Public Health 101: Improving Community Health

by Riegelman, Richard; Kirkwood, Brenda

• ISBN13: 9781284118445
• ISBN10: 1284118444
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781284165906
• Additional ISBN(s): 9781284123845, 9781284241594
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2018-03-21
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Summary

An updated eBook version of this text will be available on October 1 and will offer 6 cases studies on COVID-19 and new interactive digital exercises that teach the principles of population health.An updated eBook version of this text will be available on October 1 and will offer 6 cases studies on COVID-19 and new interactive digital exercises that teach the principles of population health.
Public Health 101,Third Edition provides a big-picture, population perspective on the determinants of health and disease and the tools available to protect and promote health. Now with a greater emphasis on community involvement and providing community based-services, the third edition examines the full range of options for intervention including use of the healthcare system, the public health system, and society-wide systems such as laws and taxation.
Through a unique set of case studies, vignettes, and extensive examples, readers will come away with a clear understanding of how public health affects their everyday lives. They will learn and apply frameworks for thinking about public health issues and gain a deeper understanding about the health news they are exposed to each day.
Key Features:
• A comprehensive look at new and expanding roles for nurses, efforts to address the nursing shortage, and additional case studies that emphasize the critical and evolving roles played by nurses in the health care and public health systems
• Coverage of current content such as the opioid epidemic and “One Health” topics including antibiotic resistance, climate change, and international health regulations
• New case studies on influenza, antibiotic resistance, aging as a public health issue, health navigation, diabetes, and more
Public Health 101 is part of the Essential Public Health series and one of the three Health Foundations courses. Public Health 101 follows the ASPPH “Critical Component Elements” for a public health overview course as well as the AAC&U recommendations for a Public Health 101 course.

Table of Contents

SectionI PRINCIPLES OF POPULATION HEALTH
Chapter1 PUBLIC HEALTH: THE POPULATION HEALTH APPROACH
Chapter2 EVIDENCE-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH
SectionII TOOLS OF POPULATION HEALTH
Chapter3 PUBLIC HEALTH DATA AND COMMUNICATIONS
Chapter4 SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter5 HEALTH LAW, POLICY, AND ETHICS
SectionIII PREVENTING DISEASE, MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY
Chapter6 NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Chapter7 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Chapter8 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
SectionIV HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS, AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
Chapter9 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND THE HEALTH WORKFORCE
Chapter10 HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS
Chapter11 HEALTH INSURANCE AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
SectionV PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTIONS AND SYSTEMS
Chapter12 PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTIONS AND SYSTEMS
Chapter13 FOOD AND DRUGS AS PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES
Chapter14 SYSTEMS THINKING: FROM SINGLE SOLUTION TO ONE HEALTH