Principles of Public Health Practice (Delmar Series in Health Services Administration) [Hardcover]

F. Douglas Scutchfield (Author), William Keck (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 8, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0766828433 | ISBN-13: 978-0766828438 | Edition: 2

Essential for anyone involved in the development of public health systems today and into the future, this book describes the characteristics of local, state and federal public health agencies. Extremely well-referenced, this book can serve as a source book for beginning further education or to help with research topics in public health. In the 2nd edition, 5 new chapters are added to provide state-of-the-art coverage of today's public health issues. The new chapters include Chapter 3, The last Decade examines public health in the nineties, Chapter 12 Performance Standards, Chapter 16, Public Health Workforce, Chapter 17, Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Effectiveness, and Chapter 28, International Health Features.

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Professor of Public Health San Diego University

Director of Health, City of Akron.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 2 edition (August 8, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0766828433
• ISBN-13: 978-0766828438
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #904,869 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Book!, January 14, 2012

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This was an incredibly good text book and I thoroughly enjoyed reading every bit of it. It is a compilation of topics as an overview of public health in American. The editors did a great job of choosing relevant topics that gave a student a good picture of Public Health and what makes up Public Heath. I highly recommend this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Condition, August 17, 2009

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