Public Health 101
Improving Community Health
by Richard Riegelman, Brenda Kirkwood
3rd Edition
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781284118445 |
| eText ISBN | 9781284165906 |
| Publisher | Jones & Bartlett Learning |
| Publishing Year | 2019 |
| Edition | 3rd Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 338 |
Modern society faces an array of complex health challenges, from emerging global pandemics to deep-seated systemic inequities. Understanding the foundational mechanisms of population-level wellness is no longer just for medical specialists; it is a prerequisite for informed, active citizenship. Public Health 101: Improving Community Health 3rd Edition serves as an essential gateway to this vital field, offering a clear and engaging entry point for undergraduate students of all academic disciplines. By shifting the analytical focus from individual clinical treatment to broad population dynamics, this text prepares readers to analyze and address the multi-faceted forces that shape community well-being in our rapidly changing world.
The authors utilize a structured, evidence-based framework to guide readers through the core concepts of epidemiology, health communication, and social determinants of health. Instead of merely presenting dry statistics, the narrative explores how socioeconomic status, cultural practices, and religious beliefs directly impact physical outcomes. Readers examine the critical intersections of health law, public policy, and ethical decision-making, learning how governments and communities balance individual liberties with collective safety. Through this comprehensive lens, the text demystifies the complex systems that protect our drinking water, regulate our food supply, and manage infectious disease outbreaks. It highlights the essential tools used to protect and promote wellness across diverse demographics.
Designed specifically for introductory courses, Public Health 101: Improving Community Health 3rd Edition integrates real-world case studies, interactive vignettes, and contemporary examples that bring theoretical concepts to life. This edition features expanded coverage of the critical roles played by nurses, the ongoing opioid crisis, and One Health initiatives that link human, animal, and environmental health. Instructors and students looking for a versatile digital resource will find that the Public Health 101: Improving Community Health 3rd Edition PDF provides an accessible, highly searchable format that supports active learning both inside and outside the classroom, making it an indispensable tool for mastering the basics of modern health systems. This approach ensures that readers can easily connect classroom theory with the health news they encounter daily.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Public Health: The Population Health Approach
- • What Do We Mean by "Public Health"?
- • How Has the Approach of Public Health Changed Over Time?
- • What Is Meant by "Population Health"?
- • What Are the Implications of Each of the Four Components of Public Health?
- • Should We Focus on Everyone or on Vulnerable Groups?
- • What Do We Mean by Population Health's Focus on the Life Cycle?
- • What Are the Approaches Available to Protect and Promote Health?
- • What Factors Determine the Occurrence of Disease, Disability, and Death?
- • What Changes in Populations Over Time Can Affect Health?
Chapter 2: Evidence-Based Public Health
- • How Can We Describe a Health Problem?
- • How Can Understanding the Distribution of Disease Help Us Generate Ideas or Hypotheses About the Cause Of Disease?
- • How Do Epidemiologists Investigate Whether There Is Another Explanation for the Difference or Changes in the Distribution of Disease?
- • What Is the Implication of a Group Association?
- • Etiology: How Do We Establish Contributory Cause?
- • What Can We Do If We Cannot Demonstrate All Three Requirements to Definitively Establish Contributory Cause?
- • What Does Contributory Cause Imply?
- • Recommendations: What Works to Reduce the Health Impact?
- • Implementation: How Do We Get the Job Done?
- • Evaluation: How Do We Evaluate Results?
Chapter 3: Public Health Data and Communications
- • What Is the Scope of Health Communications?
- • Where Does Public Health Data Come From?
- • How Is Public Health Information Compiled to Measure the Health of a Population?
- • How Can We Evaluate the Display and Quality of the Presentation of Health Information?
- • What Factors Affect How We Perceive Public Health Information?
- • What Type of Information Needs to Be Combined to Make Health Decisions?
- • What Other Data Needs to Be Included in Decision-Making?
- • How Do We Utilize Information to Make Health Decisions?
- • How Can We Use Health Information to Make Healthcare Decisions?
Chapter 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences and Public Health
- • How Is Public Health Related to the Social and Behavioral Sciences?
- • How Are Social Systems Related to Health?
- • How Do Socioeconomic Status, Culture, and Religion Affect Health?
- • What Are Social Determinants of Health?
- • 10 Key Categories of Social Determinants of Health
- • How Do Social Determinants Affect Health?
- • Can Health Behavior Be Changed?
- • Why Are Some Individual Health Behaviors Easier to Change Than Others?
- • How Can Individual Behavior Be Changed?
- • How Can Health Behavior Be Explained and Predicted?
- • What Are Some Key Theories and Models Used to Address Health Behavior?
- • How Can Theories Be Applied in Practice?
Chapter 5: Health Law, Policy, and Ethics
- • What Is the Scope of Health Law, Policy, and Ethics?
- • What Legal Principles Underlie Public Health and Health Care?
- • What Do We Mean by "Health Policy"?
- • How Are Public Health Policy Priorities Established?
- • How Do Philosophies Toward the Role of Government Affect Health Policies?
- • Is There a Right to Health Care?
- • How Does Public Health Attempt to Balance the Rights of Individuals and the Needs of Society?
- • What Bioethical Principles Are Used to Address Public Health Issues?
- • How Can Bioethical Principles Be Applied to Protecting Individuals Who Participate in Research?
- • What Can Be Done to Respond to the Threat of Pandemic Diseases?
Chapter 6: Noncommunicable Diseases
- • What Is the Burden of Noncommunicable Disease?
- • How Can Screening for Disease Address the Burden of Noncommunicable Diseases?
- • How Can Identification and Treatment of Multiple Risk Factors Be Used to Address the Burden of Noncommunicable Disease?
- • How Can Cost-Effective Interventions Help Us Address the Burden of Noncommunicable Diseases?
- • Can Genetic Testing Help Predict Disease and Disease Outcomes and Allow More Personalized Medicine?
- • What Can Be Done to Prevent Long-Term Mortality and Morbidity from Our Treatments?
- • What Can We Do When Highly Effective Interventions Do Not Exist?
- • How Can We Combine Strategies to Address Complex Problems of Noncommunicable Diseases?
Chapter 7: Communicable Diseases
- • What Is the Burden of Disease Caused by Communicable Diseases?
- • How Do We Establish That an Organism Is a Contributory Cause of a Communicable Disease?
- • How Do We Measure the Potential Impact of a Communicable Disease?
- • What Public Health Tools Are Available to Address the Burden of Communicable Diseases?
- • How Can Barriers Against Disease Be Used to Address the Burden of Communicable Diseases?
- • How Can Immunizations Be Used to Address the Burden of Communicable Disease?
- • How Can Screening and Case Finding Be Used to Address the Burden of Communicable Disease?
- • How Can Treatment of Those Diagnosed and Their Contacts Help to Address the Burden of Communicable Disease?
- • What Is the Human Microbiome and Why Is It Important?
- • How Can Public Health Strategies Be Used to Eliminate Specific Communicable Diseases?
- • What Options Are Available for the Control of HIV/AIDS?
- • What Options Are Available for the Control of Influenza?
- • What Options Are Available for the Control of Rabies?
Chapter 8: Environmental Health and Safety
- • What Is Meant by "Environment"?
- • What Is the Burden of Disease Due to the Physical Environment?
- • How Do We Interact with Our Physical Environment?
- • How Does Risk Assessment Address the Impacts of the Physical Environment?
- • What Is a Public Health Assessment?
- • What Is an Ecological Risk Assessment?
- • What Is an Interaction Analysis Approach to Environmental Diseases?
- • What Are the Health Impacts of the Built Environment?
- • What Do We Mean by "Intentional and Unintentional Injuries"?
- • What Is Being Done to Keep the Population Safe?
Chapter 9: Health Professionals and the Health Workforce
- • What Do We Mean by a "Health Professional"?
- • How Do Education and Training Serve to Define Health Professions?
- • What Are the Educational Options Within Public Health?
- • What Is the Education and Training Process for Physicians?
- • What Is the Education and Training Process for Nursing?
- • What Roles Can Physicians, Nurses, and Other Clinical Health Professions Play in Public Health?
- • What Is Meant by "Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Care"?
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