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European Union Public Health Policy
Regional and global trends
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
Ranging from influence over world trade laws affecting health to population health issues such as obesity to the use of comparative data to affect policy, the EU’s public health policies are increasingly important, visible, expensive and effective. They also provide an invaluable case study for...
Health Visiting
Preparation for Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
The fourth edition of this seminal text retains its focus on placing the health visitor at the forefront of supporting and working with children, families, individuals and communities. Health Visiting: Preparation for Practice has been fully revised and updated to reflect the changes and developments...
Urban Health and Society
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2009
Praise for Urban Health and Society
"This is a spectacular resource for practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and students interested in improving the lives and health of individuals and families in urban settings. This book provides the most current frameworks, research, and approaches...
Global Health Studies
A Social Determinants Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018
A global view of health offers a richer understanding of ways of measuring, improving and sustaining health both in individual national settings and in the context of a strongly interconnected world. This book draws on social scientific insights and explanations to examine trends in global health....
Public Health Law
Ethics, Governance, and Regulation
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Public health activity, and the state’s public health responsibilities to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy, can only be achieved through different means of social coordination. This places law and regulation at the heart of public health. They are fundamental both to methods...
Renegotiating Health Care
Resolving Conflict to Build Collaboration
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
Renegotiating Health Care
Since the first edition of Renegotiating Health Care was published in 1995, new treatments, technologies, business models, reimbursement methods, and regulations have tangibly transformed the substance of health care negotiation.
This thoroughly revised and...
by Elaine T. Jurkowski, MSW, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Public health social work is an interdisciplinary, epidemiologically oriented approach to improving human health and well-being. About one quarter of all social workers in the United States currently work in medical or public health settings, a number that is expected to increase significantly in...
Health and Social Work
Practice, Policy, and Research
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
This new text illuminates the essential information about health and social work critical to understanding today’s complex health care systems and policies. Chapters highlight current practice, policy, and research in different settings and with special populations. Readers learn how to advocate...
International Handbook on Adolescent Health and Development
The Public Health Response
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
This comprehensive reference uses an ecological perspective to sort out the complex mix of biological, psychological, social, and other factors influencing adolescent health as well as shaping professional responses to the needs of adolescents. Describing critical concerns at the global level and...
by Richard E Miller
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Combine a working knowledge of epidemiology to your health and medical skills!
Every day, health promotion and disease prevention professionals interact with epidemiologists during the course of their practices. Investigations into the causes, distribution, and control of disease provide practitioners...
Preparing the Public Health Workforce
Educational Pathways for the Field and the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2014
In concept and practice, public health casts a wide net, spanning assessment, intervention, and policy; education, prevention, and protection; public, private, and government entities. But key elements are often missing from the picture, including a clear understanding of public health and its goals...
by John W. Moran
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
As the United States faces increasingly difficult and trenchant public health problems, from the Zika virus to the obesity epidemic to the opioid crisis, population health is a growing area of concern for public health organizations, particularly how to care for populations effectively on a shoestring...
The Access Health Plan
The "We Can Story"
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2016
The Access Health Plan: The "We Can Story" The Access Health Plan was developed to meet a need in our local community. There were those in Muskegon County working for small businesses who were uninsured. Small businesses identified they needed health coverage to compete and keep employees. The...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2005
Social Determinants of Health, 2nd Edition gives an authoritative overview of the social and economic factors which are known to be the most powerful determinants of population health in modern societies. Written by acknowledged experts in each field, it provides accessible summaries of the scientific...