Essential for anyone involved in the development of public health systems today and into the future, this book describes the characteristics of local, state and federal public health agencies. Extremely well-referenced, this book can serve as a source book for beginning further education or to help with research topics in public health. In the 2nd edition, 5 new chapters are added to provide state-of-the-art coverage of today's public health issues. The new chapters include Chapter 3, The last Decade examines public health in the nineties, Chapter 12 Performance Standards, Chapter 16, Public Health Workforce, Chapter 17, Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Effectiveness, and Chapter 28, International Health Features.

Professor of Public Health San Diego UniversityDirector of Health, City of Akron.

Chapter 1: Concepts and Definitions of Public Health Practice. Chapter 2: History and Development of Public Health. Chapter 3: The Last Decade. Chapter 4: The Determinants of Health. Chapter 5: The Legal Basis for Public Health. Chapter 6: The Federal Contribution to Public Health. Chapter 7: The State Public Health Department. Chapter 8: The Local Health Department. Chapter 9: Leadership in Public Health Practice. Chapter 10: Healthy People: Defining Mission, Goals and Objectives. Chapter 11: Community Assessment and Change: A Framework, Principles, Models, Methods, and Skills. Chapter 12: Performance Measurement and Management in Public Health. Chapter 13: Health Data Management for Public Health Chapter 14: Theories and Structures of Public Health Behavior. Chapter 15: The Management of Public Health Services. Chapter 16: Public Health Workforce. Chapter 17: Prevention Effectiveness. Chapter 18: Chronic Disease Control. Chapter 19: Progress and Next Steps in Reducing Tobacco Use in the United States. Chapter 20: A Public Health Approach to Alcohol and Other Drug Problems: Theory and Practice. Chapter 21: Oral Diseases: The Neglected Epidemic. Chapter 22 : Infectious Disease Control. Chapter 23: Environmental Health and Protection. Chapter 24: Primary Care and Public Health. Chapter 25: Maternal and Child Health. Chapter 26: Injury Control. Chapter 27: The Public Health Laboratory. Chapter 28: Global Health in the 21st Century. Chapter 29: The Future of Public Health. Appendix A: Major National Public Health Professional Associations. Appendix B: Development of Public Health Leadership Institutes in the United States: A Historical Perspective. Appendix C: Core Competencies for Public Health Practice