Table of Contents
List of Tables
- Preface
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
List of Illustrations
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
Guide
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INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Manoj Sharma and Paul W. Branscum
Second Edition
This edition first published 2020
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Names: Sharma, Manoj, author. | Branscum, Paul, author.
Title: Introduction to community and public health / Manoj Sharma and Paul Wesley Branscum.
Description: Second edition. | Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, [2020] | Revised edition of: Introduction to community and public health by Manoj Sharma, Paul Branscum, and Ashutosh Atri. [2014]. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020012115 (print) | LCCN 2020012116 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119633747 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119633778 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119633716 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Public health. | Community health services. | Health promotion. | Health planning.
Classification: LCC RA425 .S484 2020 (print) | LCC RA425 (ebook) | DDC 362.1dc23
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FIGURES AND TABLES
Figures
One of the Many Dimensions of Health |
Community Health Is about Promoting Health for Groups of Individuals |
A Nigerian Boy Receiving a Smallpox Vaccination in 1967, an Example of an Organized Public Health Effort |
Health Education Is about Facilitating Voluntary Health Behavior Change |
Factors Affecting the Health of a Community |
A Local Health Inspector Inspecting a Kitchen for Food Safety |
Vaccination Was a Major Milestone in the History of Community and Public Health |
Waterborne Transmission of Cholera Was First Recognized in Europe in the Mid1800s by John Snow |
Bacteria: Examples of a Biological Agent |
Page One of the US Death Certificate |
Incidence Rates of Breast Cancer in Women by RaceUnited States, 19992007 |
The Relationship between Flowing Water and Accumulated Water Is Analogous to the Relationship between Incidence (New Water Flowing) and Prevalence (Total Accumulated Water)54 |
The Secular Trend in Tetanus CasesUnited States, 19472009 |
Schematic Diagram of the CaseControl Study |
Confounding |
Schematic Diagram of the Cohort Study |
An Image from a 1950s Cohort Study Conducted with Miners Exposed to Airborne Particulates in Diatomaceous Earth Mining and Processing Plants |
Schematic Diagram of a Randomized Clinical (or Controlled) Trial |
Relationship of Infectious Diseases, Communicable Diseases, and Contagious Diseases |
A Transmission Electron Micrograph of Measles Virus, a Paramyxovirus Transmitted by Direct Projection of Droplets |
Graph of a Normal Distribution |
Positively Skewed and Negatively Skewed Distributions |
Bar Graph of a Hypothetical Distribution of Race in a Group (n = 20) |
Pie Chart of a Hypothetical Distribution of Race in a Group (n = 20) |
Histogram of a Hypothetical Age Distribution in a Group of College Students |
Stem and Leaf Display of Hypothetical Data (n = 12) |
Box and Whisker Plot for Hypothetical Data |
Box and Whisker Plot of Hypothetical Posttest Knowledge Scores for Three Groups (n = 30) |
The Ecological Model |
Social Support Has Been Shown to Be a Major Determinant of Mental and Physical Health |
The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Model |
Diagram for Prioritizing Epidemiological Factors |
Program Planning Is about Involving Community Members as Important Stakeholders, and People Working Together as a Team |
Program Planning Is about Diversity, and Involving Community Members of All Different Backgrounds |
Diagram for Prioritizing Health Issues |
According to the Health Belief Model, Teenagers Will Continue to Text While Driving If They Do Not Perceive Themselves to Be at Risk of Any Harm |
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