This second edition of Introduction to Public Health is the only text to encompass the new legislation implemented by the Affordable Care Act, with its focus on prevention and its increase in funding for prevention research. Updated and thoroughly revised, this foundational resource surveys all major topics related to the U.S. public health system, including organization on local and national levels, financing, workforce, goals, initiatives, accountability, and metrics. The text is unique in combining the perspectives of both academicians and public health officials, and examines new job opportunities and the growing interest in the public health field.

Table of Contents

• About the Authors
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Share Introduction to Public Health Promises and Practices, Second Edition
• Chapter 1: introduction AND Overview
• THE PROMISE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
• Prevention: The Cornerstone of Public Health
• Summary
• THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
• How Do We Define Health?
• The Determinants of Health
• Relationship Among the Determinants of Health
• HEALTH IMPACT PYRAMID
• THE PROSPECTS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 2: origins of Public Health
• Classification of Health Problems
• LIFE DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
• Living Conditions
• Factory Life
• Child Labor
• Health Problems of the Times
• MODERN PUBLIC HEALTH IS BORN
• Public Outcry
• Public Response to Infectious Disease Outbreaks
• Public Response to Injuries and Noninfectious Diseases
• SUCCESS OF PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES
• Ten Great Achievements of Public Health Since
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 3: ORGANIZATION AND FINANCING OF PUBLIC HEALTH
• Organization of the Public Health System
• Ten Essential Services
• FEDERAL PUBLIC HEALTH
• Department of Health … Human Services
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Health Resources and Services Administration
• Food and Drug Administration
• National Institutes of Health
• Indian Health Service
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Centers for Medicare … Medicaid Services
• Administration for Community Living
• Administration for Children and Families
• Other Federal Agencies
• STATE PUBLIC HEALTH
• Organization and Governance
• Services and Activities
• Priorities
• Relationship to Ten Essential Health Services
• LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH
• Organization and Governance
• Workforce
• Services and Activities
• FUNDING PUBLIC HEALTH
• Federal
• State
• Local
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 4: INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL
• NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
• Case Study: Pandemic Influenza and Avian Influenza
• Case Study: Perinatal Hepatitis B
• Case Study: Tuberculosis
• Case Study: Unvaccinated Children
• Case Study: Measles
• Immunization Successes
• FOODBORNE DISEASES
• Signs and Symptoms of Foodborne Illness
• Prevention Policies and Practices
• Case Study: Contaminated Rice
• INVESTIGATION OF A DISEASE OUTBREAK OR EPIDEMIC
• Verify Diagnosis
• Establish Existence of Outbreak
• Characterize Distribution of Cases by Person, Place, and Time
• Develop and Test the Hypotheses
• Institute Control Measures
• Case Studies: Two Investigations of Salmonella Outbreaks
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 5: INJURIES AND NONINFECTIOUS DISEASES
• MOTOR VEHICLE INJURIES
• Surveillance and Research
• Prevention Policies and Practices
• CHILDHOOD OBESITY
• Surveillance and Research
• Prevention Policies and Practices
• Improving Access to Medical Care
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 6: Public HEALTH SYSTEM performance
• ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVIDENCE-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH
• Population-Level Outcomes
• Sources of Evidence-Based Public Health
• PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
• Accreditation and Credentialing
• Report Card Initiatives
• Effectiveness and Equity of Public Health System
• Summary
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 7: PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERSHIP
• What Is Leadership?
• Technical/Management Leadership
• Adaptive/Extreme Leadership
• Leadership and Culture
• Leadership by Example
• Beliefs and Values
• CASE STUDY: AUDACITY AND COURAGE
• Delegation
• Judgment and Compromise
• CASE STUDY: JUDGMENT AND COMPROMISE
• Casualties
• Summary
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 8: BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
• Community Engagement and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
• Community Engagement and Social Marketing
• Principles of Community Engagement
• Case Studies: Community Engagement
• COMPREHENSIVE WORKSITE WELLNESS: THE ENGAGED WORKPLACE
• Seven Steps to Successful Worksite Wellness Programs
• Meaningful Use and Comprehensive Worksite Wellness
• Case Study: Johnson … Johnson Worksite Wellness Program
• Building Healthy Communities by Integrating Primary Care and Public Health
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 9: PUBLIC HEALTH: PROMISE AND PROSPECTS
• HAS PUBLIC HEALTH LIVED UP TO ITS PROMISE?
• What Are the Barriers to Public Health's Success?
• HOW WILL HEALTH CARE REFORM AFFECT THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH?
• The Affordable Care Act and the Prevention and Public Health Fund
• The Affordable Care Act and Comparative Effectiveness Research
• WHAT ARE THE EMERGING GLOBAL THREATS TO THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH?
• Population Growth, Climate Change, and Food and Water Scarcity
• Case Study: Oil Boom in North Dakota
• CHALLENGES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES
• REFERENCES