Essential case studies in public health
Subtitle: putting public health into practice
By: Katherine L. Hunting, Brenda L. Gleason
Contributors: Gleason, Brenda L.
Series: Essential public health
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Sudbury, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780763761318
Subjects: Public health; Case studies; Public Health Practice
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Toronto severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) II experience; title: A feasibility study of routine screening for HIV in an urban emergency department; title: Male circumcision and HIV : an evidence-based public health approach; title: Research synthesis : systematic review and meta-analysis of Vioxx and cardiovascular events; title: The heart truth : a social marketing approach to increase awareness about heart disease in women; title: An outbreak of yellow fever in Paraguay : health risk communication in a crisis; title: Challenges with implementing a community-based potable water system project in a rural Honduras community; title: Building on strengths : a school-based mental health program; title: Building trust in communities : the Narragansett Indian tribe and the state of Rhode Island; title: The strategies to overcome and prevent (STOP) obesity alliance; title: Should HPV vaccine be required for school entry?; title: Plan B emergency contraception : caught in a web of science, regulation, and politics : what's a woman to do?; title: Implementing policy changes to decrease racial and ethnic disparities in pediatric asthma outcomes; title: Coal ash : disasters and opportunities; title: The diethylstilbestrol (DES) story; title: Beyond measurement : evaluating environmental public health : assessing the effectiveness of food safety programs; title: Cardiac rehabilitation for the elderly : a public health perspective; title: The X-pack smoking cessation kit : a social marketing case study 1; title: Mumps epidemic in Iowa : lessons learned from the frontline of testing; title: Big brother is watching : utilizing clinical decision support as a tool to limit adverse drug events; title: The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic : when you make mistakes, don't miss the lessons.