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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 practitioners off...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Holsinger, James W., Jr. (James Wilson)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The social and ecological determinants of health / Steven H. Woolf and Paula Braveman
  • The health of marginalized populations / Richard Ingram, Julia F. Costich, and Debra Joy Perez
  • Public health workforce and education in the United States / Connie J. Evashwick
  • The role of community-oriented primary care in improving health care / Samuel C. Matheny
  • Who is the public in public health? / David Mathews
  • Public health services and systems research : building the science of public health practice / Glen P. Mays, Paul K. Halverson, and William J. Riley
  • National accreditation of public health departments / Kaye Bender
  • Contemporary issues in scientific communication and public health education / Charlotte S. Seidman, William M. Silberg, and Kevin Patrick
  • Partnerships in public health : working together for a mutual benefit / Stephen W. Wyatt, Kevin T. Brady, and W. Ryan Maynard
  • The organizational landscape of the American public health system / Paul K. Halverson, Glen P. Mays, and Rachel Hogg
  • International lessons for the United States on health, health care, and health policy / Stephen C. Schoenbaum, Robin Osborn, and David Squires
  • Conclusion : future of public health / William Keck, F. Douglas Scutchfield, and James W. Holsinger Jr.