Principles of Public Health Practice Book

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.
Chapter29: 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