Contemporary Public Health: Principles, Practice, and Policy - Hardcover

 
9780813141237: Contemporary Public Health: Principles, Practice, and Policy
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0813141230 ISBN 13: 9780813141237
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, 2012

Synopsis

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 offer a concise overview of this burgeoning field, emphasizing that the need for effective services has never been greater.

Designed as a supplemental text for introductory courses in public health practice at the undergraduate and graduate levels, Contemporary Public Health provides historical background that contextualizes the current state of the field and explores the major issues practitioners face today. It addresses essential topics such as the social and ecological determinants of health and their impact on practice, marginalized populations, the role of community-oriented primary care, the importance of services and systems research, accreditation, and the organizational landscape of the American public health system. Finally, it examines international public health and explores the potential of systems based on multilevel partnerships of government, academic, and nonprofit organizations.

With fresh historical and methodological analyses conducted by an impressive group of distinguished authors, this text is an essential resource for practitioners, health advocates, and students.

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About the Author

James W. Holsinger Jr., M.D., Ph.D., is the Charles T. Wethington Jr. Chair in the Health Sciences at the University of Kentucky. He served as secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services from 2003 to 2005.

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Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0813141230
ISBN 13 
9780813141237
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
320
Editor
Holsinger Jr. James W.