Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Share Introduction to Public Health Promises and Practices, Second Edition -- Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview -- The Promise of Public Health -- Prevention: The Cornerstone of Public Health -- Summary -- The Practice of Public Health -- How Do We Define Health? -- The Determinants of Health -- Relationship Among the Determinants of Health -- Health Impact Pyramid -- The Prospects for Public Health -- References -- Chapter 2: Origins of Public Health -- Classification of Health Problems -- Life During the Industrial Revolution -- Living Conditions -- Factory Life -- Child Labor -- Health Problems of the Times -- Modern Public Health is Born -- Public Outcry -- Public Response to Infectious Disease Outbreaks -- Public Response to Injuries and Noninfectious Diseases -- Success of Public Health Measures -- Ten Great Achievements of Public Health Since 1900 -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Organization and Financing of Public Health -- Organization of the Public Health System -- Ten Essential Services -- Federal Public Health -- Department of Health & Human Services -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality -- Health Resources and Services Administration -- Food and Drug Administration -- National Institutes of Health -- Indian Health Service -- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration -- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services -- Administration for Community Living -- Administration for Children and Families -- Other Federal Agencies -- State Public Health -- Organization and Governance -- Services and Activities -- Priorities -- Relationship to Ten Essential Health Services -- Local Public Health -- Organization and Governance -- Workforce -- Services and Activities -- Funding Public Health -- Federal.

State -- Local -- Note -- References -- Chapter 4: Infectious Disease Control -- Notifiable Infectious Diseases -- Case Study: Pandemic Influenza and Avian Influenza -- Case Study: Perinatal Hepatitis B -- Case Study: Tuberculosis -- Case Study: Unvaccinated Children -- Case Study: Measles -- Immunization Successes -- Foodborne Disease -- Signs and Symptoms of Foodborne Illness -- Prevention Policies and Practices -- Case Study: Contaminated Rice -- Investigation of a Disease Outbreak or Epidemic -- Verify Diagnosis -- Establish Existence of Outbreak -- Characterize Distribution of Cases by Person, Place, and Time -- Develop and Test the Hypothesis -- Institute Control Measures -- Case Studies: Two Investigations of Salmonella Outbreaks -- Note -- References -- Chapter 5: Injuries and Noninfectious Diseases -- Motor Vehicle Injuries -- Surveillance and Research -- Prevention Policies and Practices -- Childhood Obesity -- Surveillance and Research -- Prevention Policies and Practices -- Improving Access to Medical Care -- References -- Chapter 6: Public Health System Performance -- Accountability and Evidence-Based Public Health -- Population-Level Outcomes -- Sources of Evidence-Based Public Health -- Public Health System Improvement -- Accreditation and Credentialing -- Report Card Initiatives -- Effectiveness and Equity of Public Health System -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 7: Public Health Leadership -- What Is Leadership? -- Technical/Management Leadership -- Adaptive/Extreme Leadership -- Leadership and Culture -- Leadership by Example -- Beliefs and Values -- Case Study: Audacity and Courage -- Delegation -- Judgment and Compromise -- Case Study: Judgment and Compromise -- Casualties -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 8: Building Healthy Communities -- Community Engagement -- Community Engagement and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.

Community Engagement and Social Marketing -- Principles of Community Engagement -- Case Studies: Community Engagement -- Comprehensive Worksite Wellness: The Engaged Workplace -- Seven Steps to Successful Worksite Wellness Programs -- Meaningful Use and Comprehensive Worksite Wellness -- Case Study: Johnson & Johnson Worksite Wellness Program -- Building Healthy Communities by Integrating Primary Care and Public Health -- References -- Chapter 9: Public Health: Promise and Prospects -- Has Public Health Lived Up to Its Promise? -- What Are the Barriers to Public Health's Success? -- How Will Health Care Reform Affect the Future of Public Health? -- The Affordable Care Act and the Prevention and Public Health Fund -- The Affordable Care Act and Comparative Effectiveness Research -- What are the Emerging Global Threats to the Public's Health? -- Population Growth, Climate Change, and Food and Water Scarcity -- Case Study: Oil Boom in North Dakota -- Challenges For Public Health in the United States -- Notes -- References -- Index.