TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schneider,Mary-Jane
AU  - Schneider,Henry S.
TI  - Introduction to public health
SN  - 9781284089233
AV  - RA425 .S28 2017
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Burlington, MA
PB  - Jones & Bartlett Learning
KW  - Public health
KW  - Textbooks
KW  - Public Health
KW  - Public Health Practice
N1  - PART I: WHAT IS PUBLICH HEALTH?; -- Public health: science, politics, and prevention; -- Why is public health controversial?; -- Powers and responsibilities of government; -- PART II: ANALYTICAL METHODS OF PUBLIC HEALTH; -- Epidemiology: the basic science of public health; -- Epidemiologic principles and methods; -- Problems and limits of epidemiology; -- Statistics: making sense of uncertainty; -- The role of data in public health; -- PART III: BIOMEDICAL BASIS OF PUBLIC HEALTH; -- The "Conquest" of infectious diseases; -- The resurgence of infectious diseases; -- The biomedical basis of chronic diseases; -- Genetic diseases and other inborn errors; -- PART IV: SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL FACTORS IN HEALTH; -- Do people choose their own health?; -- How psychosocial factors affect health behavior; -- Public health enemy number one: tobacco; -- Public health enemy number two and growing: poor diet and physical inactivity; -- Injuries are not accidents; -- Maternal and child health as a social problem; -- Mental health: public health includes healthy minds; -- PART V: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEALTH; -- A clean environment: the basis of public health; -- Clean air: is it safe a breathe?; -- Clean water: a limited resource; -- Solid and hazardous wastes: what to do with the garbage?; -- Safe food and drugs: an ongoing regulatory battle; -- Population: the ultimate environmental health issue; -- PART VI: MEDICAL CARE AND PUBLICH HEALTH; -- Is the medical care system a public health issue?; -- Why the U.S. medical system needs reform; -- Health services research: finding what works; -- Public health and the aging population; -- PART VII: THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH; -- Emergency preparednes, post-9/11; -- Public health in the Twenty-First Century: achievements and challenges
ER  -