The New Public Health

About the Authors/Contacts

• Ted Tulchinsky, MD, MPH opens in new tab/window

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  • Curriculum Vitae opens in new tab/window

• Elena A. Varavikova, MD, PhD, MPH opens in new tab/window

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• Matan J. Cohen, MD, MPH, PhD

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About this Companion Site

* Fourth Edition: Dedication, Foreword, Preface and Table of Contents to the Fourth Edition *Video:  A bonus video by author Ted Tulchinsky on the importance of stroke prevention. * Case Studies: Examples of public health breakthroughs as pioneered by one or more outstanding individuals, which have and will have enormous implications for better survival and health for billions of people on earth. These cases are selected to show important relationships to current issues which have not been addressed with the full potential of the innovations. * Translations: The first edition of The New Public Health has been translated into Russian, Bulgarian, Moldovan, Romanian, Uzbek, Mongolian and Albanian. It has become the standard text in many countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union as well as widely used in North America and Europe. * Links to Online Resources: These provide teachers and students with additional ready access to key websites for continuous updating of material for study and research.

The following resources are also available to course instructors on the Textbook Instructors site here:  https://educate.elsevier.com/9780128229576 opens in new tab/window

* The Instructors' Guide: Provides a list of major topics in each chapter with additional readings and key questions for students. * Presentations: PowerPoint slides of the authors’ key lectures on topics related to the chapters. The presentations provide useful teaching material for introductory and overview courses to new students of public health.

Fourth edition

Dedication

Foreword - Peter Jay Hotez

Preface

Table of Contents

1. A History of Public Health 2. Expanding the Concept of Public Health 3. Measuring, Monitoring, and Evaluating the Health of a Population 4. Communicable Diseases 5. Non-Communicable Diseases and Conditions 6. Family Health and Primary Prevention 7. Special Community Health Needs 8. Nutrition and Food Safety 9. Environmental and Occupational Health 10. Organization of Public Health Systems 11. Measuring Costs: The Economics of Health 12. Planning and Managing Health Systems 13. National Health Systems 14. Human Resources for Health 15. Health Technology, Quality, Law, and Ethics 16. Global Health

Case Studies

• Peptic Ulcer and Helicobacter Pylori opens in new tab/window

• Vitamin D: Prevention of Rickets and Osteoporosis opens in new tab/window

Translations

• Bulgarian  opens in new tab/window

  (provided by Prof Stoyanka Popova, Head of the School of Public Health, Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria)

• Macedonian opens in new tab/window

  (provided by CRPRC "Studiorum")

• Romanian opens in new tab/window

  (provided by Dr Oleg Lozan, Head of the School of Public Health, Moldova)

• Russian opens in new tab/window

• Uzbek opens in new tab/window

  (provided by Ravshan Azimov)

• Moldovan, Mongolian and Albanian, forthcoming

Video

Here comes the killer- Tulchinsky on stroke! - YouTube opens in new tab/window

Links to Online Resources

Europe

• Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region opens in new tab/window

• European Observatory on Health Systems opens in new tab/window

• European Public Health Association opens in new tab/window

• Health for All Data Base WHO European Region opens in new tab/window

• New Independent States Public Health Network (NISPH Network)

  • English opens in new tab/window

  • Russian opens in new tab/window

• WHO European Regional Office opens in new tab/window

United States

• American Academy of Pediatrics opens in new tab/window

• American College of Epidemiology opens in new tab/window

• American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology opens in new tab/window

• American Diabetes Association opens in new tab/window

• American Public Health Association opens in new tab/window

• Arthritis Foundation. opens in new tab/window

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention opens in new tab/window

• Council on Public Health Education (US) opens in new tab/window

• Health Care Financing Administration opens in new tab/window

• Health United States 2005 opens in new tab/window

• March of Dimes Foundation opens in new tab/window

• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report opens in new tab/window

  • Ten Great Public Health Achievements United States, 1900 - 1999 opens in new tab/window

  • A Reader: Ten Great Achievements of Public Health in the 20th Century, From Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports, 1999 opens in new tab/window

• National Cancer Institute opens in new tab/window

• National Eye Institute opens in new tab/window

• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) opens in new tab/window

• National Institute of Arthritis and Skin Diseases opens in new tab/window

• National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development opens in new tab/window

• National Institute of Deafness and other Communication Disorders opens in new tab/window

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Diseases of the Kidney (NIDDK) opens in new tab/window

• National Institutes of Health opens in new tab/window

• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke opens in new tab/window

• National Osteoporosis Foundation opens in new tab/window

• Preparedness at Federal, State and Local Levels for Bioterrorism:

  • CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response Site opens in new tab/window

  • Trust for America's Health opens in new tab/window

• Pubmed opens in new tab/window

• Suicide among Youths Health Services Administration Report 2005 opens in new tab/window

• US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality opens in new tab/window

  • State Resources from the National Healthcare and Quality Report opens in new tab/window

• US Environmental Protection Agency opens in new tab/window

• US Environmental Protection Agency on Toxic Release Inventory Program opens in new tab/window

• US Food and Drug Administration opens in new tab/window

• US Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP)

  • Health Communication Activities opens in new tab/window

  • Health Literacy Improvement opens in new tab/window

• US Preparedness of Local Public Health Agencies to Report Suspicious Diseases:

  • The RAND Corporation opens in new tab/window

  • Health Affairs, The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere opens in new tab/window

International

• Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health opens in new tab/window

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation opens in new tab/window

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization opens in new tab/window

• Department of Public Health of Tajikistan opens in new tab/window

• CINDI opens in new tab/window

• Equity list server, PAHO/WHO Knowledge-Sharing Service opens in new tab/window

• Global Health Schools on the University of Pittsburgh Supercourse opens in new tab/window

• Society for Epidemiologic Research opens in new tab/window

• The UN World Water Development Report; Water for People, Water for Life opens in new tab/window

• UNICEF opens in new tab/window

• United Nations Development Program opens in new tab/window

• United Nations Population Fund opens in new tab/window

• Weekly Epidemiologic Record (WHO) opens in new tab/window

• World Bank Group opens in new tab/window

• World Federation of Public Health Associations opens in new tab/window

• World Health Organization opens in new tab/window

• World Health Organization, Division of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals opens in new tab/window

  • SAGE Conclusions and Recommendations opens in new tab/window

• World Health Organization, Family Planning and Population opens in new tab/window