Public health management / Dale Donaldson.

By: Donaldson, Dale [author. ]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, USA : Alexis Press, LLC., c2023Description: viii, 286 pages : colored illustrationsContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume ISBN: 9781645328018 [paperback]Subject(s): Public health
Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Health determinants and public health diseases -- Chapter 3 Challenges in public health delivery system -- Chapter 4 Health management information system -- Chapter 5 Sustainability of public health interventions -- Chapter 6 Human resource management in public health -- Chapter 7 Public health care management -- Chapter 8 Managing public health during COVID-19.
Summary: Public health management is a branch of the public health profession which involves the management pf public health threats. People with degrees in this field can work as hospital administrators, heads of public health departments, public health consultants, and representatives of agencies which research and prevent disease. Public health is a very broad concept. The common belief that public health is all about the absence of disease or infirmity is partially right. Public health can be defined as "the science and a way of preventing disease, promoting human health through collective efforts and create awareness of public health in the societies, organizations communities, and individuals". Some examples of topics in this field include: public education about health issues, preventative health care, health inspections, routine health screenings, diagnosis and treatment of disease, and rapid identification of emerging of emerging public health threats. People who work in public health management maybe involved on the front lines of public health, and they can also be in public health research, studying topics of interest in public health ranging from access to sound nutrition to the emergence of new diseases. Public health is an interdisciplinary study in the faculty of life science of public health, with a strong understanding of the determinants of health and the public health system in the country, the community context, and the influences like globalization, uranization, global and national policies.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Health determinants and public health diseases -- Chapter 3 Challenges in public health delivery system -- Chapter 4 Health management information system -- Chapter 5 Sustainability of public health interventions -- Chapter 6 Human resource management in public health -- Chapter 7 Public health care management -- Chapter 8 Managing public health during COVID-19.

Public health management is a branch of the public health profession which involves the management pf public health threats. People with degrees in this field can work as hospital administrators, heads of public health departments, public health consultants, and representatives of agencies which research and prevent disease. Public health is a very broad concept. The common belief that public health is all about the absence of disease or infirmity is partially right. Public health can be defined as "the science and a way of preventing disease, promoting human health through collective efforts and create awareness of public health in the societies, organizations communities, and individuals". Some examples of topics in this field include: public education about health issues, preventative health care, health inspections, routine health screenings, diagnosis and treatment of disease, and rapid identification of emerging of emerging public health threats. People who work in public health management maybe involved on the front lines of public health, and they can also be in public health research, studying topics of interest in public health ranging from access to sound nutrition to the emergence of new diseases. Public health is an interdisciplinary study in the faculty of life science of public health, with a strong understanding of the determinants of health and the public health system in the country, the community context, and the influences like globalization, uranization, global and national policies.

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