Personal and Public Safety: Understanding Risk and Taking Responsibility - Softcover

Alvaro Taveira (author)|Robert Evangelisti (author)|David Vosburgh (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1793551804 ISBN 13: 9781793551801

Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

Personal and Public Safety: Understanding Risk and Taking Responsibility addresses the foundations of personal and public safety by focusing on the actions needed to minimise or eliminate conditions that may cause psychological, emotional, or physical harm and lead to pain, injury, or loss.

Through a collection of chapters authored by experts within the discipline, readers learn about causation theories, human performance limitations, risk assessment, the role of the law in providing safety to individuals and communities, and safety at home. Dedicated chapters address health and hygiene, food safety, transportation safety, safety in the workplace, recreation safety, protecting the environment, fire safety, emergency preparedness, and information challenges that can affect safety and health. Each chapter features an opening vignette, introduction, key takeaways, and end-of-chapter questions to support the learning experience.

About this title

About the Author

Alvaro D. Taveira is a professor of occupational and environmental safety and health at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Robert Evangelisti is a senior lecturer of occupational and environmental safety and health at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

David A. Vosburgh is a lecturer of occupational and environmental safety and health at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Kwangseog Ahn is an associate professor of occupational and environmental safety and health at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Oscar Arias-Fernandez is an assistant professor of occupational and environmental safety and health at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Tracy Buchman is an associate professor of occupational and environmental safety and health at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Sang D. Choi is a professor of global and community health at George Mason University.

George Gruetzmacher is an industrial hygienist, engineer, and scientist at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene.

Todd William Loushine is an associate professor of occupational and environmental safety and health at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

John D. Olson is an assistant professor of occupational and environmental safety and health at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Donna J.H. Vosburgh is a professor of occupational and environmental safety and health at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1793551804
• ISBN 13: 9781793551801
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 378