The Nation's Health

by Lee, Philip R.; Estes, Carroll L.; Rodriguez, Fatima M.

• ISBN13: 9780763707590
• ISBN10: 0763707597
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett

Summary

This compendium of articles provides a clear view of the factors affecting the health of Americans and the role of public health, medical care, and the community in ensuring the nation's health. The Seventh Edition continues the emphasis of earlier editions on the health of the population, the determinants of health, women's health, long term care, and the precarious set of circumstances faced by the nation's public health and health care systems as we begin the 21st century. New issues, particularly related to bioterrorism and community health are addressed in this edition. This volume also includes coverage of tobacco, immunizations, HIV/AIDS, environmental health, dietary guidelines, physical activity, and food safety. In addition, a major new feature is an article on community problem solving, emphasizing a multidisciplinary approach to collaborative practice and research to improve community health. In this edition, an entirely new part entitled, "Preparing for Terrorism: A Public Health Reponse" was added to address many of the issues that have risen to the forefront of health policy since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the anthrax attacks that followed. The focus deals with issues related to public health, the medical response to a terrorist attack, and ethical issues raised by limitations that may be placed on civil liberties in the name of a public health response to terrorism.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	xi
Acknowledgments	xxi
About the Authors	xxvii
PART I The Health of the Nation and Determinants of Health	1	(120)
The Health of the Nation	3	(60)
Trends in Mortality in the Twentieth Century	11	(20)
William G. Rothstein
Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999: Control of Infectious Diseases	31	(7)
Achievements in Public Health, 1900--1999: Healthier Mothers and Babies	38	(9)
Achievements in Public Health, 1900--1999: Decline in Deaths from Heart Disease and Stroke-United States, 1900--1999	47	(6)
Healthy People 2010: Understanding and Improving Health	53	(10)
The Determinants of Health and Health Disparities	63	(58)
McKeown and the Idea That Social Conditions Are Fundamental Causes of Disease	73	(6)
Bruce G. Link
Jo C. Phelan
The Influence of Income on Health: Views of an Epidemiologist	79	(14)
Michael Marmot
Socioeconomic Status and Health: The Potential Role of Environmental Risk Exposure	93	(28)
Gary Evans
Elyse Kantrowitz
PART II Health Policy and the Politics of Health	121	(100)
Health Policy: Theories, Models, and Concepts	123	(52)
The Process of Public Policymaking: A Conceptual Model	129	(6)
Beaufort B. Longest, Jr.
Article 2 The Study of Public Policy Processes	135	(8)
Hank C. Jenkins-Smith
Paul A. Sabatier
Policy Change over a Decade or More	143	(32)
Paul A. Sabatier
Health Policy: The Politics of Health	175	(46)
From Trust to Political Power: Interest Groups, Public Choice, and Health Care	183	(16)
Mark A. Peterson
Health Care and Health Care Policy in a Changing World	199	(14)
Donald A. Barr
Philip R. Lee
A. E. Benjamin
The Politics of Long-Term Care Reform under the Clinton Health Plan: Lessons for the Future	213	(8)
Carroll L. Estes
Joshua M. Wiener
Sheryl C. Goldberg
Susan M. Goldenson
PART III Identifying, Understanding, and Addressing Population Health Problems	221	(60)
Public Health and Community Problem Solving	223	(58)
Achievements in Public Health, 1900--1999: Changes in the Public Health System	233	(9)
Broadening Participation in Community Problem Solving: A Multidisciplinary Model to Support Collaborative Practice and Research	242	(39)
Roz D. Lasker
Elisa S. Weiss
PART IV Preparing for Terrorism: A Public Health Response	281	(54)
Coordinating an Effective Public Health Response	283	(52)
Responding to Chemical, Biological, or Nuclear Terrorism: The Indirect and Long-Term Health Effects May Present the Greatest Challenge	289	(16)
Kenneth C. Hyams
Frances M. Murphy
Simon Wessely
Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response: Clinicians and Public Health Agencies as Essential Partners	305	(5)
Julie Louise Gerberding
James M. Hughes
Jeffrey P. Koplan
Bioterrorism Law and Policy: Critical Choices in Public Health	310	(14)
James G. Hodge, Jr.
Bioterrorism, Public Health, and Civil Liberties	324	(11)
George J. Annas
PART V Health Care, Health Care Organization, Health Care Financing, and Quality of Care	335	(148)
Health Care, Health Insurance, and Health Care Organization	337	(54)
Who Gets Health Care?	347	(11)
Robert W. Fogel
Chulhee Lee
The U.S. Health Care System: On a Road to Nowhere?	358	(11)
Jonathan Oberlander
Health Insurance Coverage: 2000	369	(10)
Robert J. Mills
Managed Care in Transition	379	(12)
R. Adams Dudley
Harold S. Luft
Health Care Financing: Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program	391	(48)
Medicare	401	(8)
Marilyn Moon
Drug Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries: Why Protection May Be in Jeopardy	409	(8)
Becky Briesacher
Bruce Stuart
Dennis Shea
Medicaid	417	(11)
Sara Rosenbaum
SCHIP Turns 5: Taking Stock, Moving Ahead	428	(11)
Jennifer M. Ryan
Quality of Health Care	439	(44)
The American Health Care System: The Movement for Improved Quality in Health Care	445	(10)
Thomas Bodenheimer
Keeping Quality on the Policy Agenda	455	(9)
Elizabeth A. McGlynn
Robert H. Brook
Health Care Report Cards: Implications for Vulnerable Patient Groups and the Organizations Providing Them Care	464	(19)
Huw T. O. Davies
A. Eugene Washington
Andrew B. Bindman
PART VI Women's Health and the Health Care System	483	(62)
Women's Health and the Health Care System	485	(60)
Women's Health in the United States: Health Coverage and Access to Care	493	(8)
Alina Salganicoff
J. Zoe Beckerman
Roberta Wyn
Victoria D. Ojeda
Adding Aging and Gender to the Women's Health Agenda	501	(15)
Tracy Weitz
Carroll L. Estes
Racial/Ethnic Variations in Women's Health: The Social Embeddedness of Health	516	(21)
David R. Williams
Failure of Estrogen Plus Progestin Therapy for Prevention	537	(5)
Suzanne W. Fletcher
Graham A. Colditz
Mammograms and Personal Choice	542	(3)
Virginia L. Ernster
PART VII Aging and Long-Term Care	545	(44)
Long-Term Care	547	(42)
Long-Term Care and the Elderly Population	553	(14)
Steven P. Wallace
Emily K. Abel
Pamela Stefanowicz
Nadereh Pourat
Long-Term Care: A Public Responsibility	567	(3)
Judith Feder
Regulating Nursing Homes: Residential Nursing Facilities in the United States	570	(9)
Charlene Harrington
Consumer Empowerment Issues in Chronic and Long-Term Care	579	(10)
Marty Lynch
Carroll L. Estes
Mauro Hernandez
Recommended Reading	589	(6)
Index	595