NEW BOOK PRESS RELEASE Communicable Diseases for School and Community Health Promotion

Soft Cover: ISBN 9781468500233 ($65.99); E-Book ISBN 9781468500226 ($9.99). 496 pages. Author: Martin Ayong Ayim Ph.D., MPH, MCHES Endowed Professor of Health Education (Dr. Eddie Robinson Snr Foundation) Grambling State University, Louisiana Publisher: Authorhouse Publishing, 1663 Liberty Drive #200, Bloomington, IN 47403 Phone 1-888-280-7715 or bkorders@authorhouse.com or From Authorhouse Online Bookstore at http://www.authorhouse.com, www.Amazon.com and Barnes and Nobles Stores.

ABOUT THE BOOK Infectious diseases account for about 17 million of the 52 million deaths per year in the world (WHO, 1996,). From the average yearly total of 11 million deaths among children under age 5 in developing countries, about 9 million are attributed to infectious diseases. Most of these deaths, if not all, can be prevented through immunization programs and health education about the modes of transmission, and methods of prevention and control. I have written this book out of total motivation and challenge, that I had as a Student Nurse on Community rotation in Bamenda, Cameroon. The challenge was that, during a health talk in Bambui community in 1979, the villagers believed firmly that intestinal parasites (worms) were part of the human body and that humans cannot survive without worms. I took this as a personal challenge to pursue education to be a professional health educator and to do something about the prevention of communicable diseases. This textbook, Communicable Diseases for School and Community Health Promotion, is a dream come true, and focuses on both school and community and is intended to provide health students and professionals, especially health educators and epidemiologists the necessary information to be able to educate people about the transmission and control of infectious diseases. The modality for the description of communicable diseases is intended to be easy reading for lay people and non-health professionals and quick revision for students of epidemiology. As a textbook, it is intended for adoption and use in introductory courses in infectious diseases epidemiology and communicable diseases in colleges, Schools of Public Health, Schools of Nursing, Departments of Health Education and Health Promotion, Schools of Community Health, Health Sciences Centers, and Schools of Tropical Medicine. All Students would find the book very useful for quick and easy revision of terms and concepts and easy description of

infectious diseases. The book is also written for easy reading by non-health students and non-health professionals who want to educate themselves about the over 132 communicable diseases discussed. The non copy-righted images and photographs give a pictorial flare to the diseases. My deepest appreciation to the various sources from where I obtained the photographs. Included also are professional recommendations by other reputed health education professionals such as Dr. Dan R Denson of McNeese State University, a respected health education professional in Louisiana, Dr. Mohammad Torabi of Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana. The book has received positive public reviews http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/RECOMMENDATIONS_REVISED.pdf Furthermore, the book is organized into sections with related chapters to simplify the study of communicable diseases and the understanding of infectious disease epidemiology terms and concepts. Sections cover basic principles of epidemiology; vital statistics and rates and ratios used in epidemiology; principles and practice of immunization; viruses and viral infections; bacteria and bacterial infections; infectious diseases caused by fungi, protozoa, and metazoa; major sexually transmissible infections. A Chapter covers a cluster of communicable diseases classified according to infectious agent and mode of transmission. An example of the classification approach is, viral diseases transmitted through respiratory tract. There are questions for review for each Chapter and there is a sectional bibliography for further references. Finally there are four links provided for further reading about each disease from other sources. The review questions are recommended for essay examination questions and reading guide for students. Also, each disease discussed has its assigned latest international classification of diseases (ICD)-Clinical modification number. The chapters are as follows: Chapter 1: Definition and clarification of epidemiological Terms and concepts Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Infectious Disease Theories Classification and Prevention of Infectious diseases

Chapter 4. Vital statistics: morbidity rates and ratios Chapter 5. Chapter 6: Chapter 7. Chapter 8 Chapter 9. Vital statistics: Mortality rates and ratios. Principles of immunization(vaccination) The practice of immunization Overview of viruses and viral properties Viral infectious diseases transmitted through Contact

Chapter 10. Viral infectious diseases transmitted through respiratory and Gastrointestinal tract Chapter 11. Viral infectious diseases transmitted through interaction between animals and humans Insects and mosquitoes. Chapter 12. Overview of bacteria Chapter 13. Bacterial infectious diseases transmitted through contact and respiratory tract

 Chapter 14. Food borne bacterial infections Chapter 15. Bacterial diseases transmitted through interaction between animals and humans or through vectors (mosquitoes, insects, and fleas) Chapter 16. Overview of Fungi, Metazoan, and Protozoa Chapter 17. Fungal, metazoal, or protozoal infections transmitted through skin contact and Respiratory tract Chapter 18. Fungal, metazoal, or protozoal infections transmitted through gastrointestinal tract Chapter 19. Fungal, metazoal, or protozoal infections transmitted through interaction between animals and humans or through vectors (mosquitoes and insects) Chapter 20. Sexually Transmissible Infections (STIs). Formerly STDs. Appendix I: The ABCs of Hepatitis Appendix II: Guidelines for confirmation of Food borne disease outbreaks

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Martin Ayim, Ph.D., MPH, CHES, MCHES Professor of Health Education Endowed Professor, Dr. Eddie Robinson Snr. Foundation, Dept. KSLS Grambling State University, Louisiana The author, Martin Ayong Ayim, was born in Ngwenjin village in the Azem Clan of Widikum in Cameroon. He studied at Federal Bilingual Grammar School Yaounde and Nursing School Bamenda. He was admitted into Indiana University Bloomington in 1984 where he graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Public Health Administration in 1987, and a Masters of Public Health with emphasis in Community Health Education in 1989. Thereafter, he was admitted into Texas A & M University for the doctoral program where he graduated in 1993 with a Ph. D. in Health education. He is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) in the USA. Furthermore he is a grant writer and publisher of many scholarly articles in National and International Journals of Health Education.

He was employed at Grambling State University of Louisiana where he was promoted to Professor of Health Education. He successfully developed the Bs Kinesiology Health Promotion where he serves as Senior Academic Advisor. He earned the Dr. Eddie Robinson, Snr Endowed Professorship in the Department. He won the Health Educator of the Year in the State of Louisiana by the Louisiana Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (LAHPERD) in 2004. He also won the LAHPERD Ethnic Minority Award in 2005. In 2011, ayim was nominated for the LAHPERD Honor Award by his peers. Ayim is an active member of many professional organizations at local, national, and international levels. He has edited and written books in community health promotion and Community Services, and published articles in the State and International Journals of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. He developed the INDICATE Model, a culture-based Model for Community health promotion program planning. His career objectives are to be a Professor, teach health education content and process in Colleges and Universities and write grants for external funding; conduct extensive health education-related research in Cameroon and around the World as needed; work with the World Health Organization Regional Office in Africa or with any International or Regional Health Education Institute for Africa; and to write and publish professional textbooks for the enhancement of health education and the control of communicable diseases in developing countries. Finally, Ayim provides leadership in the health education profession, academia, and society. He served as President of Delta SOPHE Chapter (www.deltasophe.org) of the Tristate-Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama from 2008-2010. He served as VicePresident of the Association for Professional Health Educators of the State of Louisiana (APHELA), Vice President of Health, LAHPERD; and member of Civic Organizations in Louisiana. He was Voted Community Service Faculty Member of the Year of Grambling State University in 2007.

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