Public Health 101: Healthy People - Healthy Populations (Essential Public Health)

Public Health 101 comes packaged with an access code card for access for two (2) online chapters at no additional cost: Health Reform: What It Means to You and to All Americans. This 15-page analysis examines the health reform legislation signed in March of 2010. It offers a brief 100-year history of U.S. health reform, walks the reader through President Obama s eight principles to guide the development of health reform, and provides details and a schedule for implementation of health insurance restructuring. Drug Safety and Public Health. From the population perspective as well for individual patient care, drug testing and monitoring for safety has become an important Public Health issue. This new chapter examines the FDA drug approval process and market surveillance, describes recent changes in FDA law, and analyzes options for increasing the safety of drugs. These original chapters written by Richard Riegelman maintain the same, consistent chapter structure as Public Health 101. Order bundle ISBN: 978-1-4496-0149-2 to get the complete package (main text plus supplemental chapters). An access code for the online chapters is inserted into each packaged copy of Public Health 101. From clean drinking water, to seat belts, to immunizations, the impact of public health on every individual is undeniable. For undergraduates, an understanding of the foundations of public health is an essential step toward becoming an educated citizen. Public Health 101: Healthy People Healthy Populations provides a big-picture, population perspective on the determinants of health and disease and the tools available to protect and promote health. It examines the full range of options for intervention including use of the healthcare system, the public health system, and society-wide systems such as laws and taxation. Through case studies, vignettes, and extensive examples, readers will come away with a clear understanding of how public health affects them in their everyday lives. They will learn and apply frameworks for thinking about the issues of public health and gain a deeper understanding about the health news they are exposed to each day.