Essential case studies in public health : putting public health into practice

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hunting, Katherine (Author), Gleason, Brenda L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Sudbury, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning , 2012
Series:Essential public health
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Toronto severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) II experience
  • 2. A feasibility study of routine screening for HIV in an urban emergency department
  • 3. Male circumcision and HIV : an evidence-based public health approach
  • 4. Research synthesis : systematic review and meta-analysis of Vioxx and cardiovascular events
  • 5. The heart truth : a social marketing approach to increase awareness about heart disease in women
  • 6. An outbreak of yellow fever in Paraguay : health risk communication in a crisis
  • 7. Challenges with implementing a community-based potable water system project in a rural Honduras community
  • 8. Building on strengths : a school-based mental health program
  • 9. Building trust in communities : the Narragansett Indian tribe and the state of Rhode Island
  • 10. The strategies to overcome and prevent (STOP) obesity alliance
  • 11. Should HPV vaccine be required for school entry?
  • 12. Plan B emergency contraception : caught in a web of science, regulation, and politics : what's a woman to do?
  • 13. Implementing policy changes to decrease racial and ethnic disparities in pediatric asthma outcomes
  • 14. Coal ash : disasters and opportunities
  • 15. The diethylstilbestrol (DES) story
  • 16. Beyond measurement : evaluating environmental public health : assessing the effectiveness of food safety programs
  • 17. Cardiac rehabilitation for the elderly : a public health perspective
  • 18. The X-pack smoking cessation kit : a social marketing case study 1
  • 19. Mumps epidemic in Iowa : lessons learned from the frontline of testing
  • 20. Big brother is watching : utilizing clinical decision support as a tool to limit adverse drug events
  • 21. The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic : when you make mistakes, don't miss the lessons.