Public Health : What It Is and How It Works

by Turnock, Bernard J.

• ISBN13: 9780763732158
• ISBN10: 076373215X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett

Summary

The Third Edition of this popular text continues to provide students with a clear view of the complex modern U.S. public health system-what it is, what it does, how it works, and why it is important. Using a straightforward systems approach, this text will give your students a solid grounding in the essential concepts of public health, and the relationship of public health to the health care delivery system as a whole.Public Health: What It is and How It Works presents a uniquely comprehensible framework for understanding the inner workings of public health by examining:- The origins and development of the modern public health system.- The relationship of public health to the overall health system and its intervention strategies.- How the U.S. public health system is organized at the federal, state, and local levels.- Its core functions, how, and how well these are currently being addressed.- Evidence-based public health practice and an approach to program planning and evaluation for public health interventions.- Public health activities, such as epidemiological investigations, biomedical research, environmental assessment, policy development, and more.

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	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
What Is Public Health?	1	(38)
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	(7)
Value of Public Health	21	(6)
Conclusion	27	(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises	28	(11)
Appendix 1--A: Selected History of Public Health Activities in Chicago, 1834--2003	31	(8)
Understanding and Measuring Health	39	(44)
Health in the United States	39	(4)
Health, Illness, and Disease	43	(1)
Measuring Health	44	(6)
Influences on Health	50	(16)
Analyzing Health Problems for Causative Factors	66	(2)
Economic Dimensions of Health Outcomes	68	(4)
Healthy People 2010	72	(6)
Conclusion	78	(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises	78	(5)
Public Health and the Health System	83	(46)
Prevention and Health Services	90	(12)
The Health System in the United States	102	(12)
Changing Roles, Themes, and Paradigms in the Health System	114	(4)
Conclusion	118	(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises	119	(10)
Appendix 3--A: Managed Care and Public Health: Strange Bedfellows?	122	(7)
Law, Government, and Public Health	129	(46)
American Government and Public Health	130	(3)
Public Health Law	133	(4)
Governmental Public Health: Federal Health Agencies	137	(11)
Governmental Public Health: State Health Agencies	148	(7)
Governmental Public Health: Local Public Health Organizations	155	(6)
Intergovernmental Relationships	161	(7)
Conclusion	168	(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises	169	(6)
Appendix 4--A: Administrative Law	171	(4)
Core Functions and Public Health Practice	175	(48)
Public Health Functions and Practice Before the IOM Report	176	(5)
Public Health Practice and Core Functions After the IOM Report	181	(10)
Post-IOM Report Initiatives	191	(8)
Twenty-First Century Community Public Health Practice	199	(7)
Core Function Performance Through 2002	206	(12)
New Opportunities for Improving Public Health Practice	218	(1)
Conclusion	219	(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises	220	(3)
The Infrastructure of Public Health	223	(52)
Infrastructure, Ingredients, and Inputs	224	(1)
Human Resources in Public Health	225	(16)
Organizational Resources	241	(5)
Information Resources	246	(19)
Fiscal Resources	265	(3)
Healthy People 2010 Infrastructure Objectives	268	(2)
Conclusion	270	(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises	270	(5)
Public Health Interventions	275	(38)
Interventions, Programs, and Services	276	(2)
Categorizing Programs and Services of Public Health	278	(6)
Evidence-Based Community Preventive Services	284	(11)
Program Management in Public Health	295	(13)
Conclusion	308	(2)
Discussion Questions and Exercises	310	(3)
Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response	313	(46)
Public Health Roles in Emergency Preparedness and Response	313	(13)
National Public Health Preparedness and Response Coordination	326	(6)
State and Local Preparedness Coordination	332	(9)
State and Local Bioterrorism Preparedness Grants	341	(13)
Conclusion	354	(3)
Discussion Questions and Exercises	357	(2)
Future Challenges for Public Health in America	359	(20)
Lessons from a Century of Progress in Public Health	360	(5)
Limitations of Twenty-First-Century Public Health	365	(4)
The Future of Public Health in 1988 and 15 Years Later	369	(5)
Conclusion: The Need for a More Effective Public Health System	374	(3)
Discussion Questions and Exercises	377	(2)
Glossary	379	(26)
Index	405