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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2013.
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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 Pérez
- 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.