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Introduction To Public Health, 5ed

Introduction to Public Health, Fifth Edition offers a thorough, accessible overview of the expanding field of public health for students new to its concepts and actors. Written in engaging, nontechnical language, this best-selling text explains in clear terms the multi-disciplinary strategies and methods used for measuring, assessing, and promoting public health. Packed with illustrative real-world examples, this updated edition provides students with informative discussions of the current technical issues and practical obstacles facing public health practitioners and policymakers alike. In her unique style, author Mary Jane Schneider goes beyond the science of Public Health with a hard look at the politics that put these topics in the headlines. Readers will come away with a broad-reaching, practical framework for understanding the multifaceted forces and organizations of today’s public health enterprise. Key Features: – Up-to-date coverage of the newest developments in infectious disease, injury control, environmental health controversies, the reform of the American healthcare system, and more – Vivid presentation of Public Health principles through current stories in the news, such as Ebola in the United States, e-cigarettes, eating disorders, the California Measles outbreak, and traumatic brain injury in the NFL – Extensive discussion of current topics including population growth and climate change as contributors to drought, wars, and migrations in the Middle East; and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in the United States

Contents

۱ Public Health: Sciencer Politics,, and Prevention
۲ Why Is Public Health Controversial?
۳ Powers and Responsibilities of Government
۴ Epidemiology: The Basic Science of Public Health
۵ Epidemiologic Principles and Methods
۶ Problems and Limits of Epidemiology
۷ Statistics: Making Sense of Uncertainty
۸ The Role of Data in Public Health
۹ The ””Conquest,v of Infectious Diseases
۱۰ The Resurgence of Infectious Diseases
۱۱ The Biomedical Basis of Chronic Diseases
۱۲ Genetic Diseases and Other Inborn Errors
۱۳ Do People Choose Their Own Health?
۱۴ How Psychosocial Factors Affect Health Behavior
۱۵ Public Health Enemy Number One: Tobacco
۱۶ Public Health Enemy Number Two and Growing: Poor Diet and Physical Inactivity
۱۷ Injuries Are Not Accidents
۱۸ Maternal and Child Health as a Social Problem
۱۹ Mental Health: Public Health Includes Healthy Minds
۲۰ A Clean Environment: The Basis of Public Health
۲۱ Clean Air: Is It Safe to Breathe?
۲۲ Clean Water: A Limited Resource
۲۳ Solid and Hazardous Wastes: What to Do with the Garbage?
۲۴ Safe Food and Drugs: An Ongoing Regulatory Battle
۲۵ Population: The Ultimate Environmental Health Issue
۲۶ Is the Medical Care System a Public Health Issue?
۲۷ Why the U.S. Medical System Needs Reform
۲۸ Health Services Research: Finding What W’orks
۲۹ Public Health and the Aging Population
۳۰ Emergency Preparedness, Post-9/11
۳۱ Public Health in the Twenty-First Century: Achievements and Challenges