Contemporary Public Health: Principles, Practice, and Policy - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0813141230 ISBN 13 : 9780813141237

Editeur : The University Press of Kentucky, 2012

Synopsis

Public health refers to the management and prevention of disease within a population by promoting healthy behaviors and environments in an effort to create a higher standard of living. In this comprehensive volume, editor James W. Holsinger Jr. and an esteemed group of scholars and practitioners offer a concise overview of this burgeoning field, emphasizing that the need for effective services has never been greater. Designed as a supplemental text for introductory courses in public health prac

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

James W. Holsinger Jr., M.D., Ph.D., is the Charles T. Wethington Jr. Chair in the Health Sciences at the University of Kentucky. He served as secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services from 2003 to 2005. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

F. Douglas Scutchfield, MD, FACPM is the emeritus Peter P. Bosomworth Professor of Health Services Research and Policy at the University of Kentucky. He was responsible for establishing two new schools of public health, at San Diego State University and the University of Kentucky. He was previously the editor of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Scutchfield is coeditor of Scutchfield and Keck'sPrinciples of Public Health Practice and Contemporary Public Health: Principles, Practice, and Policy (fourth edition).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University Press of Kentucky
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0813141230
• ISBN 13: 9780813141237
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Éditeur: Holsinger James W
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