Communicable disease epidemiology and control

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Laurie Garrett

This is an amazing book that Laura Garrett wrote back in the 90's. For anyone that has read the more popular book by Richard Preston "The Hot Zone" this is a must read. It is a much tighter more informative book. She takes us through the history of viruses in a journalistic/story approach. She breaks down the emergence of Ebola and the other emerging viruses and what it could mean in a brilliantly entertaining way. Each new disease/chapter starts with a journalistic story and ends with an educated informative narrative. With the Ebola outbreak going on now in Western Africa I had to come and revisit this classic. She warned us and nailed it. Unpurified drinking water, improper use of antibiotics, local warfare, massive refugee migration have contributed to changing social and environmental conditions around the world. These have fostered the spread of new and potentially devastating viruses and diseases : HIV, Lassa, Ebola, and others. The author takes the reader on a fifty-year journey through the world's battles with microbes and examines the worldwide conditions that have culminated in recurrent outbreaks of newly discovered diseases, epidemics of diseases migrating to new areas, and mutated old diseases that are no longer curable.

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Holly Phillips, MD

Dr. Holly's passion for the subject stems from the quest to cure her own constant weariness--which she struggled with for more than 20 years--as well as the countless complaints of chronic tiredness she hears from patients each day in her internal medicine practice. This guide will help readers understand their exhaustion, rule out any underlying illnesses, correct any allergies or hormonal issues that may be contributing to extreme tiredness. Clear, comprehensive, and practical, this shines a bright light on an issue many people have simply accepted--but that they don't have to any longer.

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Peter Pronovost and Eric Vohr

While Americans spend more on health care than any other country in the western world, our hospitals and clinics kill more patients. Patient safety expert Dr. Peter Pronovost is working to remedy that, by changing the way hospitals and doctors function day to day. In fact, his ideas are already saving people. By introducing a five-step checklist that standardizes a common ICU procedure, Dr. Pronovost has decreased the rate of infection--and as a result, unnecessary deaths--across the country by 90 percent. In this book, Dr. Pronovost makes reform relatable, easy to understand, and inspiring.--From publisher description.

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Ana Consuelo Matiella

This book provides health professionals with a "how to" approach to developing culturally sensitive and effective Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (aids) education materials. It is a collection of chapters written by community aids educators who have specialized knowledge and skill in developing educational materials in multi-ethnic communities. Included are: (1) "Laying the Groundwork" (Stephen B. Thomas); (2) "Using Evaluation to Develop Responsive Materials" (Aisha Gilliam and Roberta Hollander); (3) "Using Focus Group Interviews to Design Materials" (Joyce V. Fetro); (4) "Creating Culturally Sensitive Materials" (Sara Olivia Garcia); (5) "Developing Low-Literacy Materials" (Jane H. Root); (6) "Adapting and Translating Materials" (Ana Consuelo Matiella); (7) "Singing Your Own Song" (Terry Tafoya and Douglas A. Wirth); (8) "Telling a Tale" (Andrea Green Rush and Dominic Cappello); (9) "Producing Comic Books and Photonovels" (Susan Leibtag and Hugh Rigby); (10) "Developing Relevant Materials on a Low Budget" (Sala Udin); (11) "Understanding the Production Process" (Lianne B. Chong); (12) "Planning Outreach and Dissemination Strategies" (Ruth Lopez); and (13) "Evaluating aids Education Materials" (Shelley Mann and Marna Copeland Taylor). Appended are three case studies: "Assessing the aids Education Needs of Black Gay and Bisexual Men" (Stephen B. Thomas); "Stopping aids Is My Mission (samm)" (Aisha Gilliam); and "Conducting Outreach to Combat aids Among Injection Drug Users" (Robert S. Broadhead and Kathryn J. Fox). (Nb).