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Tables of Contents for Public Health
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
Acknowledgments
xi
What Is Public Health?
1
36
A Brief History of Public Health in the United States
3
4
Images and Definitions of Public Health
7
4
Public Health as a System
11
3
Unique Features of Public Health
14
6
Value of Public Health
20
7
Conclusion
27
1
Discussion Questions and Exercises
27
10
Appendix 1-A: Selected History of Public Health Activities in Chicago, 1834-1999
30
7
Understanding and Measuring Health
37
42
Health in the United States
37
4
Health, Illness, and Disease
41
2
Measuring Health
43
7
Influences on Health
50
13
Analyzing Health Problems for Causative Factors
63
1
Economic Dimensions of Health Outcomes
64
5
Healthy People 2010
69
6
Conclusion
75
1
Discussion Questions and Exercises
75
4
Health Services and Public Health
79
44
Health and Health Services
86
12
The Health System in the United States
98
10
Changing Roles, Themes, and Paradigms in the Health System
108
3
Conclusion
111
1
Discussion Questions and Exercises
112
11
Appendix 3-A: Managed Care and Public Health: Strange Bedfellows?
115
8
Law, Government, and Public Health
123
44
American Government and Public Health
124
3
Law and Public Health
127
4
Governmental Public Health
131
29
Conclusion
160
1
Discussion Questions and Exercises
161
6
Appendix 4-A: Administrative Law
163
4
Core Functions and Public Health Practice
167
40
Public Health Functions and Practice before the IOM Report
168
5
Public Health Practice and Core Functions after the IOM Report
173
10
Post-IOM Report Initiatives
183
18
New Opportunities for Improving Public Health Practice
201
1
Conclusion
202
1
Discussion Questions and Exercises
203
4
The Infrastructure of Public Health
207
44
Infrastructure, Ingredients, and Inputs
208
1
Human Resources in Public Health
209
11
Organizational Resources
220
6
Information Resources
226
15
Fiscal Resources
241
4
Healthy People 2010 Infrastructure Objectives
245
2
Conclusion
247
1
Discussion Questions and Exercises
247
4
Public Health Interventions
251
44
Interventions, Programs, and Services
252
2
Categorizing Programs and Services of Public Health
254
12
Evidence-Based Public Health Practice
266
4
Program Management in Public Health
270
14
Conclusion
284
1
Discussion Questions and Exercises
284
11
Appendix 7-A: Age-Specific Recommendations for Clinical Preventive Services
286
9
Future Challenges for Public Health in America
295
26
Lessons from a Century of Progress in Public Health
296
8
Limitations of Twentieth-Century Public Health
304
3
Public Health: A System in ``Disarray''?
307
3
Community Public Health Practice
310
7
Conclusion: Why We Need a More Effective Public Health System
317
2
Discussion Questions and Exercises
319
2
Appendix A-Glossary of Terms
321