Essentials Of Public Health M - Softcover

Fallon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1449618960 ISBN 13: 9781449618964

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett, 2011

Synopsis

Featuring new expert contributing authors from across the country, this timely revision addresses all the important topics in the effective management of public health departments and agencies. Using a practical, nontheoretical approach, the book is ideal for the hands-on management of these complex organizations and their daily operations.The Third Edition has been thoroughly revised with new case studies as well as the following new chapters:• Chapter 2 Leadership and Governance • Chapter Public Health Performance Standards • Chapter 7 Continuous Quality Improvement • Chapter 8 Accreditation • Chapter 2 Social (Electronic) Media • Chapter 28 Starting a Health Board in the 2 st Century The text is accompanied by a complete package of instructor resources including a Transition Guide, Instructor's Manual, TestBank, and PowerPoint slides.

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About the Authors

Fleming Fallon is Professor of Public Health at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. He is also the Director of the Northwest Ohio Consortium for Public Health, an accredited MPH degree program that is offered jointly by Bowling Green State University and the University of Toledo. He has many years of experience as a management consultant and has authored 6 books and more than 350 papers and book chapters on a variety of topics as well as making presentations throughout the world. Dr. Fallon has written a weekly newspaper column entitled “Health Thoughts” continuously since 1995. He was a consultant specializing in human resources with A. T. Kearney. He has served as both a member and president of a local board of health.'Dr. Fallon is a physician with residency training in occupational and environmental medicine. He received a DrPH degree in environmental health science from Columbia University, New York, his MD degree from St. Georges University School of Medicine, St. Georges, Grenada and an MBA from the University of New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.

Eric Zgodzinski, MPH, RS, is currently a Supervisor of Community Services for the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department, Toledo, Ohio. He has previously served as a Registered Sanitarian in a large, urban department of health. He has made many presentations on the subjects of food sanitation and bioterrotrism preparedness. He is a member of the Toledo-Lucas County Metro Medical Response System committee and is active in the Ohio Environmental Health Association.Mr. Zgodzinski received his MPH degree from the Northwest Ohio Consortium for Public Health and is a graduate of Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Health at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1449618960
• ISBN 13: 9781449618964
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 552