Description |
xi, 354 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Contents |
Ch. 1. What Is Public Health? -- App. 1-A. Selected History of Public Health Activities in Chicago, 1834-1999 -- Ch. 2. Understanding and Measuring Health -- Ch. 3. Health Services and Public Health -- App. 3-A. Managed Care and Public Health: Strange Bedfellows? -- Ch. 4. Law, Government, and Public Health -- App. 4-A. Administrative Law -- Ch. 5. Core Functions and Public Health Practice -- Ch. 6. The Infrastructure of Public Health -- Ch. 7. Public Health Interventions -- App. 7-A. Age-Specific Recommendations for Clinical Preventive Services -- Ch. 8. Future Challenges for Public Health in America |
Summary |
This book is a straightforward introduction to the complex, multidimensional field of public health and how it functions in modern day America. Public Health is examined from a systems approach in terms of its important components and dimensions, including its relationship to the health care delivery system. In addition to the organization and financing of public health responsibilities and services in the U.S., this book also covers the origins of public health responses, content of public health practice, and key elements of the health infrastructure. Highlights of the new edition include: incorporation of the Healthy People 2010 objectives, a new chapter on "Community Public Health Practice," new case studies, and much more |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Public health -- United States.
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Public health administration -- United States.
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Public Health Administration.
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Public Health.
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Health Services.
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Public Health.
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Delivery of Health Care.
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SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
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United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
LC no. |
00032774 |
ISBN |
0834218119 |
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