An Introduction to Community Health

Description

An Introduction to Community Health, Seventh Edition, has been updated to reflect the latest trends and statistics in community health. With an emphasis on developing the knowledge and skills necessary for a career in health education, this best-selling introductory text covers such topics as epidemiology, community organization, program planning, minority health, health care, mental health, environmental health, drugs, safety, and occupational health. Short scenarios, key terminology, marginal definitions, and web activities are included in each chapter to make this an accessible and reader-friendly resource for the beginning community health student.

Key Features

• Each chapter includes a short scenario that helps students relate chapter content to their everyday lives, identifies key ideas in the chapter, and highlights learning objectives
• Key terms are placed in boldfaced type and defined both in the margins of the text and in the glossary
• Web activities encourage students to further explore content by visiting relevant community/public health websites
• Suggested activities help students apply what they have learned in the text or research it further

Table of Contents

Unit 1 Foundations of Community Health
Chapter 1 Community Health: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Chapter 2 Organizations That Help Shape Community Health
Chapter 3 Epidemiology: The Study of Disease, Injury, and Death in the Community
Chapter 4 Epidemiology: Prevention and Control of Diseases and Health Conditions
Chapter 5 Community Organizing/Building and Health Promotion Programming
Chapter 6 The School Health Program: A Component of Community Health

Unit 2 The Nation’s Health
Chapter 7 Maternal, Infant, and Child Health
Chapter 8 Adolescents, Young Adults, and Adults
Chapter 9 Elders
Chapter 10 Community Health and Minorities
Chapter 11 Community Mental Health
Chapter 12 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs: A Community Concern
Chapter 13 Health Care System

Unit 3 Environmental Health and Safety
Chapter 14 Community Health and the Environment
Chapter 15 Injuries as a Community Health Problem
Chapter 16 Safety and Health in the Workplace

Reviews

“…a great text and wonderful presentation. The case studies and follow-up questions are a wonderful learning activity and a godsend for this type of text.” —Kari R. Lane, MSN, RN, South Dakota State University

“…a great textbook. I have used this book for about 7 years and like it very much. My students really like it and say they learn a lot from the reading it.”—Lori Jo Bork RN, MS, CCRN, Dakota Wesleyan University

“Great summary text for an introductory public health course!”—Peter N. Tabbot, MPH, HO, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University

About the Author(s)

James F. McKenzie, PhD, MPH, CHES-Professor Emeritus, Ball State University

Jim McKenzie, Professor in the Department of Physiology and Health Science at Ball State University, earned his PhD from The Ohio State University, and a MPH from the University of Michigan. He has also served on the faculties at Bowling Green State University and Mankato State University. He is a certified health education specialist (CHES) and currently serves on NCHEC's Division Board for Certification of Health Education Specialists. He is co-author of four textbooks: Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs: A Primer (5th ed., in press, Benjamin Cummings), Introduction to Community Health (6th ed., in press, Jones & Bartlett Publishers), Principles and Foundations of Health Promotion and Education (4th ed., in press, Benjamin Cummings), and Research Methods in Health Promotion and Education (1st ed., 2005, Jones & Bartlett). He is a member of Society of Public Health Education, American Association for Health Education, American School Health Association, Eta Sigma Gamma, and the North American Primary Care Research Group.

Robert R. Pinger, PhD-Professor Emeritus, Ball State University

Robert R. Pinger is a Professor in the Department of Physiology and Health Science at Ball State University and has been the Director of the Department’s Public Health Entomology Laboratory since 1977. He earned his MS and PhD from Iowa State University and completed postdoctoral training in medical entomology at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. He has taught at the Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil and Yeungnam University, Daegu, Republic of Korea. He is co-author of two textbooks: Drugs: Issues for Today (3rd ed., McGraw-Hill) and Introduction to Community Health (6th ed., in press, Jones & Bartlett Publishers) and more than 25 scientific articles. He is a member of American Public Health Association, the Entomological Society of America and Sigma Xi, the Research Society of America.

Jerome E. Kotecki, HSD-Ball State University

Jerome E. Kotecki is a Professor of Health Science in the Department of Physiology and Health Science at Ball State University. Dr. Kotecki earned his doctorate in health science and his masters’ degree in exercise science from Indiana University. Professor Kotecki has published over 30 scientific articles and is co-author of the best selling textbooks An Introduction to Community Health and Physical Activity and Health: An Interactive Approach. Dr. Kotecki’s current research is focused on the impact of lifestyle medicine on chronic diseases. He is the lead scientist on several large healthy lifestyle studies focusing on the role of health-care professionals in health counseling.