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This is the first book that looks at public health, as much art as science. The author draws on real examples with a "behind the scenes" look at the strategy and action that must be undertaken to make public health really work.
This textbook is a concise history of public health, focusing on key moments, discoveries, events, and people. Written in narrative format, 15 chronologically-sequenced chapters engage the student in understanding each important discovery or theme that became integral to defining the mission of Public Health today. Through the use of real sources of the day, such as newspapers, government documents, contemporary textbooks, papers or journal articles about public health and medicine, the author creates a story that will draw in the reader and illuminate the importance of that particular topic. Key Features: -Ample illustrations depict important visual aspects of the event or era to complement...
This unique text engages students in learning about public health and health policy through a study of current controversies. The textbook uses a structured format to examine each controversy, with discussion questions, and additional learning resources. Many issues connect public health and health care, an important perspective given the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health system changes at the state level. To get to the root of the controversy . and gain insight as to what must be done to advance the health issue, learners must grasp the breadth and scope of the issue and evidence-base for prevention, dissect out root causes and barriers, then propose strategies for progress. Some of the topics covered include: the acceptance of obesity as a cultural norm; e-cigarettes; binge drinking on college campuses; prescription drug abuse; antibiotic resistance; gun control; preventing concussions; climate change; and more. -- Publisher.
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Written for undergraduate students in public health, community health, and a range of other health disciplines, as well as beginning managers and supervisors working in public health, Essentials of Managing Public Health Organizations is a concise, yet comprehensive text that uniquely focuses on managing public health organizations by addressing key management topics, processes, and emerging issues. Beginning with an overview of public health and key public health organizations, the text moves onto explain public health management fundamentals and functions– from planning and decision making, organizing and managing change, to staffing, leading, budgeting, ethics, and more. By the end of the text, the reader will not only better understand public health organizations, but the skills and functions needed to effectively manage them.
Now a Washington Post bestseller. Respected conservative journalist and commentator Timothy P. Carney continues the conversation begun with Hillbilly Elegy and the classic Bowling Alone in this hard-hitting analysis that identifies the true factor behind the decline of the American dream: it is not purely the result of economics as the left claims, but the collapse of the institutions that made us successful, including marriage, church, and civic life. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump proclaimed, “the American dream is dead,” and this message resonated across the country. Why do so many people believe that the American dream is no longer within reach? Growing inequa...
Christian C.Z. Zimmerman (ca.1720-1800) emigrated from Switzerland to Pennsylvania, moving later to Anson County, North Carolina, and changed his surname to Carpenter. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas and elsewhere.