Contemporary Public Health: Principles, Practice, and Policy - Softcover

Capiluto, Eli; Scutchfield, F. Douglas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813180775 ISBN 13: 9780813180779

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, 2021

Synopsis

"Public health" refers to the management and prevention of disease within a population by promoting healthy behaviors and environments in an effort to create a higher standard of living. In this comprehensive volume, editor James W. Holsinger Jr. and an esteemed group of scholars and practitioners offer a concise overview of this burgeoning field, emphasizing that the need for effective services has never been greater. Designed as a supplemental text for introductory courses in public health practice at the undergraduate and graduate levels, Contemporary Public Health provides historical background that contextualizes the current state of the field and explores the major issues practitioners face today. It addresses essential topics such as the social and ecological determinants of health and their impact on practice, marginalized populations, the role of community-oriented primary care, the importance of services and systems research, accreditation, and the organizational landscape of the American public health system. Finally, it examines international public health and explores the potential of systems based on multilevel partnerships of government, academic, and nonprofit organizations. With fresh historical and methodological analyses conducted by an impressive group of distinguished authors, this text is an essential resource for practitioners, health advocates, and students.

About this title

About the Author

James W. Holsinger Jr., M.D., Ph.D., is the Charles T. Wethington Jr. Chair in the Health Sciences at the University of Kentucky. He served as secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services from 2003 to 2005. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky.



F. Douglas Scutchfield, MD, FACPM, FAAFP, DSc (Hon), DHL (Hon), is the inaugural Peter P. Bosomworth Professor of Health Services Research and Policy at the University of Kentucky.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813180775
• ISBN 13: 9780813180779
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Holsinger James W.