COVID-19 is disrupting life around the world. People in every country are forced to adjust their lives and protect themselves and loved ones from this sweeping pandemic. But the concept of a pandemic is not new. No matter the outcome of this strain of coronavirus, a pandemic can always hit.
So what can you do to better understand COVID-19 and similar infections?
SKILLS TO OBSTRUCT PANDEMICS is a short but comprehensive how-to guide for people who want to protect themselves and others in current and future pandemics. These strategies can be done by everyone, and the language in STOP is easy to read without prior medical knowledge. It offers practical information and actionable daily practices to help flatten the curve. This is not a first-aid kit to treat COVID-19; it's a zeroth-aid kit to help you avoid it.
The author team includes MDs, RNs, and PhDs with knowledge of medicine, nursing, public health and disaster medicine, and learning theory. The people who reviewed it included further MDs, nurses, a psychologist, and a nutritionist.
This book includes:
COVID-19 is disrupting life around the world. People in every country are forced to adjust their lives and protect themselves and loved ones from this sweeping pandemic. But the concept of a pandemic is not new. No matter the outcome of this strain of coronavirus, a pandemic can always hit.
So what can you do to better understand COVID-19 and similar infections?
SKILLS TO OBSTRUCT PANDEMICS is a short but comprehensive how-to guide for people who want to protect themselves and others in current and future pandemics. These strategies can be done by everyone, and the language in STOP is easy to read without prior medical knowledge. It offers practical information and actionable daily practices to help flatten the curve. This is not a first-aid kit to treat COVID-19; it's a zeroth-aid kit to help you avoid it.
The author team includes MDs, RNs, and PhDs with knowledge of medicine, nursing, public health and disaster medicine, and learning theory. The people who reviewed it included further MDs, nurses, a psychologist, and a nutritionist.
This book includes:
Frank Ritter BSEE PhD CPsychol is a cognitive scientist with an interest in applying cognitive science to the design of human-computer interfaces. Prof. Ritter has written or edited seven books (including Oxford, Springer-Verlag, SAGE, Nottingham) and edits a book series on cognitive models and architectures for Oxford University Press. He is an associate editor of Human Factors, and has been an associate editor of IEEE SMC: Human-Machine Systems. He helped start the College of Information Sciences and Technology, and is also a Professor of Psychology. Amanda Clase is an Associate Research Professor in Penn State's Applied Research Lab. She has a PhD in microbiology & immunology and has studied public health preparedness and surveillance. Her research interests include biodefense, biosurveillance, infectious diseases, and global health security. Dr. Clase spent 14 years in government service designing and managing biodefense programs. Stephanie Leigh Harvill is a visual design consultant with a history of working within the field of higher education and the sciences. She earned her bachelor's degree in Fine Arts and a master's degree focused in secondary education and teaching, both from UCLA. She has extensive experience helping translate science to the public in prose and figures.
Get the simple things right first. Low-cost public health
interventions have the potential to stop this pandemic in its
tracks. While these measures may seem like common sense, in fact,
they have to be learned. This text is a great place to start that
learning.High tech, scientific advances in therapeutics, and
vaccines will come. In the meantime, the main things are the plain
things, simple day-to-day modifications in lifestyle can stop
contagion and save lives. This text details these, with
practicalities and rationales for their implementation.-- Dr. John
Campbell RN PhD, retired nursing professor, YouTube channel with
737k subscribers What a great game plan to help us navigate through
this pandemic. I'll run with this!-- Franco Harris, former NFL
player, NFL Hall of Fame member
Medical concepts, like Rocket Science, are always hard to translate
into understandable and actionable terms. As my fellow
epidemiologists-disease detectives-struggle to uncover the secrets
of COVID19, Skills offers an approachable blueprint for action that
all of us on the planet should heed. An equivalent of a naval
aviator or astronaut's checklist for understanding the critical
steps necessary to combat COVID. -- Captain J.M. Linenger, Medical
Corps, U.S. Navy (ret.)
NASA astronaut/Mir Cosmonaut STS-64,
STS-81, Mir 23, STS 84 Physician (MD), Epidemiologist (PhD) and
Author of Off the Planet
Nicely executed and quite useful. Always hard to translate
science/medicine into understandable and actionable terms. Success!
-- Jerry Linenger, Capt. USN (ret.), MD, NASA astronaut (STS-64,
STS-81, MIR, STS-84) and epidemiologist This book not only gave me
the information I needed to understand our role in responding to
the pandemic, but it is a practical tool to, "Love your neighbor as
you love yourself." I appreciate the expertise and the care that
went into this valuable work!-- Rev. Dr. Joel C. Hunter,
Faith-based Community Organizer, Retired Pastor, Chairman,
Community Resource Network
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