Public Health, Third Edition: What It Is and How It Works (Paperback)

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Product Description

The Third Edition of this popular text continues to provide students with a clear view of the complex modern U.S. public health system—what it is, what it does, how it works, and why it is important. Using a straightforward systems approach, this text will give your students a solid grounding in the essential concepts of public health, and the relationship of public health to the health care delivery system as a whole.

Public Health: What It is and How It Works presents a uniquely comprehensible framework for understanding the inner workings of public health by examining:

The origins and development of the modern public health system.
The relationship of public health to the overall health system and its intervention strategies.
How the U.S. public health system is organized at the federal, state, and local levels.
Its core functions, how, and how well these are currently being addressed.
Evidence-based public health practice and an approach to program planning and evaluation for public health interventions.
Public health activities, such as epidemiological investigations, biomedical research, environmental assessment, policy development, and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 380 pages
• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.; 3 edition (September 25, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076373215X
• ISBN-13: 978-0763732158
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #515,142 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow..., October 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Public Health: What It Is and How It Works (Paperback)

Boy, I'm surprised at the reaction the book is getting! I have this book, and it's really quite good - I'm an MS-Epidemiology candidate, and it's really helped me with the fundamentals of the field. Incidentally, in response to the implication that Dr. Turnock is less than qualified to put forth an effort such as this, you might want to investigate that, you can find his impressive accompishments at the school's website. Board certified in Preventive Medicine and Public Health, and former director of the IDPH, to name a few? Sounds qualified to me. I'd recommend this book to any PH student or someone looking to learn the basics...I don't hesitate to rank this right up there with Gordis. Cheers!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Public Health Intro, October 27, 2007

By	toty68 - See all my reviews

This book gives you a broad and detail perspective of what Public Health is about. It discusses from history to actual issues in different areas.
It is an excellent book written in a very simple way with plenty of examples and illustrations of the topics.

6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good guide to understanding Public Health, December 9, 1999

By	In-Taek LIM (Corvallis, Oregon, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Public Health: What It Is and How It Works (Paperback)

This book really tells us what the Public Health is and how it works, as the title suggests. Even though data or statistics cited are somewhat outdated, you can understand the fundamental meaning of PH.