Public Health 101: Table of Contents

Preface: What Is Public Health 101 All About?

Section I. Principles of Population Health
Chapter 1. Public Health: The Population Health Approach
Chapter 2. Evidence-Based Public Health
Section II. Tools Of Population Health
Chapter 3. Health Informatics and Health Communications
Chapter 4. Social and Behavioral Sciences And Public Health
Chapter 5. Health Law, Policy, and Ethics
Section III. Preventing Disease, Disability, and Death
Chapter 6. Non-Communicable Diseases
Chapter 7. Communicable Diseases
Chapter 8. Environmental Health and Safety
Section IV. Health Professionals, Healthcare Institutions, and Healthcare Systems
Chapter 9. Health Professionals and the Health Workforce
Chapter 10. Healthcare Institutions
Chapter 11. Healthcare Systems
Section V. Public Health Institutions and Systems
Chapter 12. Public Health Institutions and Systems
Chapter 13. The Future of Population Health
Glossary
Bonus Chapters
Drug Safety and Public Health: A Public Health 101 Update
Health Reform 101: What It Means To You and To the American People

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Preface: What Is Public Health 101 All About?

Section I. Principles of Population Health
Chapter 1. Public Health: The Population Health Approach
What Do We Mean By Public Health?
How Has The Approach Of Public Health Changed Over Time?
What Is Meant By Population Health?
What Are The Implications Of Each Of The Four Components Of Population Health?
Should We Focus On Everyone Or On Vulnerable Groups?
What Are The Approaches Available To Protect And Promote Health?
What Factors Determine The Occurrence Of Disease, Disability, and Death?
Chapter 2. Evidence-Based Public Health
How Can We Describe A Health Problem?
What Do We Need To Know About Rates In Order To Describe A Health Problem?
What Is The Burden Of Disease In Terms Of Morbidity And Mortality And Has It Changed Over
Time?
Are There Differences In The Distribution Of Disease And Can These Differences Generate Ideas
Or Hypotheses About Their Etiology Or Cause?
Are The Differences Or Changes Used To Suggest Group Associations Artifactual Or Real?
What Is The Implication Of A Group Association?
Etiology: How Do We Establish Contributory Cause?
What Can We Do If We Cannot Demonstrate All Three Requirements To Definitively Establish
Contributory Cause?
What Does Contributory Cause Imply?
Recommendations: What Works To Reduce the Health Impact?
Implementation: How Do We Get The Job Done?
What Happens After Implementation?
Section II. Tools Of Population Health
Chapter 3. Health Informatics and Health Communications
What Are Health Informatics And Health Communications?
Where Does Public Health Data Come From?
How Is Public Health Information Compiled To Measure The Health Of A Population?
How Can We Evaluate The Quality Of The Presentation Of Health Information?
What Factors Affect How We Perceive Public Health Information?
What Type Of Information Needs To Be Combined To Make Health Decisions?
How Do We Utilize Information To Make Health Decisions?
Chapter 4. Social and Behavioral Sciences And Public Health
How Is Public Health Related To The Social And Behavioral Sciences?
How Does Socioeconomic Status Affect Health?
What Other Social Factors Explain Differences In Health And Response To Disease?
Can Health Behavior Be Changed?
Why Are Some Individual Health Behaviors Easier To Change Than Others?
How Can Individual Behavior Be Changed?
What Stages Do Individuals Go Through In Making Behavioral Changes?
How Can Group Behaviors Be Changed?
How Can We Combine Individual, Group, and Social Efforts To Implement Behavioral Change?

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Chapter 5. Health Law, Policy, and Ethics

What Is The Scope Of Health Law, Policy, and Ethics?
What Legal Principles Underlie Public Health And Health Care?
What Do We Mean By Health Policy?
How Do Philosophies Toward The Role Of Government Affect Health Policies?
Is There A Right To Health Care?
How Does Public Health Balance The Rights Of Individuals And The Needs Of Society?
How Can Bioethical Principles Be Applied To Protecting Individuals Who Participate In Research?
Section III. Preventing Disease, Disability, and Death
Chapter 6. Non-Communicable Diseases
What Is The Burden Of Non-Communicable Disease?
How Can Screening For Disease Address The Burden Of Non-Communicable Diseases?
How Can Identification And Treatment Of Multiple Risk Factors Be Used To Address The Burden
Of Non-Communicable Disease?
How Can Cost-Effective Interventions Help Us Address The Burden Of Non-Communicable
Diseases?
How Can Genetic Counseling And Intervention Be Used To Address The Burden Of Chronic
Diseases?
What Can We Do When Highly-Effective Interventions Dont Exist?
How Can We Combine Strategies To Address Complex Problems Of Non-Communicable
Diseases?
Chapter 7. Communicable Diseases
What Is The Burden Of Disease Caused By Communicable Diseases?
What Public Health Tools Are Available To Address The Burden Of Communicable Diseases?
How Can Barriers Against Disease Be Used To Address The Burden Of Communicable Diseases?
How Can Immunizations Be Used To Address The Burden Of Communicable Disease?
How Can Screening And Case Finding Be Used To Address The Burden Of Communicable
Disease?
How Can Treatment Of Those Diagnosed And Their Contacts Help To Address The Burden Of
Communicable Disease?
How Can Public Health Efforts Maximize Effectiveness of Treatment And Prevent Resistance?
How Can Public Health Strategies Be Used To Eliminate Specific Communicable Diseases?
What Options Are Available For The Control Of HIV/AIDS?
What Options Are Available For The Control Of Influenza?
What Options Are Available For The Control Of Rabies?
Chapter 8. Environmental Health and Safety
Learning Objectives
What Is Meant By Environment?
What Is The Burden Of Disease Due To The Physical Environment?
How Does Risk Assessment Address The Impacts Of The Physical Environment?
What Is A Public Health Assessment?
What Is An Ecological Risk Assessment?
What Is An Interaction Analysis Approach To Environmental Diseases?
What Is A Systems Analysis Approach To Environmental Health And Safety?

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Section IV. Health Professionals, Healthcare Institutions, and Healthcare Systems

Chapter 9. Health Professionals and the Health Workforce
What Do We Mean By A Health Professional?
How Do Education And Training Serve To Define Health Professions?
What Is The Education And Training Process For Physicians?
What Is The Education And Training Process For Nursing?
What Is The Education And Training Process For Public Health Professionals?
What Is Meant By Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Care?
How Are Clinical Health Professionals Rewarded And Compensated For Their Services?
How Can We Ensure The System Has The Right Number Of Healthcare Professionals?
Chapter 10. Healthcare Institutions
What Institutions Make Up The Healthcare System?
What Types Of Inpatient Facilities Exist In The United States?
What Types Of Outpatient Facilities Exist In The United States?
What Do We Mean By The Quality Of Healthcare Services?
How Can Health Care Be Coordinated Among The Multiple Institutions That Provide Healthcare
Services?
What Types Of Coordination Of Care Are Needed And What Purposes Do They Serve?
What Types Of Healthcare Delivery Systems Are Being Developed And How Can They Help
Ensure Coordination Of Health Care?
How Can Electronic Medical Records Be Used To Facilitate Coordination Of Care And Improve
Quality?
How Is Technology Being Used To Improve The Quality Of Care?
What Mechanisms Are Being Used To Monitor And Ensure The Quality Of Health Care In The
United States?
Can Disclosing Medical Errors Contribute To Quality Of Care And Serve As An Alternative To
Malpractice?
Chapter 11. Healthcare Systems
How Much Money Does The United States Spend On Health Care?
What Types Of Government-Supported Health Insurance Are Available?
What Types Of Employment-Based Health Insurance Are Available?
What Are The Extent And Consequences Of Being Uninsured And Underinsured In The United
States?
How Can We Describe Healthcare Systems In General And The U.S. Healthcare System In
Particular?
How Can We Describe The Healthcare Systems In Canada And The United Kingdom?
What Conclusions Can We Reach From These Descriptions Of The U.S., Canadian, and U.K.
Healthcare Systems?
How Can A Healthcare System Be Scored?
Using The National Scorecard Does The United States Healthcare System Perform Compared To
Those Of Other Developed Countries?
How Can The Costs Of Health Care Be Controlled In The United States?

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Section V. Public Health Institutions and Systems

Chapter 12. Public Health Institutions and Systems
What Are The Goals And Roles Of Governmental Public Health Agencies?
What Are The Ten Essential Public Health Services?
What Are The Roles Of Local And State Public Health Agencies?
What Are The Roles Of Federal Public Health Agencies?
What Are The Roles Of Global Health Organizations And Agencies?
How Can Public Health Agencies Work Together?
What Other Government Agencies Are Involved In Health Issues?
What Roles Do Nongovernmental Organizations Play In Public Health?
How Can Public Health Agencies Partner With Health Care To Improve The Response To Health
Problems?
How Can Public Health Take The Lead In Mobilizing Community Partnerships To Identify And
Solve Health Problems?
Chapter 13. The Future of Population Health
What Is Public Healths Role in Addressing Outbreaks of Disease?
How Are Public Health Agencies Involved In Protecting Against Terrorism And Bioterrorism?
What Can We Learn From The Mistakes Of The Past?
Avoid Implementing Interventions When Preparation Is Enough
Interventions Routinely Used On Large Numbers Of People Need To Be Especially Safe
Control of A Disease Is Often Possible; Elimination Is Rarely Realistic
What Can We Learn From Past Trends?
What Is Systems Thinking And How Can It Improve Public Health Efforts?
How Can Systems-Thinking Approaches Be Applied To Food Safety?
How Can an Educated Citizenry Make The 21st Century Different For The Publics Health?
Glossary
Bonus Chapters
Drug Safety and Public Health: A Public Health 101 Update
What Do We Mean By Preclinical Research On Drugs?
What Is Phase 1?
What Are Phase 2 and Phase 3?
What Is Phase 4Postmarket Surveillance?
What Else Can Be Done?
Do All Treatments Receive The Same Effectiveness And Safety Assessment As Drugs Do?
Health Reform 101: What It Means To You and To the American People
What Are The Eight Principles Outlined by President Obama To Guide The Development Of
Health Reform? To What Extent Does The Final Legislation Satisfy These Principles?
What Are The Strategies To Be Used To Reform The Health Insurance System?
How Will Insurance Reform Affect Different Groups Of Individuals?
What Is The Schedule For Phasing In The Health Insurance Reforms?
What Will The Health Insurance System Look Like When The Phase-In Is Completed?

Common chapter parts: Learning Objectives

Key Words
Discussion Questions
References

Each Section ends with: Cases and Discussion Questions