Public Health: What It Is And How It Works

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Public Health:
What It Is And How It Works
Second Edition

by Bernard Turnock

Overview

The Second Edition of this popular text brings clarity and insight to the study of a complex and multidimensional field. The author introduces a unifying conceptual model that characterizes public health by its missions, functions, capacity, processes, and outcomes.

This new edition continues to provide a straightforward explanation of public health and how it functions in modern America and offers:

New material on the Healthy People 2010 objectives
The latest developments in Community Public Health Practice
Case studies throughout the text
Information on public health achievements of the 20th century
A complete resource site on the Internet, with sample syllabus, exams, and other important teaching and learning tools

To reveal both the scope and inner workings of the public health system, the text examines:

The origins and development of public health
Relationships of public health practice with health and health systems
Determinants of health and illness within communities
The infrastructure of the public health system
Evidence-based public health practice
Public health activities, such as epidemiological investigation, biomedical research, environmental assessment, analysis of individual and group behavior, massive data collection efforts, policy development, and more

Tables, charts, exhibits, discussion questions, exercises, and a comprehensive glossary help to demystify sophisticated topics and make the ever-expanding agenda of public health understandable. This text provides a clear explanation of what public health is, what it does, how it works, and why it is important.