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Public health practice : what works

Caldwell, Stephanie N. (Added Author). Fielding, Jonathan E. (Added Author). Teutsch, Steven M. (Added Author).

Summary: The leaders of LA County's Department of Public Health compile the lessons and best practices of working in a complex and evolving public health setting.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780199892761
  • ISBN: 0199892768
  • ISBN: 9780199892778
  • ISBN: 9780199301515
  • ISBN: 0199892776
  • ISBN: 0199301514
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 374 pages) : illustrations, maps
    remote
    Computer data.
  • Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, �2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
CatMonthString:january.20
Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note: Part One. Core Capacities -- Introduction and history of public health in Los Angeles county / Jonathan E. Fielding, Jonathan Freedman, and Stephanie N. Caldwell -- Measuring population health : the Los Angeles County health survey / Susie B. Baldwin and Amy S. Lightstone -- Strategic planning : visioning the new public health agency / Wendy K. Schiffer, Virginia Huang Richman, Joshua M. Bobrowsky, and Maxanne Hatch -- Programs and policies that work : how evidence can drive action / Steven M. Teutsch -- From direct service to community orientation : transformation of nursing practice / David Caley and Deborah Davenport -- Assuring competence : credentialing and privileging of public health physicians / Jeffrey D. Gunzenhauser and Kathleen N. Smith -- Performance improvement : using rapid-cycle improvement techniques to improve public health services / Dawn Marie Jacobson and Debra Lotstein -- The medium and the message : strategies for effective communication / Rose Anne Rodriguez and Sarah M. Kissell -- Understanding birth outcomes and adverse birth events : LAMB and LA HOPE / Shin Margaret Chao, Giannina Donatoni, Chandra Higgins, Marian Eldahaby, and Cynthia A. Harding -- Part Two. Health Promotion -- Underlying determinants of health : putting local data to work / Margaret Shih -- Tackling toxic food environments : a response to the obesity epidemic / Paul Simon and Suzanne Bogert -- Enticing people out of their cars : promoting active living / Jean Armbruster, Gayle Haberman, Louisa Franco, and Margot Ocanas -- From health education to health policy : a paradigm shift in tobacco control / Mark D. Weber and Linda M. Aragon -- Reaching underserved populations : influenza vaccination in the African American community / Julia Heinzerling, Michelle T. Parra, Stephanie N. Caldwell, and Kim Harrison Eowan -- The asthma coalition : effective prevention and control through collaboration / Robert A. Gilchick, Janet M. Scully, and Cynthia Harding -- Part Three. Health Protection -- 101 deadly days : Listeria monocytogenes associated with Mexican-style cheese / Laurene Mascola and S. Benson Werner -- Infection control : public health outreach to hospitals / David E. Dassey, Sharon Sakamoto, and Dawn Terashita -- Reducing zoonoses : controlling animal importation / Karen Ehnert and Robert Kim-Farley -- Safe food facilities : reestablishing public confidence through letter grades / Hector Dela Cruz, Terrance Powell, and Jonathan E. Fielding -- Food product recalls : effective local response / Hector Dela Cruz and Terrance Powell -- Sewage discharge response : reforms in reporting and public notification / Bernard Franklin and Kenneth Murray -- Contaminated fish : protecting communities through community education and reducing availability / Marita Santos, Janice Lewis, and Janet Scully.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:
Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:
Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Multi-User.
California -- Los Angeles
Los Angeles
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues
Public health
MEDICAL -- Public Health
MEDICAL -- Health Policy
MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery
MEDICAL -- Diseases
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General
Public Health Practice
Local Government
Health Services
Public health -- California -- Los Angeles
Genre: Electronic books.
Electronic books.

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