For Immediate Release
APHA Disaster Management Expert Available to Address Public Health Concerns Related to Asian Tsunami Tragedy
Washington, D.C., December 30, 2004 – The American Public Health Association (APHA) today announced that Linda Young Landesman, DrPH, MSW, a Columbia University faculty member and author of the newly published second edition of “Public Health Management of Disasters: The Practice Guide,” is available to discuss the public health response to disasters, such as the recent tsunami that ravaged parts of South Asia.
“Public Health Management of Disasters,” published by APHA, serves as a quick reference for either public health practitioners or public safety personnel who need quick information about disaster response for natural, man-made and weapons of mass distribution. In addition, it identifies the public health role in each aspect of disaster activity and includes information on diseases affecting displaced persons in disasters.
Dr. Landesman, a member of APHA, is an assistant clinical professor at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York. She has over 25 years of experience in social services, health care and emergency preparedness.
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About APHA
Founded in 1872, the APHA is the oldest, largest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in the world. The association aims to protect all Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to assure community-based health promotion and disease prevention activities and preventive health services are universally accessible in the United States. APHA represents a broad array of health providers, educators, environmentalists, policy-makers and health officials at all levels working both within and outside governmental organizations and educational institutions.
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