Transforming Public Health Practice Leadership and Management Essentials.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lesneski, Cheryll D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2011.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Transforming Public Health Practice
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgments
  • The Authors
  • The Contributors
  • Part One Issues and Methods of Public Health Practice
  • 1 The Need for Change in the Practice of Public Health
  • Mission and Services of Public Health
  • Public Health's History and Its Impact on Current Services
  • Gap Between Mission and Current Public Health Practice
  • 2 The Success of Public Health Programs: Critical Factors
  • Definition of Public Health
  • Public Health Systems
  • Community Health Workers
  • Population-Based Medicine
  • Problems in Our Health Care System
  • The Need for Improved Accountability of Public Health Professionals
  • Local Health Departments
  • Epidemic of Chronic Diseases
  • Information Management
  • Expansion of Health Education Programs
  • Public Health and the Legacy Concept
  • The Need for Leadership Development in Public Health
  • 3 Critical Issues for the Future of Health Care in the United States
  • Why We Are Failing in Our Health Care Reform Efforts
  • Root Causes of the Failures of the Health Care System
  • Other Problem Areas
  • Solution to the Problems in Our Health Care System
  • New Model of Health Care Delivery
  • Public Health as a Potential Solution to the Health Care Crisis in America
  • 4 Application of Epidemiological Concepts to Health Care Delivery
  • Descriptive Epidemiology
  • Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases
  • Epidemiology of Emerging Infections
  • Analytical Epidemiology
  • Epidemiology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Data Management
  • Surveillance Systems
  • Managerial Epidemiology
  • Application of Epidemiological Concepts to Health Care
  • 5 Shifting the Focus from Communicable to Chronic Diseases
  • Communicable Disease Threat
  • The Challenge of Chronic Diseases
  • The Need for Investment in Preventing Chronic Diseases
  • Health Education
  • The Need for Partnerships to Combat Chronic Diseases
  • Opportunity to Improve the Way Health Care Is Delivered
  • Part Two Issues and Methods of Public Health Leadership and Management
  • 6 Leadership and Politics in Public Health
  • Development of Power in Health Care Delivery
  • Leadership and Politics in Health Care Delivery
  • Public Health Leadership Styles
  • Transformational Leadership and Public Health
  • Public Health as a Change Agent
  • Public Health Leaders and Power
  • Public Health Leaders and Conflict Management
  • Can Political Appointees Lead Public Health Departments?
  • Leadership Development in Public Health
  • Culture of Public Health Workers
  • Public Health Leaders and Innovation
  • 7 Empowering Public Health Workers
  • Leadership and Quality Improvement
  • The Public Health Employee
  • Transformational Leadership, Worker Empowerment, and Self-Managed Work Teams in Public Health
  • The Role of Culture
  • Culture and Change
  • Empowerment of Workers in Public Health
  • Disappearance of the Public Health Worker

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