Public health what it is and how it works - Turnock, Bernard J. (Burlington, Massachusetts Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2016)
Part I: Public health : what it is and how it works -- What is public health? -- Measuring population health -- Public health and the health system -- Law, government, and public health -- Twenty-first century community public health practice -- Public health workforce -- Managing public health infrastructure -- Managing public health interventions -- Public health emergency preparedness and response -- Public health practice : future challenges -- Part II: Case studies -- History of public health in Chicago -- Centers for disease control and prevention -- Mandatory premarital screening for antibody to the human immunodeficiency virus -- Massive outbreak of antimicrobial-resistant salmonellosis traced to contaminated milk -- Ragsdale U.S. Supreme Court case -- Outcome oriented perinatal surveillance -- University of Illinois hospital -- Gulf oil spill aftermath -- Bioterrorist attack on food: a tabletop exercise -- Early 21st-century public health achievements -- Developing a program intervention.
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Keywords: Public health -- United States; Public health administration -- United States