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Introduction to Public Health - Raymond L. Goldsteen, Karen Goldsteen, David Graham

Introduction to Public Health

Buch | Softcover
304 Seiten
2010
Springer Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8261-4152-1 (ISBN)
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Provides a comprehensive understanding of the unique history, economics, orientation, function, activities, and mission of public health. This concise reference describes the successes and failures of the public health care system, giving students a clear picture of the current status of the health care industry.

Raymond L. Goldsteen, DrPH, is the founding Director of the Graduate Program in Public Health and Professor of Preventive Medicine in the School of Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He received his bachelor's degree in urban studies from Columbia University, Master's degree from Brown University in sociology, and doctoral degree from the Columbia University School of Public Health. He has an extensive background in the study of the U.S. health care system through his scholarly work, teaching, and service during his professional career as a university professor and director of health policy research centers at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, University of Oklahoma College of Public Health, and the West Virginia University School of Medicine. He is particularly interested in public policy related to vulnerable populations and: 1) investigating the structural and situational factors that improve or maintain the health status of vulnerable populations; 2) determining the factors that lead to public support for policies that improve or maintain population health; and 3) providing information to vulnerable populations that they can use in their own behalf as a development tool. His scholarly work integrates elements of sociology, social psychology, and political science and relates them to the health and well-being of populations. ||Karen Goldsteen, PhD, is a faculty member in the Graduate Program in Public Health at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She received a MPH degree from the School of Public Health at Columbia University and a PhD in Community Health from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was a Pew Health Policy Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. She has extensive training and experience in research methods related to clinical outcomes research and health services research. She has extensive experience in survey research design and analysis as well as the analysis of large, administrative data bases such as Medicaid claims data and hospital discharge data. She has contributed to a number of major community health research projects focusing on underserved populations. She has completed numerous research projects including utilization of health and social services among the elderly; bypass of rural hospitals for mental health care; lack of insurance coverage and its health consequences; and satisfaction with physicians. |David Graham, MD, MPH, is the former Director of Public Health of Suffolk County and Chief Deputy Health Commissioner of Suffolk Country. As the Director of Public Health, he managed Epidemiology and Disease Control, Public Health Protection, Bioterrorism Preparedness, Preventive Services, and the Arthropod-borne Disease Laboratory. As Chief Deputy Health Commissioner, he managed several major divisions, including: Public Health, Patient Care, Community Mental Hygiene, Services for Children with Special Needs, Environmental Quality, Emergency Medical Services and Forensic Sciences. His career in public health spans nearly 30 years.

Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Gewicht 369 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitswesen
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
ISBN-10 0-8261-4152-8 / 0826141528
ISBN-13 978-0-8261-4152-1 / 9780826141521
Zustand Neuware
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