Praise for the Second Edition
“ …one of the most interestingly organized books about public health I have ever seen. The chapter structure is more inquisitive or intellectual and less about rote memorization. … a welcome surprise in a large field of materials.”
—Patricia Wren, Oakland University
As public health concerns and controversies have continued to evolve, the new Third Edition of this best-selling text offers new and updated discussions of current topics, recent events, and the most up-to-date data to illustrate the key issues that affect the public’s health.
Key Features:
- The author uses a reader-friendly, narrative style making the text engaging and accessible to a broad range of students.
- The text illustrates the multidisciplinary nature of public health and the complex ethical and political issues central to it.
- It includes discussions of epidemiological investigation, biomedical research, environmental assessment, analyses of individual and group behavior, massive data collection efforts, and policy developments.
New to this Edition:
- New discussions about U.S. health care reform
- New discussions of the globalization of national economies and its effect on the health of populations
- Expanded discussions on health disparities
- New analysis of what went wrong just after Hurricane Katrina
- Updated discussions of developments in topics such are H1N1 Swine Flu, Hormone Replacement Therapy, FDA regulation, HPV vaccine controversy planning for Healthy People 2020 and much more.
