ANTC68H3 Chapter : Kleinman.Week7.ANTC68.docx
Document Summary
Week #7: avian and pandemic influenza a biosocial approach by kleinman et al. This abstract summarizes conference proceedings from the harvard university asians flus and. Avian influenza workshop held in december 2006 which introduced a biosocial approach to the preparation for and control of pandemics. A biosocial approach brings together the biological and social sciences to develop an integrative, collaborative response to the threat of pandemic influenza. The need to build public trust and public health infrastructure is one of the primary messages of this collection. People have been warning of a global influenza pandemic rivaling that of 1918, and saying it is very imminent. A biosocial approach brings together the biological and social sciences in a collaborative effort to better understand a disease event. What has been lacking is an attempt to combine this knowledge and examine the multidirectional interactions among the various pieces that too often are studied in isolation.
