedness.
The public anxiety expected during a large-scale bioterrorism attack may even be more damaging than the direct effects of the bioterrorism agent, both in health-related and economic outcomes. Carefully tailored risk communication is a major tool for individuals, decision-makers or even entire communities to make educated decisions about their responses to well-being, and avoid social disruption.
In this book, we have included 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 resulting volume integrates the viewpoints of public health, law enforcement, risk analysis and media experts into a comprehensive, practical guide for approaching risk assessment and risk communication in a bioterrorism event.
Editors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Manfred S. Green
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Division of Infection Diseases, John Hopkin University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
Jonathan Zenilman
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Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University and the Tel Aviv University Center for the Study of Bioterrorism, Israel
Dani Cohen
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Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Itay Wiser
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Epidemiology Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negav, Israel
Ran D. Balicer
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Risk Assessment and Risk Communication Strategies in Bioterrorism Preparedness
Editors: Manfred S. Green, Jonathan Zenilman, Dani Cohen, Itay Wiser, Ran D. Balicer
Series Title: Nato Security through Science Series A:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5808-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5806-6Published: 02 May 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5807-3Published: 02 May 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5808-0Published: 10 April 2007
Series ISSN: 1871-4641
Series E-ISSN: 1871-4684
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 248
Topics: Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology