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Contemporary public health : principles, practice, and policy /

""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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Holsinger, James W., Jr. (James Wilson) (Editor ), Scutchfield, F. Douglas (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2021]
Edición:Second edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • History and Context of American Public Health / James W. Holsinger Jr. and F. Douglas Scutchfield
  • The Social and Ecological Determinants of Health / Kate Beatty and Melissa White
  • Health Inequity in the United States / Richard Ingram and Julia F. Costich
  • Public Health Approaches to the Opioid Epidemic / Julia F. Costich, Michelle Lofwall, and Robert H. McCool
  • Public Health Workforce and Education in the United States / Angela J. Beck and Emily J. Youatt
  • The Role of Community-Oriented Primary Care in Improving Health / Samuel C. Matheny
  • Who Is the Public in Public Health? / David Mathews
  • National Accreditation of Public Health Departments / Kaye Bender and Paul Kuehnert
  • Partnerships in Public Health : Working Together for a Mutual Benefit / Stephen W. Wyatt, Kevin T. Brady, and W. Ryan Maynard Holsinger
  • The Organizational Landscape of the American Public Health System / Rachel Graham, Paul K. Halverson, and Glen P. Mays
  • International Lessons for the United States on Population Health, Health Care, and Health Policy / Poosa Tikkanen and Robin Osborn
  • Pandemics and Public Health Policy / Stephen C. Schoenbaum
  • The Evolution and Future of Public Health / C. William Keck, F. Douglas Scutchfield, and James W. Holsinger Jr.