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Public Health: Career Choices That Make a Difference

Author(s): Bernard J. Turnock, MD, MPH, Clinical Professor and Director, Division of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763737900
  • ISBN-10:0763737909
  • Paperback    275 pages      © 2006
Price: International Sales $80.95 US List
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Overview

Public Health: Career Choices That Make a Difference is the first book about public health workers, both current and future, and what they do. This book offers basic information for those considering a career in public health. This innovative title emphasizes key aspects of the work of different public health occupations and titles in order to provide an understanding of the tasks of public health jobs and careers. This book complements texts and courses on public health and is useful in both graduate and undergraduate programs. It also provides an introduction to career possibilities for individuals looking for a career in the health sector.

Features:

  • This text sorts out the myriad career specialties and opportunities available within public health and is well suited to students as an orientation and guide to career path development.
  • Job duties, qualifications, skills, salary expectations, career ladders, and professional networks are all detailed and up-to-date.
  • The emphasis is on key aspects of the work of different public health occupations and titles in order to provide an understanding of the basic underpinnings of public health jobs and careers.

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Preface

Chapter 1 – The Public Health Workforce

Chapter 2 –Public Health Occupations and Organizations

Chapter 3 – Public Health Administration

Chapter 4 – Environmental and Occupational Health

Chapter 5 – Public Health Nursing

Chapter 6 – Epidemiology and Disease Control

Chapter 7 – Public Health Education and Information

Chapter 8 – Other Public Health Professional Occupations

Chapter 9 – Public Health Program Occupations

Chapter 10 – Looking to the Future

Appendices
     Appendix A – Core Competencies for All Public Health Workers
     Appendix B – Core Emergency Preparedness and Response Competencies for All Public Health Workers
     Appendix C – ASPH Core Master’s in Public Health Competencies
     Appendix D – Accredited Schools of Public Health and Public Health Programs
     Appendix E – Public Health Training, Continuing Education, and Employment Resources

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Bernard J. Turnock, MD, MPH-Clinical Professor and Director, Division of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois

Author Bernard J. (Barney) Turnock MD, MPH is currently Clinical Professor and Director of Community Health Sciences and Director of the Center for Public Health Practice at the School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago. His major areas of interest involve performance measurement, capacity building, and workforce development within the public health system. He has extensive practice experience having served as Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, Deputy Commissioner and Acting Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Health, and state program director for Maternal and Child Health and Emergency Medical Services during his distinguished career. Dr. Turnock has received awards for Excellence in Health Planning and Practice and for Excellence in Health Administration by the American Public Health Association. He was the developer and instructor for UIC's first completely online course: Public Health Concepts and Practice (CHSC 400), and the first online "Public Health 101" course for front-line public health workers. He is the author of two other Jones and Bartlett books,  Public Health: What It Is and How It Works, now in its third edition, and Public Health: Career Choices That Make a Difference.

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