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|a Introduction to public health /
|c Mary-Jane Schneider ; drawings by Henry Schneider.
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|a Sudbury, Mass. :
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|a xxxvii, 595 p. :
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|a Preface -- New to this edition -- Prologue: Public health in the news -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1: What Is Public Health? -- Chapter 1: Public health: science, politics, and prevention -- What is public health? -- Public health versus medical care -- Sciences of public health -- Prevention and intervention -- Public health and terrorism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Why is public health controversial? -- Economic impact -- Individual liberty -- Moral and religious opposition -- Political interference with science -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Powers and responsibilities of government -- Federal versus state authority -- How the law works -- How public health is organized and paid for in the United States -- Local public health agencies -- State health departments -- Federal agencies involved with public health -- Nongovernmental role in public health -- Conclusion -- Part 2: Analytical Methods Of Public Health -- Chapter 4: Epidemiology: the basic science of public health -- How epidemiology works -- Typical epidemiologic investigation-outbreak of hepatitis -- Legionnaires' disease -- Eosinophilia-Myalgia syndrome -- Epidemiology and the causes of chronic disease -- Heart disease -- Lung cancer -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Epidemiologic principles and methods -- Kinds of epidemiologic studies -- Intervention studies -- Cohort studies -- Case-control studies -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Problems and limits of epidemiology -- Problems with studying humans -- Sources of error -- Proving cause and effect -- Epidemiologic studies of hormone replacement therapy-confusing results -- Ethics in epidemiology -- Conflicts of interest in drug trials -- Conclusion --
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|a Chapter 7: Statistics: making sense of uncertainty -- Uncertainty of science -- Probability -- Statistics of screening tests -- Rates and other calculated statistics -- Risk assessment and risk perception -- Cost-benefit analysis and other evaluation methods -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Role of data in public health -- Vital statistics -- Census -- NCHS surveys and other sources of health data -- Is so much data really necessary? -- Accuracy and availability of data -- Confidentiality of data -- Conclusion -- Part 3: Biomedical Basis Of Public Health -- Chapter 9: Conquest of infectious diseases -- Infectious agents -- Means of transmission -- Chain of infection -- Rabies -- Smallpox, measles, and polio -- Fear of vaccines -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Resurgence of infectious diseases -- Biomedical basis of AIDS -- Other emerging viruses -- Influenza -- New bacterial threats -- Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB) -- Prions -- Public health response to emerging infections -- Public health and the threat of bioterrorism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11: Biomedical basis of chronic diseases -- Cardiovascular disease -- Cancer -- Diabetes -- Other chronic diseases -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12: Genetic diseases and other inborn errors -- Environmental teratogens -- Genetic diseases -- Genetic and newborn screening programs -- Genomic medicine -- Ethical issues and genetic diseases -- Conclusion -- Part 4: Social And Behavioral Factors In Health -- Chapter 13: Do people choose their own health? -- Education -- Regulation -- Does prohibition work? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 14: How psychosocial factors affect health behavior -- Health of minority populations -- Stress and social support -- Psychological models of health behavior -- Ecological model of health behavior -- Health promotion programs -- Changing the environment -- Conclusion -- Chapter 15: Public health enemy number one: tobacco -- Biomedical basis of smoking's harmful effects -- Historical trends in smoking and health -- Regulatory restrictions on smoking-new focus on environmental tobacco smoke -- Advertising-emphasis on youth -- Taxes as a public health measure -- California's tobacco control program -- Master settlement agreement (MSA) -- FDA regulation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 16: Public health threat number two and growing: poor diet and physical inactivity -- Epidemiology of obesity -- Diet and nutrition -- Promoting healthy eating -- Physical activity and health -- How much exercise is enough, and how much do people get? -- Promoting physical activity -- Confronting the obesity epidemic -- Conclusion -- Chapter 17: Injuries are not accidents -- Epidemiology of injuries -- Analyzing injuries -- Motor vehicle injuries -- Pedestrians, motorcyclists, and bicyclists -- Poisoning -- Firearms injuries -- Occupational injuries -- Nonfatal traumatic brain injuries -- Tertiary prevention -- Conclusion -- Chapter 18: Maternal and child health as a social problem -- Maternal and infant mortality -- Infant mortality-health problem or social problem? -- Preventing infant mortality -- Congenital malformations -- Preterm birth -- Sudden infant death syndrome -- Family planning and prevention of adolescent pregnancy -- Nutrition of women and children -- Children's health and safety -- Conclusion --
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|a Part 5: Environmental Issues In Public Health -- Chapter 19: Clean environment: the basis of public health -- Role of government in environmental health -- Identification of hazards -- Pesticides and industrial chemicals -- Occupational exposures-workers as guinea pigs -- New source of pollution-factory farms -- Setting standards-how safe is safe? -- Risk-benefit analysis -- Conclusion -- Chapter 20: Clean air: is it safe to breathe? -- Criteria air pollutants -- Strategies for meeting standards -- Indoor air quality -- Global effects of air pollution -- Conclusion -- Chapter 21: Clean water: a limited resource -- Clean Water Act -- Safe drinking water -- Dilemmas in compliance -- Is the water supply running out? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 22: Solid and hazardous wastes: what to do with the garbage? -- Sanitary landfills -- Alternatives to landfills -- Hazardous wastes -- Coal ash -- Conclusion -- Chapter 23: Safe food and drugs: an ongoing regulatory battle -- Causes of foodborne illness -- Government action to prevent foodborne disease -- Additives and contaminants -- Drugs and cosmetics -- Food and drug labeling and advertising -- Politics of the FDA -- Conclusion -- Chapter 24: Population: the ultimate environmental health issue -- Public health and population growth -- Global impact of population growth-depletion of resources -- Global impact of population growth-climate change -- Dire predictions and fragile hope -- Conclusion -- Part 6: Medical Care And Public Health -- Chapter 25: Is the medical care system a public health issue? -- When medical care is a public health responsibility -- Conflict between public health and the medical profession -- Licensing and regulation -- Ethical and legal issues in medical care -- Ethical issues in medical resource allocation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 26: Why the US medical system needs reform -- Problems with access -- Why do costs keep rising? -- Approaches to controlling medical costs -- Managed care and beyond -- Rationing -- Conclusion -- Chapter 27: Health services research: finding what works -- Reasons for practice variations -- Field of dreams effect -- Outcomes research -- Quality -- Medical care report cards -- Inequities in medical care -- Relative importance of medical care for public health -- Conclusion -- Chapter 28: Public health and the aging population -- Aging of the population-trends -- Health status of the older population -- General approaches to maximizing health in old age -- Preventing disease and disability in old age -- Medications -- Osterporosis -- Falls -- Impairment of vision and hearing -- Oral health -- Alzheimer's and other dementias -- Medical costs of the elderly -- Proposals for rationing -- Conclusion -- Part 7: Future Of Public Health -- Chapter 29: Emergency preparedness, post-9/11 -- Types of disasters and public health responses -- New York's response to the World Trade Center attacks -- Response to Hurricane Katrina -- Principles of emergency planning and preparedness -- Bioterrorism preparedness -- Pandemic flu -- Conclusion -- Chapter 30: Public health in the twenty-first century: achievements and challenges -- Challenges for the twenty-first century -- Strategic planning for public health -- Dashed hopes for the intergration of public health and medical practice -- Information technology -- Challenge of biotechnology -- Ultimate challenge to public health in the twenty-first century -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Index.
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|a From the Back Cover: Introduction to Public Health, third 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 multidisciplinary strategies and methods 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. Through coverage of new approaches to research and data collection, current best practices in the field, and the social and ethical challenges of devising public policy, Introduction to Public Health, third edition provides readers with a broad-reaching, practical framework for understanding the multifaceted forces and organizations of today's public health enterprise. The Third Edition features: expanded discussions covering a wide variety of current topics, including pandemic flu, poisoning, promotion of physical activity, product contamination, information technology, and health disparities; New discussions regarding U S healthcare reform and the effect of the globalization of national economies on the health of populations; New analysis of public health efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; A companion Web site with a complete package of interactive resources for the student (flashcards, glossary, weblinks, matching exercises), as well as downloadable resources for the instructor (TestBank, Instructor's Manual, PowerPoint slides). Visit http://publichealth.jbpub.com/schneider.
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