Public Health Administration

by Novick, Lloyd F.; Morrow, Cynthia B.; Mays, Glen P.

• ISBN13: 9780763738426
• ISBN10: 0763738425
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-01
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

This shorter, more user-friendly edition of Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management will provide your students with a comprehensive understanding of the principles, practices, and skills essential to successful public health administration.The second edition has been thoroughly revised and includes new information on the Healthy People 2010 objectives as well as two new chapters on bioterrorism and emergency preparedness; and public health systems research. The chapter on public health law has been thoroughly revised by the nation’s top public health law expert. Other updates include coverage of the most recent reports issued by the Institute of Medicine as well as analysis on the relationships between public health and the healthcare services with a particular focus on the uninsured.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
About the Editors	p. xvii
Contributors	p. xix
Defining Public Health: Historical and Contemporary Developments	p. 1
Defining Public Health	p. 1
Early Collective Action in Great Britain and the United States	p. 5
Social and Environmental Factors and Organized Public Health Action	p. 8
The New Public Health Impact of Bacteriology	p. 11
Accomplishments of Public Health in the 20th Century	p. 12
Public Health in the 21st Century	p. 14
The Contemporary Concept of Health: The Basis for Action	p. 16
Population-Based Prevention Strategy: Theory into Action	p. 26
A Framework for Public Health Administration and Practice	p. 35
Public Health Functions	p. 35
Core Public Health Functions	p. 37
Health Care Reform and Public Health	p. 39
Essential Health Services	p. 41
Core Functions and Essential Health Services: Implementation	p. 49
The Future of the Public's Health	p. 51
National Health Objectives	p. 53
Public Health Infrastructure	p. 55
Governmental and Nongovernmental Aspects of Public Health	p. 59
A Community Perspective	p. 61
Medicine and Public Health	p. 63
Organization of the Public Health Delivery System	p. 69
Governmental Public Health Organizations	p. 70
Nongovernmental Public Health Organizations	p. 106
Interorganizational Efforts in Public Health	p. 111
Public Health Law	p. 127
A Theory and Definition of Public Health Law	p. 128
Public Health in the Constitutional Design	p. 130
Federal Public Health Powers	p. 133
The Modern Public Health Agency	p. 137
Public Health Law Reform	p. 141
The Future of Public Health Law	p. 146
Ethics in Public Health Practice and Management	p. 149
What Is Ethics?	p. 150
Approaches to Ethics in Public Health	p. 151
With Whom to Partner?	p. 153
Ethical Analysis in Public Health Practice	p. 154
Newborn Screening and Parental Consent	p. 157
Legislative Relations in Public Health	p. 161
Overview	p. 161
The Federal Budget Process	p. 162
The Appropriations Process and Health Programs	p. 166
Creating Health Programs-Authorizing Committee Jurisdictions	p. 169
How a Bill Becomes a Law-Really	p. 170
Legislation and Regulation	p. 171
The Department of Health and Human Services	p. 174
Bioterrorism Preparedness Functions of the HHS	p. 177
Block Grants and Funding Programs	p. 177
Medicaid	p. 179
Long-Term Care	p. 180
State-Federal Interface in Public Health	p. 181
State Legislation	p. 183
The Role of Advocates	p. 184
Financing the Public's Health	p. 189
Why Look at Public Health Financing?	p. 190
Public Health Verses Personal Health Expenditures	p. 191
History of Public Health Financial Data Collection	p. 192
Benefits and Challenges in Collecting Public Health Finance Data	p. 199
Organization of Public Health Financing	p. 201
Key Financial Operations in LHDs	p. 210
Expenditure and Revenue Monitoring	p. 213
Revenue Generation	p. 213
Public Health Financing Challenges	p. 214
Information Technology Innovations	p. 219
The Public Health Workforce	p. 225
Who Are Public Health Workers?	p. 225
How Many and What Kind of Workers Are Needed?	p. 243
How Many and What Kind of Workers Are There Now?	p. 245
What Strategies Can Enhance Workforce Capacity?	p. 248
Considerations for the Future of the Public Health Workforce	p. 252
Human Resources Management	p. 261
Workforce Planning	p. 262
Job Analysis and Job Description	p. 264
Recruitment	p. 265
Selection of Applicants	p. 267
Socialization and Motivation	p. 270
Training and Development	p. 272
Coaching and Performance Appraisal	p. 274
Transfer, Promotion, and Termination	p. 276
Personnel Policies	p. 277
Leadership for Public Health	p. 281
The Nature vs. Nurture Debate	p. 282
Essential Skills and Competencies for Public Health Leadership	p. 282
Situational Leadership	p. 283
Management vs. Leadership	p. 285
Transformational Leadership	p. 288
Measuring Leadership Growth and Development	p. 289
The Importance of Mentoring	p. 292
Public Health Data Acquisition	p. 297
Historical Perspective on Data Collection	p. 298
Present National Uses of Data	p. 299
Federal Sources of Data	p. 300
State Sources of Data	p. 314
Local Sources of Data	p. 317
Other Sources of Data	p. 319
Using the Internet to Access Data Sources	p. 322
Issues in Data Interpretation	p. 322
Legal Issues Regarding Data Release and Security	p. 324
Geographic Information Systems for Public Health	p. 329
History of GIS in Public Health	p. 329
Features of GIS	p. 330
Public Health GIS Applications	p. 333
Lessons Learned and Challenges	p. 339
Getting Started with GIS	p. 343
Future of GIS and the Role of Public Health Officials	p. 343
Using Information Systems for Public Health Administration	p. 353
Contemporary Concepts and Applications	p. 354
Information Systems Architectures	p. 359
Sources of Data for Information Systems	p. 365
HIS Applications in Public Health Administration	p. 374
Privacy Issues	p. 377
Public Health Surveillance	p. 381
Function and Form of Public Health Surveillance Systems	p. 382
Surveillance System Design and Operations	p. 391
Assessment and Strategic Planning in Public Health	p. 411
Definition and Overview of Assessment	p. 412
Historical Roots of Public Health Assessment	p. 414
The Role of Public Health Organizations in the Assessment Process	p. 414
Public Participation in Assessment	p. 418
Methods Used for Assessment	p. 419
Collaborative Assessment Partnerships	p. 429
Strategic Planning	p. 435
MAPP	p. 435
Activities across Organizational Boundaries: The Public Health Systems Approach	p. 437
Building Constituencies for Public Health	p. 443
Who Is Public Health's Constituency?	p. 445
Incentives for Constituency Participation	p. 445
Assessing the Effectiveness of Public Health Constituencies	p. 451
Proven Interventions Improve Health and Build Constituencies	p. 451
Initiating the Constituency Building Process	p. 455
Performance Management: The Evolution of Standards, Measurement, and Quality Improvement in Public Health	p. 459
The Elements of Performance Management	p. 460
Applications Using Public Health Standards	p. 473
Critical Issues for Success	p. 480
Accreditation of Public Health Organizations	p. 481
Evaluation of Public Health Interventions	p. 495
Evaluation Methods	p. 496
Economic Analyses	p. 502
Measurement	p. 512
Practical Aspects of Program Evaluation	p. 517
Performance Measurement and Improvement Process	p. 526
Community-Based Prevention	p. 545
Defining Key Terms: Community and Coalition	p. 546
Evidence-Based Planning in Community Settings	p. 549
Communication and Media Relations	p. 567
Communication in Public Health	p. 567
Building Constituency and Visibility	p. 573
Media Relations	p. 577
Media Interaction Guidelines	p. 582
Risk Communication During Public Health Emergencies	p. 584
Building a Model Public Information Office	p. 585
Public Health Education and Health Promotion	p. 589
Public Health Education	p. 590
Health Promotion	p. 608
Health Promotion Includes Health Education	p. 614
Using Marketing in Public Health	p. 621
What Is Marketing?	p. 621
Why Integrate Marketing into Public Health Practice?	p. 623
Key Marketing Concepts	p. 625
Challenges of Public Health Marketing	p. 630
The Marketing Process	p. 635
Building Marketing Capacity	p. 650
Using Marketing Approaches on Limited Budgets	p. 651
Roles and Responsibilities of Public Health in Disaster Preparedness and Response	p. 657
Definitions	p. 658
History of Public Health's Role	p. 663
Public Health's Role	p. 664
What Is Public Health's Responsibility in Disaster Response?	p. 665
Functional Model of Public Health's Response in Disasters	p. 667
Structure and Organizational Makeup of Disaster Response	p. 671
Assessment in Disasters	p. 678
Data Collection	p. 682
Mental Health Considerations in Disasters	p. 683
Public Health Aspects of Environmental Services During Disasters	p. 688
Bioterrorism, Influenza, and Emerging Infectious Diseases	p. 696
Pandemic Influenza	p. 703
Evidence for the Future	p. 715
The Role of Research in Public Health Improvement	p. 716
Intervention Research vs. Systems Research	p. 717
What Can Be Learned from Public Health Systems Research?	p. 718
Research Opportunities and Priorities	p. 719
Building Capacity for Public Health Systems Research	p. 720
Protecting Human Subjects in Public Health Research	p. 721
Research and the Future of Public Health Systems	p. 722
Index	p. 725
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