Schneider, Mary-Jane 1939- creator author. Schneider, Henry S. author, illustrator. text bibliography mau 2021 Sixth edition. monographic eng 1 online resource (xxx, 524 pages) : color illustrations ; 23 cm "Introduction to Public Health is the original undergraduate introductory public health text. Designed for upper level undergraduate course and graduate courses, it is an accessible overview of the expanding field of public health for students new to its concepts and actors. The author writes in engaging, nontechnical language, explaining, in clear terms the multi-disciplinary strategies and methods used for measuring, assessing, and promoting public health"-- 1. Public Health: Science, Politics, and Prevention -- 2. Why Is Public Health Controversial? -- 3. Powers and Responsibilities of Government -- 4. Epidemiology: The Basic Science of Public Health -- 5. Epidemiologic Principles and Methods -- 6. Problems and Limits of Epidemiology -- 7. Statistics: Making Sense of Uncertainty -- 8. The Role of Data in Public Health -- 9. The “Conquest” of Infectious Diseases -- 10. The Resurgence of Infectious Diseases -- 11. The Biomedical Basis of Chronic Diseases -- 12. Genetic Diseases and Other Inborn Errors -- 13. Do People Choose Their Own Health? -- 14. How Psychosocial Factors Affect Health Behavior -- 15. Public Health Enemy Number One: Tobacco -- 16. Public Health Enemy Number Two—and Growing: Poor Diet and Physical Inactivity -- 17. Injuries Are Not Accidents -- 18. Maternal and Child Health as a Social Problem -- 19. Mental Health: Public Health Includes Healthy Minds -- 20. A Clean Environment: The Basis of Public Health -- 21. Clean Air: Is It Safe to Breathe? -- 22. Clean Water: A Limited Resource -- 23. Solid and Hazardous Wastes: What to Do with the Garbage? -- 24. Safe Food and Drugs: An Ongoing Regulatory Battle -- 25. Population: The Ultimate Environmental Health Issue -- 26. Is the Medical Care System a Public Health Issue? -- 27. Why the U.S. Medical System Needs Reform -- 28. Health Services Research: Finding What Works -- 29. Public Health and the Aging Population -- 30. Emergency Preparedness, Post-9/11 -- 31. Public Health in the Twenty-First Century: Achievements and Challenges -- Glossary -- Index -- Bonus Chapter: Learning from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Mary-Jane Schneider with Henry S. Schneider and Stephen J.R. Smith; drawings by Henry S. Schneider. Revised edition of: Introduction to public health / Mary-Jane Schneider, Henry S. Schneider. Fifth edition. [2017]. Includes bibliographical references and index. Public health Textbooks RA425 .S28 2021 9781284197594 9781284197648 2020930218 https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=2369773&site=ehost-live https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=2369773&site=ehost-live DLC 200106 20221220164829.0 21355179 eng