The Ninth Edition of An Introduction to Community & Public Health provides the latest trends and statistics in community health. With an emphasis on developing the knowledge and skills necessary for a career in health education, this best-selling introductory text covers such topics as epidemiology, community organization, program planning, minority health, health care, mental health, environmental health, drugs, safety, and occupational health.
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In addition, this new edition provides expanded coverage of infectious disease epidemiology, chronic disease epidemiology, and newer theories.
Community nursing is the fastest growing area of nursing practice in Australia. This book offers an engaging introduction to the theory, skills and application of community and primary health care.
In the early 1900s, a maternity nurse by the name of Margaret Sanger delivered babies in the homes of poor, mostly immigrant women. The women Sanger cared for knew nothing of how to prevent pregnancy and because of the Comstock laws ...
New to the Third Edition: New or expanded sections covering: Pandemic Flu Response to Hurricane Katrina FDA Regulation of Tobacco Promoting Physical Activity Poisoning (now the #2 cause of injury death) Nonfatal Traumatic Brain Injuries ...
... Approaches to Increasing Levels of Physical Activity: Implementation of the WHO Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2007. 102. Frank LD, Schmid TL, Sallis ...
Divided into 3 parts, Introduction to Public Health Program Planning begins with an introduction to the basics of planning, health determinants, and behaviors.
Vinten-Johansen, P., Brody, H., Paneth, N., Rashman, S. and Rip, M. (2003) Cholora, Chloroform and the Science of Medicine: A Life of John Snow. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 437 pages. (Very detailed and scholarly account of John ...
Most importantly, the book is strongly focused on outcomes, encouraging students to ask: what is best practice when it comes to planning for communities, and how do we accurately measure the results of planning practice?
An Introduction to Community & Public Health