An Introduction to Community Health
An Introduction to Community Health

Author: James McKenzie

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 658

ISBN-13: 0763746347

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In an effort to effectively address the health issues facing today's communities, An Introduction to Community Health, Sixth Edition, has been updated to reflect the latest trends and statistics in community health. With an emphasis on developing the knowledge and skills necessary for a career in health education, this best-selling introductory text covers such topics as epidemiology, community organization, program planning, minority health, health care, mental health, environmental health, drugs, safety, and occupational health.Short scenarios, key terminology, marginal definitions, and web activities found in each chapter make this an accessible and reader-friendly resource for the beginning community health student.The book also features helpful instructor resources, including an Instructor's Toolkit CD-ROM and Student Note-Taking Guide.

Health Statistics
Health Statistics

Author: Daniel J. Friedman

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 0195149289

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Health statistics have been an essential tool for improving the health of populations for centuries. This book provides an account of the concepts and underpinnings of the subject, giving a broad and detailed view of the sources and uses of the data and explores issues confronting the enterprise.

State Health Profiles, 2003
State Health Profiles, 2003

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13:

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Focus is on the nation's overall health status, distribution of federal health-care expenditures and services, and the CDC's partnerships with the 50 states and DC.

A-Z of Health Promotion
A-Z of Health Promotion

Author: Glenn Laverack

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2013-11-28

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 1350312789

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If you are looking for the definitive short guide to the theory and practice of health promotion, then you need look no further. Written by a leading international expert, this concise text offers, for the first time, a comprehensive explanation of key concepts, terms and definitions used in health promotion. Glenn Laverack explains over 70 key concepts and many other guiding principles, theoretical models and approaches that frame health promotion. He also explains the many tools and strategies that enable practitioners to work more effectively. This handy sourcebook has been written by the author in a typically accessible style that will provide readers with a superb overview of the subject. Numerous cross-references signpost the connections between different ideas, allowing you to explore conceptual relationships and linked approaches in an order that suits the reader. Whether you are studying, training or are already working, this book will be an indispensable source of information, evidence and analysis for deepening your understanding and for extending your practice. A companion source book in the same series, entitled the 'A to Z of Public Health', is intended to further extend the range of definitions and terms.

An Introduction to Community Health
An Introduction to Community Health

Author: James F. McKenzie

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 644

ISBN-13: 9780763729530

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The fifth edition of this best-selling introductory text has been updated to reflect the latest trends and statistics in community health in an effort to effectively address the health issues facing today's communities. with emphasis on developing the knowledge and skills necessary for a career in health education, an Introduction to Community Health, Fifth Edition, covers such topics as epidemiology, community organization, program planning, minority health, health care, mental health, environmental health, drugs, safety, and occupational health.

Improving Health in the Community
Improving Health in the Community

Author: Committee on Using Performance Monitoring to Improve Community Health

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1997-05-05

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 0309520819

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How do communities protect and improve the health of their populations? Health care is part of the answer but so are environmental protections, social and educational services, adequate nutrition, and a host of other activities. With concern over funding constraints, making sure such activities are efficient and effective is becoming a high priority. Improving Health in the Community explains how population-based performance monitoring programs can help communities point their efforts in the right direction. Within a broad definition of community health, the committee addresses factors surrounding the implementation of performance monitoring and explores the "why" and "how to" of establishing mechanisms to monitor the performance of those who can influence community health. The book offers a policy framework, applies a multidimensional model of the determinants of health, and provides sets of prototype performance indicators for specific health issues. Improving Health in the Community presents an attainable vision of a process that can achieve community-wide health benefits.

Public Health and Primary Care
Public Health and Primary Care

Author: Alison Hill

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2007-07-05

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0198508530

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This book is written for people working in primary care, who want to understand more about how they contribute to improving the health and health care of the populations that they serve, and for people working in public health, who want to understand the essential contribution of primary care to improving health. It sets out the nature, purpose and relevance of public health approaches to primary care practitioners and primary care organisations.Primary care teams have had a long established role in public health, providing preventive services to populations, through the registered population in general practice. This model of a registered practice population has withstood multiple reconfigurations and reorganisations within the NHS and is the envy of many countries trying to create a public health system with primary care at its heart. There are clear differences in approach, with the inevitable conflicts between the rights of theindividual set against the responsibility to ensure services are delivered fairly and equitably to whole populations. This book explores this dilemma, showing how people working in primary care can cross the divide to become part of the public health system, and in doing so are well placed to make adifference to the health of their populations.