Introduction to Public Health: Includes eBook Access - Hardcover

Schneider, Mary-Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1284107655 ISBN 13: 9781284107654

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2015

Synopsis

This bundle includes access to both the Student Companion Website and the Interactive eBook at no additional charge over the cost of the printed textbook alone.

Introduction to Public Health, Fourth Edition offers a thorough, accessible overview of the expanding field of public health for students new to its concepts and actors. Written in engaging, nontechnical language, this best-selling text explains in clear terms the multi-disciplinary strategies and methods used for measuring, assessing, and promoting public health.

Packed with illustrative real-world examples, this updated edition provides students with informative discussions of the current technical issues and practical obstacles facing public health practitioners and policymakers alike.

Through coverage of new approaches to research and data collection, current best practices in the field, and the social and ethical challenges of devising public policy, Introduction to Public Health, Fourth Edition provides readers with a broad-reaching, practical framework for understanding the multifaceted forces and organizations of today’s public health enterprise.

About this title

About the Author

Clinical Associate Professor Emerita, Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health University of Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, New York

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1284107655
• ISBN 13: 9781284107654
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4