Rosemary M. Caron - Population Health, Epidemiology, and Public Health: Management Skills for Creating Healthy Communities

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Names: Caron, Rosemary M., author. | Association of University Programs in Health Administration, issuing body.

Title: Population health, epidemiology, and public health : management skills for creating healthy communities / Rosemary M. Caron.

Other titles: Population health | Gateway to healthcare management.

Description: Second edition. | Chicago, Illinois : Health Administration Press ; Washington, DC : Association of University Programs in Health Administration, [2022] | Series: Gateway to healthcare management | Preceded by Population health / Rosemary M. Caron. [2017]. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: This book presents the principles and tools that administrators and practitioners need to monitor, assess, and manage the health of populations in challenging timesProvided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021025710 (print) | LCCN 2021025711 (ebook) | ISBN 9781640552920 (paperback ; alk. paper) | ISBN 9781640552890 (epub) | ISBN 9781640552906 (mobi)

Subjects: MESH: Population Health | Epidemiologic Measurements | Public Healthmethods | Health Status Indicators | Social Determinants of Health

Classification: LCC RA418 (print) | LCC RA418 (ebook) | NLM WA 300.1 | DDC 362.1dc23

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To my family, colleagues, and students (past, present, and future).
To all public health professionals, healthcare providers, and administrators.

Public health leadership is best approached as a lifelong learning process.

J. W. Holsinger (2018, 29)

H ealth services transformations differ from transitions in their magnitude, scope, and universality. Although the world has endured countless pandemics over the centuries, the impact from the unprecedented COVID-19 virus distinguishes this seminal event as one that became a primary catalyst for health sector change. The pandemic-related immediate and potential long-term shifts in the way health services are designed, implemented, and ultimately assessed collectively support the urgent need for innovation. How do we envision new delivery models, optimum comprehension of patient/consumer and community health status, and overall coordination and collaboration among health providers and all related professionals? What is the role of the public health leader? This health crisis also highlighted the nations weaknesses and gaps in care to the extent that a national consensus emerged on issues such as health equality and equity of care and the importance of social determinants of health for positive population health outcomes.

To move beyond the popular adage of providing the right care at the right time, in the right place, and by the right health professional requires nudging health policy decision makers to energize and elevate a common core of health approaches. Public health leaders need to begin with ensuring a health-in-all-policies perspective that guarantees adhering to public health principles and standards, adopting new technologies to ensure shared epidemiological insights, and integrating population health management insights. To benefit from the recent pandemic challenges, will we use the lesson learned that the context of health is a primary influencer of health status?

Visionaries share a future perspective, leaders master the challenge of implementation, and experts provide guidance to facilitate the adoption of models and the development of competencies. In this second edition, Dr. Caron shares a clear framework for creating healthy communities, the primary goal of public and population health. To prepare future health professionals, the book effectively aligns three primary foundation disciplinespublic health, epidemiology, and population health. Together, these three community healthcentered domains offer a forward-thinking outline necessary for solving the complex problems challenging all elements of the health sector. How fortunate for the health professions to have this reimagined and timely textbook available now!

Anne M. Hewitt, PhD

Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Interprofessional Health Sciences and Health Administration

Director, Elizabeth A. Seton Institute for Community and Population Health

Seton Hall University

Holsinger, J. W. 2018. The Nature of Effective Public Health Leadership. In