Sharma / Branscum / Atri Introduction to Community and Public Health

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-44838-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 576 Seiten, E-Book

Learn the basics of the five core areas of community and publichealth
Introduction to Community and Public Health covers thebasics in each area of community and public health as identified bythe Association of Schools of Public Health. In a student-friendlyapproach, authors Manoj Sharma, Paul W. Branscum, and Ashutosh Atridiscuss epidemiology, biostatistics, social and behavioralsciences, environmental health, and healthy policy and management.Written to serve both graduate and undergraduate public healthstudents, as well as to help prepare for the Certified in PublicHealth (CPH) exam, Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES)exam and Master certified in Health Education Specialist (MCHES)exam, the book covers each of these five core disciplines, plusother important topics such as:
* Population dynamics and control
* Air, water, and noise pollution, and other environmentalissues
* Program planning, budgeting, management, and evaluation
* Systems thinking and leadership in community and publichealth
Students will gain insight into the descriptive, inferential,and analytical aspects of community and public health, as well asmodels, methods, and theories in health education and healthpromotion. Introduction to Community and Public Healthprovides the foundation necessary to build the skills of tomorrow'scommunity and public health leaders.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sharma, Manoj

Branscum, Paul W.

Atri, Ashutosh

Über Autor(innen)

Manoj Sharma, MBBS, MCHES, PHD, FAAHB is a professor atthe Jackson State University's MPH and Dr. PH programs inBehavioral Health Promotion & Education
Paul W. Branscum, PHD, RD, is an assistantprofessor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science at theUniversity of Oklahoma.
Ashutosh Atri, MD, MS, is a practicing psychiatrist inKearney, Nebraska, and has completed graduate training in healthpromotion and education from the University of Cincinnati.