How to Become an International Disaster Volunteer
Author:   Michael Noone (Public Health Disaster Response Coordinator)
Publisher:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
ISBN:  

9780128044636


Pages:   140
Publication Date:   06 March 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Michael Noone (Public Health Disaster Response Coordinator)
Publisher:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Imprint:   Butterworth-Heinemann Inc
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780128044636


ISBN 10:   0128044632
Pages:   140
Publication Date:   06 March 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Is Disaster Volunteering for You? The Rewards and Demands 2. Finding and Choosing the Right Volunteer Organization 3. Developing Relevant Training and Education for Deployments 4. Preparation and Practice 5. Predeployment Preparations 6. Psychological Readiness 7. On Deployment I: Setup, Operations, and Self-Care 8. On Deployment II: Continued Operations, Winding Down, and Getting Back to the “Real World” 9. Postdeployment

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What makes this book unique is that the author endeavors to include everything an individual would need to know about international volunteering in one publication. The author successfully creates a practical guide for current international disaster volunteers and those who are interested in becoming volunteers. --Security Management


What makes this book unique is that the author endeavors to include everything an individual would need to know about international volunteering in one publication. The author successfully creates a practical guide for current international disaster volunteers and those who are interested in becoming volunteers. --Security Management


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Michael Noone has more than 20 years’ experience in emergency response, with international deployments to the Dominican Republic, Haiti following the catastrophic 2010 earthquake, the Philippines following Super-typhoon Haiyan, and multiple US deployments with the federal Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) CA-1. He currently works to coordinate public health disaster response for five counties in Southern California with a population of 15 million, and was previously the Emergency Coordinator with the Orange County Health Care Agency.

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