| Description |
1 online resource (91 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Introduction; Part I -- Epidemiology; Case Study # 1: Basic Terms in Epidemiology; Case Study #2: Cholera in London, 1850; Case Study #3: The Hantavirus Outbreak; Case Study #4: Focus on Violence; Part II -- Public Health Administration; Case Study #5: Why Regulate?; Case Study #6: Meningococcal Meningitis Outbreak; Case Study #7: Quality Leadership Process; Case Study #8: Managed Care: What Role for Public Health?; Part III -- Health Program Planning; Case Study #9: Planning in a Social Context; Case Study #10: Closure of a Planned Parenthood Clinic |
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Case Study #11: Homeless Health CareCase Study #12: Planning for School Health Services; Case Study #13: School Health/Border Issues; Case Study #14: Health Promotion/Prevention of Diabetes Mellitus; Case Study #15: Health Promotion Program Evaluation; About the Authors |
| Summary |
Case Studies in Public and Community Health presents 14 classroom-tested case study scenarios, including background information and discussion questions. The overall purpose of the book is to help students understand that public health practice occurs in a social content, and is subject to all the complexities of a social environment. The book can be used as a textbook supplement to Jo Fairbanks William H Wiese's, The Public Health Primer (SAGE, 1997); it can also be used on its own, or as a supplement to other textbooks in the field |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Public health -- Problems, exercises, etc
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Public health -- Case studies
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MEDICAL -- Epidemiology.
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MEDICAL -- Health Risk Assessment.
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Public health.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Problems and exercises.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Candelaria, Dr. Judith
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| ISBN |
9781452251110 |
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1452251118 |
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