Population Health, Epidemiology, and Public Health: Management Skills for Creating Healthy Communnities, Second Edition

Rosemary M. Caron, PhD, MPH

• Publisher: ACHE Learn
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9781640552890
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Public Health, Administration & Care

Instructor Resources: Test bank; presentation PowerPoint slides; and an Instructor Manual with discus-sion question and case study answers, additional assignments, suggested reading, and web resource lists. COVID-19 triggered broad discussions of population health, epidemiology, and public health, not only in academic communities but also in society at large. Although masks, social distancing, and vaccines helped curb its spread, the novel coronavirus will clearly not be the last infectious disease that tests our preparedness. Healthcare professionals must continue to collaborate and implement new strategies to mitigate future crises. Population Health, Epidemiology, and Public Health: Management Skills for Creating Healthy Commu-nities presents the principles and tools that administrators and practitioners need to monitor, assess, and manage the health of populations in challenging times. Although public health catastrophes can and will change over time, the key concepts and evidence-based lessons detailed in this book are both time-less and essential. Author Rosemary M. Caron uses real-world case studies and examples to teach unique and innovative approaches to population health improvement. This significantly updated edition includes five new chapters on the social determinants of health, disease prevention strategies, the value of a systems-thinking methodology, and the application of population health principles during the COVID-19 pan-demic. Other new content in this edition includes: •Current public health initiatives, including Healthy People 2030 •Discussions on ethical conduct in research •Up-to-date epidemiological case studies on Salmonella, Zika virus, measles, and COVID-19 •Approaches to population health, such as community health needs assessments and Health in All Policies •Exercises that draw on data sources Each chapter concludes with discussion prompts and key points to reinforce readers' understanding of the concepts presented. Healthcare managers who are armed with the foundational principles described in this book will help their organizations take greater strides toward building healthier communities and facing future crises head-on.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Brief Contents
• Detailed Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 Public Health: Prevention, Promotion, Protection
• Chapter 2 Social Determinants of Health (Part 1): Where You Live Impacts Your Health
• Chapter 3 Social Determinants of Health (Part 2): Keys to Improving Community Health
• Chapter 4 Prevention, Challenges, and Population Health
• Chapter 5 The Role of Data in Population Health
• Chapter 6 Epidemiology: The Basic Science of Public Health
• Chapter 7 Descriptive Epidemiology: The Significance of Person, Place, and Time
• Chapter 8 Epidemiologic Measures of Disease Burden and Disease Frequency
• Chapter 9 Analytic Epidemiology: Steps Toward Establishing Association and Causation Between Exposure and Disease
• Chapter 10 Infectious Disease Epidemiology
• Chapter 11 Community Health Assessment: A Public Health Duty
• Chapter 12 Population Health: A Culture of Health Improvement Approaches
• Chapter 13 Principles of Population Health Management
• Chapter 14 Population Health Improvement: A Systems Approach
• Chapter 15 Keeping Communities Healthy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Appendix: Internet and Social Media Resources
• Glossary
• Index
• About the Author
• Back Cover