Cover -- Half Title: PUBLIC HEALTH -- Author Bio -- Book Title: PUBLIC HEALTH -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CASE STUDY PODCASTS -- ABBREVIATIONS AND COMMON DEFINITIONS -- COMMON DEFINITIONS -- Springer Publishing Resources -- Section 1: INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1: THE ORIGINS OF PUBLIC HEALTH -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- OVERVIEW: PUBLIC HEALTH, POPULATION HEALTH, AND POPULATION HEALTH SCIENCE: KEY DISTINCTIONS -- THE HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH -- THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM -- GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH -- THE EVOLUTION OF ACADEMIC SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES -- WHAT ARE THE MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE 20TH CENTURY AND MORE RECENTLY IN THE UNITED -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: UNDERSTANDING THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE AND DISABILITY -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- OVERVIEW: WHAT IS DISEASE AND DISABILITY? -- CONTRASTING HEALTH AND DISEASE -- THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: AT THE HEART OF PUBLIC HEALTH: PREVENTION -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- OVERVIEW: CORE PRINCIPLE OF PUBLIC HEALTH: PREVENTION -- PREVENTION: CREATING THE HEALTHIEST POSSIBLE LIFE -- PREVENTION BASICS: TYPES OF PREVENTION -- LEVERAGING PREVENTION: UPSTREAM VERSUS DOWNSTREAM APPROACHES -- PREVENTION BASICS: APPLYING NOTIONS OF PREVENTION TO LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL POPULATIONS -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: AT THE HEART OF PUBLIC HEALTH: SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND HEALTH EQUITY -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- OVERVIEW: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEALTH INEQUITIES AND THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH -- HEALTH EQUITY -- TRADE-OFFS THAT MAY BE INHERENT IN IMPROVING OVERALL HEALTH AND REDUCING HEALTH INEQUITIES -- HEALTH INEQUITIES IN THE UNITED STATES -- HEALTH INEQUITIES GLOBALLY.
"We all care about our health. We all want to be healthy individuals and want our children, parents, partners, and friends to be healthy. Public health aspires to create a world where we can all live our healthiest possible life, to realize our full human potential. This book aims to serve as an introduction to public health for anyone who is interested in this ideal."
Public Health and Population Health : Understanding Health and Disease -- What Causes Health of Populations? An Eco-Social and Life Approach -- At the Heart of Public Health : Prevention and Health Equity -- Eco-Social Perspective : Individual Behavior and Health -- Eco-Social Perspective : Social Networks and Health -- Eco-Social Perspective : Neighborhoods, Cities, and Health -- Eco-Social Perspective : Countries, Politics, Policies, and Health -- Life Course Perspective : Peri-Natal Period, Infancy, Childhood, and Health -- Life Course Perspective : Adolescence, Young Adulthood, and Health -- Life Course Perspective : Adulthood and Health -- Life Course Perspective : Older Age and Health -- Analytic Approaches : The Evidence-Base for Public Health -- The Methods of Public Health Practice -- Systems Science, Implementation Science, and Public Health Programs -- Community Engagement and Advocacy to Promote and Protect Health.
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Case Study Podcasts -- Abbreviations and Common Definitions -- Abbreviations -- Common Definitions -- Share: Public Health -- Section I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Public Health and Population Health: Understanding Health and Disease -- Learning Objectives -- Overview: Public Health, Population Health, and Population Health Science: Key Distinctions -- The History of Public Health -- The Evolution of Academic Schools of Public Health in the United States -- What Are the Major Public Health Achievements Over the 20th Century and More Recently in the United States? -- Understanding Health and Disease -- The U.S. Public Health System -- Global Public Health -- Case Study 1.1: Population Health Thinking -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter 2: What Causes Health of Populations? An Eco-Social and Life Course Approach -- Learning Objectives -- Overview: How Do We Explain What Causes Health and Disease? -- Conceptual Frameworks Inform the Production of Health in Populations -- The Eco-Social Perspective -- Case Study 2.1: Cigarette Smoking: Background and Eco-Social Perspective -- Life Course Perspective -- Case Study 2.2: Cigarette Smoking: The Life Course Perspective -- Considering The Eco-Social and Life Course Dimensions Together -- Case Study 2.3: Cigarette Smoking: Considering the Eco-Social and Life Course Dimensions Together -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter 3: At the Heart of Public Health: Prevention and Health Equity -- Learning Objectives -- Overview: Two Core Principles of Public Health: Prevention and Health Equity -- Prevention: Creating the Healthiest Possible Life -- Prevention Basics: Types of Prevention -- Leveraging Prevention: Upstream Versus Downstream Approaches.
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