Public Health 101: Improving Community Health - Couverture souple

Riegelman, Richard; Kirkwood, Brenda

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1284118444 ISBN 13 : 9781284118445

Editeur : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2018

Synopsis

Public Health 101: Improving Community Health, 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.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Richard K. Riegelman, MD, MPH, PhD is Professor of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Health Policy, and Founding Dean of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Healthin Washington, DC. His education includes an M.D. from the University of Wisconsin plus a M.P.H. and Ph.D. in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins. Dr. Riegelman practiced primary care internal medicine for over 20 years. Dr.Riegelman has over 70 publications including 6 books for students and practitioners of medicine and public health. He is currently editor of the Jones and Bartlett book series Essential Public Health. The series provides books and ancillary materials for the full spectrum of curricula for undergraduate public health as well as the core and cross-cutting competencies covered by the Certification in Public Health examination of the National Board of Public Health Examiners. He has taken a lead role in developing the Educated Citizen and Public Health initiative which has brought together arts and sciences and public health education associations to implement the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies recommendation that "...all undergraduates should have access to education in public health.". Dr. Riegelman also led the development of George Washington's undergraduate major and minor and currently teaches "Public Health 101" and "Epidemiology 101" to undergraduates.

Clinical Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1284118444
• ISBN 13: 9781284118445
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 338
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible