The Public Health Primer
The Public Health Primer begins with a brief overview of the history and development of public health and then examines the current public health system in the United States. The second part of the book covers the fundamentals of how disease and disease patterns across populations are defined, observed and measured. The final part covers health promotion, prevention, planning and global health issues.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0761906533
ISBN13:9780761906537
Release Date:October 1997
Publisher:Sage Publications, Inc
Length:176 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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Introducing public health to mature students
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
The Public Health Primer was used in a class with mature students. It served the purpose well. Except for updating for the 21st century, it is well rounded to include all aspects of public health. The book is short and to the point. It provided a backdrop for bringing mature students up to date with public health and the broad array of topics, health services, and multifaceted aspects of public health. In this era of climate change there are newer and more challenging concerns affecting public health in the US and globally. The book clearly showed where we stood in the 80's and 90's pointing toward the differences we face in the 2000's. Hurricane Ike clearly points out public health issues along with the floods in the midwest, and the need for preparedness re terrorism. Updating could be valuable as public health faces more challenges in this century.
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