Public Health : What It Is and How It Works

by Turnock, Bernard J.

• ISBN13: 9780763724993
• ISBN10: 0763724998
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

Covers the origins of public health responses, content of public health practice, and key elements of the health infrastructure.

Author Biography

Bernard J. Turnock, MD, MPH: Clinical Professor of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
What Is Public Health?	1	(36)
A Brief History of Public Health in the United States	3	(4)
Images and Definitions of Public Health	7	(4)
Public Health as a System	11	(3)
Unique Features of Public Health	14	(6)
Value of Public Health	20	(7)
Conclusion	27	(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises	27	(10)
Appendix 1--A: Selected History of Public Health Activities in Chicago, 1834--1999	30	(7)
Understanding and Measuring Health	37	(42)
Health in the United States	37	(4)
Health, Illness, and Disease	41	(2)
Measuring Health	43	(7)
Influences on Health	50	(13)
Analyzing Health Problems for Causative Factors	63	(1)
Economic Dimensions of Health Outcomes	64	(5)
Healthy People 2010	69	(6)
Conclusion	75	(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises	75	(4)
Health Services and Public Health	79	(44)
Health and Health Services	86	(12)
The Health System in the United States	98	(10)
Changing Roles, Themes, and Paradigms in the Health System	108	(3)
Conclusion	111	(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises	112	(11)
Appendix 3--A: Managed Care and Public Health: Strange Bedfellows?	115	(8)
Law, Government, and Public Health	123	(44)
American Government and Public Health	124	(3)
Law and Public Health	127	(4)
Governmental Public Health	131	(29)
Conclusion	160	(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises	161	(6)
Appendix 4--A: Administrative Law	163	(4)
Core Functions and Public Health Practice	167	(40)
Public Health Functions and Practice before the IOM Report	168	(5)
Public Health Practice and Core Functions after the IOM Report	173	(10)
Post-IOM Report Initiatives	183	(18)
New Opportunities for Improving Public Health Practice	201	(1)
Conclusion	202	(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises	203	(4)
The Infrastructure of Public Health	207	(44)
Infrastructure, Ingredients, and Inputs	208	(1)
Human Resources in Public Health	209	(11)
Organizational Resources	220	(6)
Information Resources	226	(15)
Fiscal Resources	241	(4)
Healthy People 2010 Infrastructure Objectives	245	(2)
Conclusion	247	(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises	247	(4)
Public Health Interventions	251	(44)
Interventions, Programs, and Services	252	(2)
Categorizing Programs and Services of Public Health	254	(12)
Evidence-Based Public Health Practice	266	(4)
Program Management in Public Health	270	(14)
Conclusion	284	(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises	284	(11)
Appendix 7--A: Age-Specific Recommendations for Clinical Preventive Services	286	(9)
Future Challenges for Public Health in America	295	(26)
Lessons from a Century of Progress in Public Health	296	(8)
Limitations of Twentieth-Century Public Health	304	(3)
Public Health: A System in ``Disarray''?	307	(3)
Community Public Health Practice	310	(7)
Conclusion: Why We Need a More Effective Public Health System	317	(2)
Discussion Questions and Exercises	319	(2)
Appendix A---Glossary of Terms	321