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Public Health 101
Healthy People - Healthy Populations

Author(s): Richard Riegelman, MD, MPH, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology-Biostatistics, Medicine, and Health Policy, and Founding Dean, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, Washington D.C.
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  • ISBN-13: 9781449601492
  • Product With Access Code    232 pages      © 2010
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Instructor Resources: Instructor's Manual, PowerPoints, TestBank
Student Resources: Companion Website with Interactive Glossary, Flashcards

LISTEN to a Podcast with Richard Riegelman

Public Health 101 comes packaged with an access code card for access for two (2) online chapters at no additional cost:

  • Health Reform: What It Means to You and to All AmericansThis 15-page analysis examines the health reform legislation signed in March of 2010. It offers a brief 100-year history of U.S. health reform, walks the reader through President Obama’s eight principles to guide the development of health reform, and provides details and a schedule for implementation of health insurance restructuring.
  • Drug Safety and Public Health. From the population perspective as well for individual patient care, drug testing and monitoring for safety has become an important Public Health issue. This new chapter examines the FDA drug approval process and market surveillance, describes recent changes in FDA law, and analyzes options for increasing the safety of drugs.

These original chapters written by Richard Riegelman maintain the same, consistent chapter structure as Public Health 101. Order bundle ISBN: 978-1-4496-0149-2 to get the complete package (main text plus supplemental chapters). An access code for the online chapters is inserted into each packaged copy of Public Health 101.

From clean drinking water, to seat belts, to immunizations, the impact of public health on every individual is undeniable. For undergraduates, an understanding of the foundations of public health is an essential step toward becoming an educated citizen. Public Health 101: Healthy People––Healthy Populations provides a big-picture, population perspective on the determinants of health and disease and the tools available to protect and promote health. It examines the full range of options for intervention including use of the healthcare system, the public health system, and society-wide systems such as laws and taxation.

Through case studies, vignettes, and extensive examples, readers will come away with a clear understanding of how public health affects them in their everyday lives. They will learn and apply frameworks for thinking about the issues of public health and gain a deeper understanding about the health news they are exposed to each day.

Key Features:

  • Public Health 101 fully implements the curriculum framework, learning objectives, and “enduring understandings” of undergraduate public health education as recommended by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)* and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR).
  • Frameworks for thinking, checklists, and step-by-step examples provide students with hands-on practice.
  • Case studies, vignettes, and extensive illustrations reinforce the materials and provide interactive exercises for classroom discussions, homework, and examinations.
  • A full package of instructor resources is available through the companion website at http://publichealth.jbpub.com/essential/riegelman.

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

* To learn more about the AAC&U initiative, The Educated Citizen and Public Health, or to download the curriculum guide, log on to: www.aacu.org/public_health.

 

 

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Section  I  Principles of Population Health
  1  Public Health: The Population Health Approach
  2  Evidence-based Public Health
Section  II  Tools of Population Health
  3  Health Informatics and Health Communications
  4  Social and Behavioral Sciences and Public Health
  5  Health Law, Policy, and Ethics
Section  III  Preventing Disease, Disability, and Death
  6  Non-Communicable Diseases
  7  Communicable Diseases
  8  Environmental Health and Safety
Section  IV  Health Professionals, Healthcare Institutions, and Healthcare Systems
  9  Health Professionals and the Health Workforce
  10  Healthcare Institutions
  11  Healthcare Systems
Section  V  Public Health Institutions and Systems
  12  Public Health Institutions and Systems
  13  The Future of Population Health
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Richard Riegelman, MD, MPH, PhD-Professor of Epidemiology-Biostatistics, Medicine, and Health Policy, and Founding Dean, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, Washington D.C.

Richard K. Riegelman, MD, MPH, PhD is Professor of Epidemiology-Biostatistics, Medicine, and Health Policy, and Founding Dean of the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services in Washington, DC. His education includes an M.D. from the University of Wisconsin plus a M.P.H. and Ph.D. in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins. Dr. Riegelman practiced primary care internal medicine for over 20 years.

Dr. Riegelman has over 70 publications including 6 books for students and practitioners of medicine and public health. He is currently editor of the Jones and Bartlett book series Essential Public Health. The series provides books and ancillary materials for the full spectrum of curricula for undergraduate public health as well as the core and cross-cutting competencies covered by the Certification in Public Health examination of the National Board of Public Health Examiners. He has taken a lead role in developing the Educated Citizen and Public Health initiative which has brought together arts and sciences and public health education associations to implement the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies recommendation that “…all undergraduates should have access to education in public health.”. Dr. Riegelman also led the development of George Washington’s undergraduate major and minor and currently teaches “Public Health 101” and “Epidemiology 101” to undergraduates.

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  • "I am using your new text, Public Health 101, for a freshman seminar course at Allegheny College.  I love the text.  It provides a wonderful backdrop for the issues we are discussing and gives the students the necessary tools to consider public health issues.  I have been impressed with the whole series, but am thoroughly enjoying using the 101 text, and plan to use it again next fall.  Thank you for filling a huge void and developing a wonderful introductory text."
     
    --Kristen Peterson, Allegheny College

     
    --Kristen Peterson, Allegheny College

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