| Description |
xix, 503 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. A Population-Based Framework for Public Health Practice -- 1. Population-Based Public Health Practice -- 2. The Public Health System -- 3. Epidemiology: Population-Based Data -- 4. Behavioral Health Theories -- Pt. II. Public Health-Community Health Assessment Framework -- 5. Behavioral Assessment -- 6. Public Health Organizational Assessment -- 7. Environmental Health Assessment -- 8. Community Assessment and Analysis -- Pt. III. Public Health: Community Health Interventions and Program Planning -- 9. Cultural Competence -- 10. Community Development -- 11. Community-Level Interventions -- 12. Public Health and Community Health Program Planning -- Pt. IV. Public Health Monitoring, Evaluation, Quality Improvement, Outcome Measures, and Evidence-Based Practice -- 13. Program Monitoring and Evaluation -- 14. Performance Measurement and Improvement -- 15. Public Health Research -- 16. Evidence-Based Public Health Practice -- Pt. V. Public Health-Community Health Leadership and Administration -- 17. Public Health-Community Health Leadership -- 18. Communication, Collaboration, Negotiation, and Conflict -- 19. Public Health-Community Health Decisional and Causal Analysis -- 20. Fiscal and Human Resource Management -- 21. Public Health Informatics -- Pt. VI. Public Health Policy, Law, and Ethics -- 22. Public Health Policy and Politics -- 23. The Development of Public Health Policy -- 24. Public Health Policy Formulation, Implementation, and Modification -- 25. Public Health Policy Analysis and Evaluation -- 26. Public Health Law and the Legal System -- 27. The Scope of Public Health Law -- 28. Public Health Ethics -- App. A. Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals -- App. B. Healthy People 2010 -- App. C. Epidemiological Glossary -- App. D. Community-Based Organization Assessment -- App. E. Hazardous Environmental Agents, Routes of Entry, and Symptoms -- App. F. Integrated Community Assessment Process and Tool -- App. G. Chronological List of Public Health Laws -- App. H. Institutions Concerned With Public Health |
| Summary |
Public health practice focuses on the prevention of disease and disability as a means of promoting the health of communities and the individuals who make up those communities. This text presents a summary of core practices for assessment, assurance and policy development to achieve this goal |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Public health -- Evaluation.
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Public health administration.
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Public health nursing.
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Community health nursing.
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Public Health Nursing.
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Community Health Nursing.
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| LC no. |
2003016654 |
| ISBN |
0761924833 cased |
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