Public Health Administration: Principles of Population-Based Management

Public Health Administration: Principles of Population-Based Management, 2nd Edition
Lloyd Novick, MD, MPH, Glen Mays, PhD, MPH, Cynthia B. Morrow, MD

2nd Edition
Hardcover: 700 pages
ISBN 0763738425
9780763738426
Jones & Bartlett
April 2007
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Expert contributors draw on first hand experience and leading-edge research, assembling the information required for effective managerial decision-making.

This shorter, more user-friendly edition of Public Health Administration will provide your students with a comprehensive understanding of the principles, practices, and skills essential to successful public health administration.

The second edition has been thoroughly revised and includes new information on the Healthy People 2010 objectives as well as two new chapters on bioterrorism and emergency preparedness; and public health systems research. The chapter on public health law has been thoroughly revised by the nation’s top public health law expert. You may sample this book here:

Front matter (pdf)
Chapter 1 (pdf)
Chapter 13 (pdf)
Chapter 18 (pdf)

Other updates include coverage of the most recent reports issued by the Institute of Medicine as well as analysis on the relationships between public health and the healthcare services with a particular focus on the uninsured. Topics fully covered include:

Defining Public Health: Historical and Contemporary Developments
A Framework for Public Health Administration and Practice
Organization of the Public Health Delivery System
Public Health Law
Ethics in Public Health Practice and Management
Legislative Relations in Public Health
Financing the Public’s Health
The Public Health Workforce
Human Resources Management
Leadership for Public Health
Public Health Data Acquisition
Geographic Information Systems for Public Health
Using Information Systems for Public Health Administration
Public Health Surveillance
Assessment & Strategic Planning in Public Health
Building Constituencies for Public Health
Performance Management: The Evolution of Standards, Measurement, and Quality Improvement in Public Health
Evaluation of Public Health Interventions
Community-Based Prevention
Communication and Media Relations
Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Using Marketing in Public Health
Roles and Responsibilities of Public Health in Disaster Preparedness and Response
Evidence for the Future

Lloyd F. Novick, MD, MPH is Director of the Division of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.

Cynthia Morrow, MD, MPH is Director of Preventive Services at the Onondaga County Health Department and Assistant Professor of Medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University.

Glen P. Mays, PhD, MPH is Associate Professor, Vice Chair, and Director of Research at the Department of Health Policy and Management in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

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