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Essentials of Public Health, Second Edition

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: 9781449600228
  • Paperback    316 pages      © 2012
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Student Resources: Companion Website with Interactive Glossary, Flashcards, WebLinks, Crosswords, Matching Questions

Published in partnership with the American Public Health Association, this cornerstone text in the Jones & Bartlett Learning Essential Public Health series is an excellent introduction to the field of public health.
Ideal for senior-level undergraduates or graduate students in public health, health science, health professions, or nursing, Essentials of Public Health focuses on the inner-workings of health departments and the role of public health professionals.

This comprehensive text combines the best elements of Dr. Turnock's other two books: Public Health: What It Is and How It Works and Public Health: Career Choices That Make a Difference.

The first set of chapters introduces defines and describes the public health system, provide concepts and tools for measuring health in populations, characterizes the relationship of the public health system with medical care and other elements of the overall health system, and identifies government’s unique contributions through federal, state, and local public health agencies.

The second set of chapters focuses on public health careers within the context of the overall public health workforce. Basic information on the size and composition of the public health workforce is followed by chapters that address careers and jobs in public health administration, epidemiology, public health nursing, health education, and other professional and program titles and positions.

With its clear, reader-friendly language and helpful learning tools such as chapter exercises and discussion questions, this is the ideal text to prepare your students for a career in public health.

Updated and New Information in the Second Edition:

  • NACCHO Profile data from 2008 and 2010 surveys
  • Accreditation of public health agencies
  • Public health workforce development activities including the credentialing of public health workers
  • Health reform provisions enacted in 2010
  • Updated and revised section on public health financing

 Looking for more real-life evidence? Check out  Essential Case Studies in Public Health, Putting Public Health into Practice.

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Chapter  1  What Is Public Health?
Chapter  2  Health from an Ecological Perspective
Chapter  3  Public Health and the Health System
Chapter  4  Law, Government, and Public Health
Chapter  5  Twenty-First Century Public Health Practice: Community Health Improvement and Preparedness
Chapter  6  The Public Health Workforce
Chapter  7  Public Health Administration
Chapter  8  Environmental and Occupational Health
Chapter  9  Public Health Nursing
Chapter  10  Epidemiology and Disease Control
Chapter  11  Public Health Education and Information
Chapter  12  Other Public Health Professional Occupations
Chapter  13  Public Health Program Occupations
Chapter  14  Public Health Practice: Future Challenges
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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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