Publication Date: April 21, 2010 ISBN-10: 0763763810 ISBN-13 :978-0763763817 Edition: 3
With the continuous development of public health concern and controversy, the new third version of this best-selling text offers new and updated discussions of current topics, recent events, as well as the most advanced and up-to-date data to illustrate the key problems affecting the to the health of the public. Main features: I use the convenience of the reader, the narrative style and extensive access to the text and students engaged. Text description of the core of the multidisciplinary nature of public health and the complex ethical and political issues. It includes the epidemiological investigation, biomedical research, environmental assessment, analysis of individual and group behavior, a lot of discussion of the data collection and policy development. New Third Edition: new or expanded part, covering an influenza pandemic response to Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation of tobacco, promoting physical activity poisoning (hurt the cause of death), nonfatal traumatic brain injury, the National youngster learning, coal fly ash and other unregulated garbage power plants, medical errors, and information technology. New information / discussion: the conflict of interest of the influenza A H1N1 influenza drug trials, while driving; National Birth Defects Prevention Study new HPV vaccine controversy; lead-based paint in the planning for the 2010 census, the genome medical; mobile phone / SMS toys imported from China, bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates, peanut butter salmonella outbreak in recent by contaminated drugs imported from China managed care, efforts to control health care costs; evaluation 2020 annual national health plan for healthy people. New examples include: Andrew Speaker / extremely drug resistant (XDR) TB footballer and dementia risk increases in later life
