| Description |
xix, 212 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Series |
Essential public health |
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Essential public health.
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| Contents |
The Toronto severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) II experience -- A feasibility study of routine screening for HIV in an urban emergency department -- Male circumcision and HIV : an evidence-based public health approach -- Research synthesis : systematic review and meta-analysis of Vioxx and cardiovascular events -- The heart truth : a social marketing approach to increase awareness about heart disease in women -- An outbreak of yellow fever in Paraguay : health risk communication in a crisis -- Challenges with implementing a community-based potable water system project in a rural Honduras community -- Building on strengths : a school-based mental health program -- Building trust in communities : the Narragansett Indian tribe and the state of Rhode Island -- The strategies to overcome and prevent (STOP) obesity alliance -- Should HPV vaccine be required for school entry? -- Plan B emergency contraception : caught in a web of science, regulation, and politics : what's a woman to do? -- Implementing policy changes to decrease racial and ethnic disparities in pediatric asthma outcomes -- Coal ash : disasters and opportunities -- The diethylstilbestrol (DES) story -- Beyond measurement : evaluating environmental public health : assessing the effectiveness of food safety programs -- Cardiac rehabilitation for the elderly : a public health perspective -- The X-pack smoking cessation kit : a social marketing case study 1 -- Mumps epidemic in Iowa : lessons learned from the frontline of testing -- Big brother is watching : utilizing clinical decision support as a tool to limit adverse drug events -- The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic : when you make mistakes, don't miss the lessons |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Public health -- Case studies.
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Public Health Practice.
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| Author |
Gleason, Brenda L.
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| LC no. |
2011006566 |
| ISBN |
9780763761318 (paperback) |
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0763761311 (paperback) |
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